Liszt: Piano Works - Jorge Bolet (2001)
9 CDs | Unknow Rip | APE(image) + CUE, No LOG | 9 Hours 6 Mins | No Scans | 1.59 GB
Genre: Classical | Label: DECCA
You're guaranteed to profit by investing in this collection, for Bolet's subtle, seasoned mastery grows on you with each rehearing.
Whoever said "an aristocrat never hurries" might well have referred to Jorge Bolet's Liszt recordings for Decca, now conveniently gathered together in a space-saving, budget-priced boxed set. Bolet was in his mid-60s when he embarked on this series, and he harbored no inclination to outdazzle his younger Lisztian cohorts. His noble, full-bodied sound and elegant reserve largely bypass the showmanship and outward panache we associate with Liszt. Instead, Bolet stresses the composer's lyric breadth and luminescent textures. As I commented in my earlier review of selections from Bolet's Decca Liszt output, climaxes are coaxed from the key beds rather than pounded out. His suave and caressing scales and runs contrast to the fire-and-brimstone pianists such as Lazar Berman and Gyorgy Cziffra serve up in Liszt's more fierce Transcendental Etudes and the Tarantella from "Venezia e Napoli". In addition, Bolet's tempos rarely move faster than Liszt's arching melodies can be projected by the human voice.
Passages often treated mechanically, such as the unisons at the outset of Mephisto Waltz No. 1, the taxing octave sequences in the B minor Sonata, the so-called "Dante" Sonata, and Orage, and the glissandos in Totentanz, truly sing under Bolet's fingers. Listen also to the Don Juan Fantasy, where Mozart's original vocal lines in the central Don Giovanni/Zerlina duet patiently float under and above the elaborate filigree. Similarly, Bolet parses the Petrarca Sonetto and Liebestraume triumvirates in a manner that illuminates the composer's original conceptions of these works as songs. And the same holds true for the leisurely elegance Bolet brings to a selection of Liszt's Schubert lieder transcriptions. Besides the aforementioned Totentanz, Bolet's thoughtfully detailed solo work in the Malediction and Hungarian Fantasy are complemented by Ivan Fischer's incisive podium support.
Georg Solti and the London Philharmonic also spur Bolet on to inspired heights in Liszt's recasting of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy. A live 1988 performance of the difficult Reminiscences de Norma, based on Bellini's opera, shows how Bolet could still summon enough thunder to galvanize audiences when he chose. Along similar lines, listeners should note the pianist's ravishingly nuanced and fleet-fingered Waldesrauschen and Valse-Impromptu. Decca's booklet notes include Jeremy Nichols' perceptive and balanced appraisal of Bolet's Lisztian legacy. You're guaranteed to profit by investing in this collection, for Bolet's subtle, seasoned mastery grows on you with each rehearing.
More info: http://www.amazon.com/...B00005ND3L http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=10050TracklistCD1:01. Hungarian Rhapsody No.12
02. Liebestraum No.3
03. Mephisto Waltz No.1
04. Funerailles
05. Rigoletto (Verdi) - Concert Paraphrase
06. La Campanella (1851)
CD2:01. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 1
02. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 2
03. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 3
04. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 4
05. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 5
06. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 6
07. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 7
08. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 8
09. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 9
10. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 10
11. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 11
12. Schubert Song Transcriptions - 12
13. Wanderer Fantasie - 1
14. Wanderer Fantasie - 2
15. Wanderer Fantasie - 3
16. Wanderer Fantasie - 4
CD3:01. Sonata in B minor - Lento Assai
02. Sonata in B minor - Andante sostenuto
03. Sonata in B minor - Fugato
04. Valse impromptu
05. Liebestraume - 3 Nocturnes - No 1 in A flat Major
06. Liebestraume - 3 Nocturnes - No 2 in E flat Major
07. Liebestraume - 3 Nocturnes - No 3 in A flat Major
08. Grand galop chromatique
CD4:01. Sposalizio
02. Il Penseroso
03. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
04. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
05. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
06. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
07. Apr?s une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)
CD5:01. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
02. Au lac de Wallenstadt
03. Pastorale
04. Au bord d'une source
05. Orage
06. Vallee d'Obermann
07. Eglogue (Hirtengesang)
08. Le mal du pays
09. Les cloches de Geneve
CD6:01. Venezia e Napoli - Gondoliera
02. Venezia e Napoli - Canzone
03. Venezia e Napoli - Tarantella
04. Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este
05. Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude
06. Ballade no.2 in B minor
CD7:01. Preludio : Presto
02. Molto vivace
03. Paysage : Poco adagio
04. Mazeppa : Allegro
05. Feux follets : Allegretto
06. Vision : Lento
07. Eroica : Allegro
08. Wilde Jagd : Presto furioso
09. Ricordanza : Andantino
10. Allegro agitato molto
11. Harmonies du soir : Andantino
12. Chasse neige : Andante con moto
CD8:01. Two Concert Studies S.145 : Waldesrauschen
02. Gnomenreigen
03. Three Concert Studies S.144 : Il lamento
04. La leggierezza
05. Un sospiro
06. Consolations S.172: n.1 Andante con moto
07. n.2 Un poco piu mosso
08. n.3 Lento placido
09. n.3 Quasi adagio
10. n.5 Andantino
11. n.6 Allegretto sempre cantabile
12. Reminiscences de Don Juan, S.418
CD9:01. Reminiscences de Norma
02. Totentanz
03. Malediction
04. Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes
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