Kenneth Hamilton - Kenneth Hamilton plays Liszt, Vol. 1: Death and Transfiguration (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Kenneth Hamilton
- Title: Kenneth Hamilton plays Liszt, Vol. 1: Death and Transfiguration
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: ASC Records
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz
- Total Time: 02:31:51
- Total Size: 522 mb 1.16 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: VII. Funérailles
02. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
03. Csárdás macabre, S.224
04. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: IV. Pensée des morts
05. Nuages gris
06. Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
CD2
01. Ballade No.2, S.171
02. En rêve, S.207 "Nocturne"
03. Abschied, S.251 "Russian Folksong"
04. Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S.274
05. Dem Andenken Petöfis, S.195
06. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: II. Ave Maria
07. Schubert's Impromptus in Gb major, S.565b
08. Prelude on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
09. La lugubre gondola, S.200
10. Romance, S.169
11. Romance oubliée, S.527
12. Die Loreley, S.273
13. In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, S.188
14. Isoldens Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
"This wide-ranging collection of Liszt’s piano music meets its technical challenges with rare directness and clarity... As in Hamilton’s earlier discs –his recordings of Ronald Stevenson’s piano works especially- there is always the feeling that the music comes first, that the performances are a means to an end rather than a self-regarding end in themselves, and that is both liberating and totally refreshing for the listener." Andrew Clements, The Guardian
This is a Liszt recording with a difference: repertoire reflecting love, death and transfiguration, memory and nostalgia, performed by internationally renowned pianist and Liszt expert Kenneth Hamilton. It goes without saying that Hamilton has intensively studied the original scores of these pieces, but in addition he has sought out and taken seriously Liszt’s often ignored recommendations on their interpretation, passed down from the many reminiscences and recordings of students who worked closely with the composer. He has, in effect, tried to think like a Liszt pupil, to immerse himself in a performance tradition that goes beyond the printed text, and to respect Liszt’s long legacy of teaching his own music.
New insights abound, even in such popular pieces as the Sonata in b minor: Hamilton’s powerful recording reflects not only the interpretative nuances suggested by Liszt, but also adopts a strikingly moving revised reading of the Sonata’s final page. The luscious Lorelei likewise incorporates the composer’s later improvements, and the renditions of both Funérailles and Bénédiction de Dieu profit from Liszt’s detailed advice on tempo flexibility, arpeggiation and ornamentation. Insights extend to hidden meanings within the music, as outlined in Hamilton’s own notes to the recording. The wonderful second Ballade is revealed as a “love-death” anticipating by several years the Wagner/Liszt Liebestod that ends the album, while the fascinatingly intertwined relationships linking the other pieces are lucidly and elegantly explained. A truly remarkable recording.
CD1
01. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: VII. Funérailles
02. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
03. Csárdás macabre, S.224
04. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: IV. Pensée des morts
05. Nuages gris
06. Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
CD2
01. Ballade No.2, S.171
02. En rêve, S.207 "Nocturne"
03. Abschied, S.251 "Russian Folksong"
04. Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S.274
05. Dem Andenken Petöfis, S.195
06. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: II. Ave Maria
07. Schubert's Impromptus in Gb major, S.565b
08. Prelude on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
09. La lugubre gondola, S.200
10. Romance, S.169
11. Romance oubliée, S.527
12. Die Loreley, S.273
13. In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, S.188
14. Isoldens Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
"This wide-ranging collection of Liszt’s piano music meets its technical challenges with rare directness and clarity... As in Hamilton’s earlier discs –his recordings of Ronald Stevenson’s piano works especially- there is always the feeling that the music comes first, that the performances are a means to an end rather than a self-regarding end in themselves, and that is both liberating and totally refreshing for the listener." Andrew Clements, The Guardian
This is a Liszt recording with a difference: repertoire reflecting love, death and transfiguration, memory and nostalgia, performed by internationally renowned pianist and Liszt expert Kenneth Hamilton. It goes without saying that Hamilton has intensively studied the original scores of these pieces, but in addition he has sought out and taken seriously Liszt’s often ignored recommendations on their interpretation, passed down from the many reminiscences and recordings of students who worked closely with the composer. He has, in effect, tried to think like a Liszt pupil, to immerse himself in a performance tradition that goes beyond the printed text, and to respect Liszt’s long legacy of teaching his own music.
New insights abound, even in such popular pieces as the Sonata in b minor: Hamilton’s powerful recording reflects not only the interpretative nuances suggested by Liszt, but also adopts a strikingly moving revised reading of the Sonata’s final page. The luscious Lorelei likewise incorporates the composer’s later improvements, and the renditions of both Funérailles and Bénédiction de Dieu profit from Liszt’s detailed advice on tempo flexibility, arpeggiation and ornamentation. Insights extend to hidden meanings within the music, as outlined in Hamilton’s own notes to the recording. The wonderful second Ballade is revealed as a “love-death” anticipating by several years the Wagner/Liszt Liebestod that ends the album, while the fascinatingly intertwined relationships linking the other pieces are lucidly and elegantly explained. A truly remarkable recording.
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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