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| ARTIST: | Franz Liszt, Krystian Zimerman |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Deutsche Grammophon |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Sonate H-Moll In B Minor: Lento assa - Allegro energico-; Andante sostenuto-; Allegro energico, Nuages gris, La notte, La lugubre gondola 2, Funerailles |
| UPC: | 028943178020 |
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Customer Reviews of Liszt: Sonata for piano in Bm; Lugubre Gondola No1&2
Simply amazing - and not only the Sonata Incredible - even compared to Horowitz's this Sonata-recording is breathtaking, but i would like to point out that the other performances on this CD are amazing as well: You hardly can get a good recording of the piano version of La Notte and Zimerman plays it so movingly (it is surely the best what You can find by now), La Lugubre Gondola is also played with much understanding although i prefer it to be a little slower and gloomier (like the Erno Szegedi-recording), the Funerailles is PERFECT!!! No other words to describe! Zimerman is not affraid of using the pedal (most pianists are) as indicated in the beginning of the piece, the funeral march makes one cry, the Chopinesque left-hand octaves in the second half are played with incredible evenness (i only heard such delicacy in that passage from Bolet before). The Nuages Gris is played well as well, although a bit too fast in the beginning i felt.
Alltogether - IF YOU LIKE LISZT'S MUSIC YOU HAVE TO GET THIS DISC.
Brought tears to my eyes
I followed along with the score while listening to this recording and was moved to tears, partly in astonishment that someone could play all those notes with such apparent ease. This is a very emotional, one could almost say overwrought performance, but it remains my favorite (and I own several different performances of this piece). For a cooler approach, try Pollini.
He practiced too much
It's hard to believe that the other reviewers of this disc have heard many other pianists play the Bm Sonata. This is an extremely overwrought performance. I can believe that he took ten years preparing for it--he prepared way too much! He tries to wring every bit of corny emotion he can from the piece. Oh, sure, it's technically dazzling and all that (though how people can separate "technique" from "musicality" is beyond me), but it's just overdone. Horowitz and Argerich are much better (and cheaper!) I'm sorry to have bought this disc. What I'm really waiting for is Evgeny Kissin's version. I heard him play it in Sevilla a couple of years ago, and it was the most thrilling piano recital I have heard in over forty years of attending concerts.