Liszt: Sonate en si mineur, Sonetti di Petrarca, Valse oubliée No.2, Étude "La leggierezza", Rhapsodie hongroise No.6

Nelson Goerner

Released on 4/5/24 by Alpha Classics
Main artists: Nelson Goerner
Genre: Classical

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Swiss-Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner had already come out with a record entirely dedicated to Franz Liszt: published under the Cascavelle label, it contained recordings of the Sonata in B minor made by the Polish Radio in Warsaw in 2007. Here he is again 15 years later with his twelfth album for the label Alpha Classics, recorded in the beautiful concert hall of the Liège Philharmonic, known for its excellent acoustics. Goerner has considerably matured in his vision of Liszt’s music, and his piano playing is also much better captured here. Liszt’s monumental Sonata needs exceptional pianists who can capture its full scope, and Nelson Goerner is one of them! He takes this gargantuan piece by the hand – or rather, by the fingertips – and goes from dreamlike state to the immeasurable strength of Dante’s Inferno thanks to an unparalleled sense of narration as well as a relentless playing style. The fugue is a highly-anticipated moment when all that precedes it seems to come together. Played by Nelson Goerner, it feels as if hit by a violent storm, a furiously hallucinatory force that is nevertheless perfectly controlled. The mysterious little scale that Liszt borrowed from Clara Schumann’s Deuxième Romance op. 11 and around which he composed his entire Sonata finds itself amplified to dizzying heights, until it reaches its mystical climax in the form of existential inquiry. Yet this great female pianist would never fully comprehend this work’s velocity and genius. A generous selection of other works supplement Liszt’s masterpiece, including the Three Petrarch Sonnets, the second Valse oubliée, La leggierezza, and the Hungarian Rhapsody No.6. Each piece gives the listener the opportunity to savor Liszt’s many facets through Nelson Goerner’s prodigious technique. © François Hudry/Qobuz

Liszt: Sonate en si mineur, Sonetti di Petrarca, Valse oubliée No.2, Étude "La leggierezza", Rhapsodie hongroise No.6

Nelson Goerner

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