Liszt - Complete Works for Cello and Piano
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94150
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 25th July 2011
Contents
Works
Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens, S378Consolations (6), S172
Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S382
Elegy no.1 for violin/cello and piano, S130
Elegy no.2 for violin/cello and piano, S131
La lugubre gondola for violin/cello and piano, S134
Liebestraume (3), S541
Artists
Francesco Dillon (cello)Emanuele Torquati (piano)
Works
Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens, S378Consolations (6), S172
Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S382
Elegy no.1 for violin/cello and piano, S130
Elegy no.2 for violin/cello and piano, S131
La lugubre gondola for violin/cello and piano, S134
Liebestraume (3), S541
Artists
Francesco Dillon (cello)Emanuele Torquati (piano)
About
The rich and warm expressive qualities of the cello undoubtedly make these pieces even more effective. The most significant work in this collection is La lugubre gondola, a compelling piece written after Liszt had a premonition of Wagner’s death. It was inspired by the Venetian gondola funeral processions he observed during a visit to the city to see Wagner. The music conveys the stillness of a Venetian lagoon, the unsettling harmonies also evoking the underlying darkness and despair.
Another work with a very personal connection is the nostalgic Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, a transcription of one of his songs. Nonnenwerth was an island in the Rhine where Liszt spent time with Marie d’Agoult and their children, and his fondness for the work resulted in many different versions for solo piano, voice and piano duet as well as this version for cello and piano. There are also transcriptions for cello and piano by other musicians of some of his most popular piano works, including the six Consolations, Angelus! from the third volume of Années de Pelèrinages and the Liebestraum No.3.
The performers of this moving collection of works are the Italian cellist Francesco Dillon and the pianist Emanuele Torquati. Francesco Dillon performs as a soloist and with chamber groups all over the world and has made several recordings of unusual cello repertoire, including an album of Schumann rarities for Brilliant Classics.
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