![]() ![]() ![]() “Agranovich creates a mood so mysterious and deep that one just literally has to follow her bright burning lights of a passionate performance.” “A presentation that is simply breath-taking and sublimely intelligent.” “…Unique, opulent and rewarding new issue.” ![]() This is her tenth release and entirely devoted to Liszt showing the many sides of the composer’s genius and all devilishly difficult pieces.” They should eat their words when they hear this performance. Funny, I remember British critics around the 50s who poo-pooed Liszt, held him second rate and overtly emotional. An award-winning very talented Ukrainian-American pianist, Sophia Agranovich plays Liszt as it should be played, totally imbued in Romantic spirit and with “interpretation daring to be different” and “superior musicianship” (American Record Guide). “Now here is a disc I would listen to over and over again, never wanting it to end. The shifts in metric pulse, the sudden impulses, agitato, require a mastery of Liszt’s pedal that Agranovich demonstrates with a finesse that might invoke comparisons with other bearers of the Liszt flame. “The music no less conveys a dramatic, nostalgic narrative that becomes liquid in its cascades, runs, and trills. The lyric repeats and swells, aching with heartbreak, the piano easily substituting for a guitar or ennobled lute.” “A lusty, compelling rendition… Agranovich sports a touch that, in its detached form, inserts an antique, transparent texture into the emergent sound, as if indeed we were hearing the music played in tavern or Beidermeier salon. Schubert-Liszt: “St ä ndchen” (Serenade) – concert via Zoom Transcendental Etude “Mazeppa” – concert at NJIT Transcendental Etude “Mazeppa” – concert in New York Transcendental Etude “Ricordanza”– concert via Zoom Schubert-Liszt: “St ä ndchen” (Serenade) – concert in New York “Mixing It” with Nicki Kris – Interview and performance “Chatting with Nat” – Interview and performance – Album show and Interview– starts at 29:34 Ständchen (“Serenade”), S 560 No.7 (From Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. Label: Centaur Records | Catalog:3955 | CD/MP3/Streaming Album, distributed by NAXOSĪvailable at all the major platforms and retailers: Listen / Download It showcases not only bravura “gypsy style”, but also intimate feelings, poetry, philosophical brooding, and subtle colorations beneath the brilliant virtuosity. ![]() The program of this collection consists from three of his major categories of composition. He knew how to exploit the technical and artistic possibilities of the piano to their limits. The piano works are central in Liszt’s legacy. This album is dedicated to Franz Liszt – one of the boldest innovators of Romanticism, the greatest piano virtuoso of his era and possibly of all time, distinguished pedagogue, conductor, writer, and a prominent composer. Franz Liszt: Rhapsodies, Études and Transcriptions ![]()
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