CLASSICAL SOURCE Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo [transcribed Tausig] A Faust Symphony – Gretchen [arranged Liszt] Oleg Marshev (piano) Rec. Recorded February 2006 in Aalborg, Denmark DANACORD DACOCD 653 Duration 65 minutes With realistic and immediate piano sound, Oleg Marshev’s rigorous yet emotional account of Liszt’s great B minor Sonata is a compelling journey. It’s a work often recorded and several new versions have appeared recently; Marshev’s is a considered view, a rendition of insight and experience – and trust in the composer. Marshev sees the work whole and he is not afraid to shape with feeling the lyrical episodes or to make turbulent the climactic ones. But these are not incidental ‘happenings’: they...

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www.classicalsource.com Liszt Piano Concertos Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat, Piano Concerto No.2 in A, Totentanz, Hungarian Fantasy Oleg Marshev (pf) Aalborg Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Aeschbacher Duration 73 minutes Danacord DACOCD 651 I approve of the 'modesty' of this recording. So often, piano concerto recordings of the Romantic era beleaguer the ears in an attempt to underline a soloist's brilliance. Frequently everything is 'up-front' and on some occasions it is only the piano that is 'up-front' while the orchestra provides a mushy accompaniment. This is not the case with this honest release; if sometimes a little shy in the woodwind department, the engineers here match the unfussy style of the playing. Interestingly and in my view, appropriately, the recording gives the...

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