Composer: Ferencz Liszt
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta
Conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2100
Release: 2015
Size: 223 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124
01. Allegro maestoso
02. Quasi adagio
03. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato
04. Allegro marziale animato
Malediction, S121/R452
05. Quasi moderato – Sostenuto –
06. Energico nobilmente – Sempre moderato
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125
07. Adagio sostenuto assai – Allegro agitato assai –
08. Tempo del andante – Allegro moderato –
09. Allegro deciso –
10. Marziale un poco meno allegro –
11. Un poco meno mosso –
12. Allegro animato
The two numbered concertos, which Franz Liszt revised extensively before letting them be published some 25 years after their conception, frame the single-movement Malédiction for piano and strings which Liszt composed in 1833 and revised in 1840, but which was never published in his lifetime. Stepping into Liszt’s shoes for the present recording is Alexandre Kantorow. Born in 1997, Alexandre is here supported by his father Jean-Jacques Kantorow conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta, a team with a number of highly acclaimed recordings to their credit. The recording is Alexandre’s first for BIS, as well as being his début concerto disc, and represents a remarkable achievement by a hugely promising talent, as well as being a vibrant and exciting account of three impassioned scores.