Rinaldo Zhok - Liszt-Verdi: Complete Paraphrases and Free Transcriptions (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Don Carlo, Coro di festa e Marcia funebre, R. 268, S. 435
02. Salve Maria! from I lombardi alla prima crociata (1st version), R. 264, S. 431
03. Rigoletto, paraphrase de concert, R. 267, S. 434
04. Ernani, paraphrase de concert (1st version), R. 293, S. 431a
05. Miserere from Il Trovatore, R. 266, S. 433
06. Ernani, paraphrase de concert (2nd version), R. 265, S. 432
07. Réminiscences de Simon Boccanegra, R. 271, S. 438
08. Aida, Danza sacra e Duetto finale, R. 269, S. 436
09. Agnus Dei from Messa da Requiem, R. 270, S. 437


Rinaldo Zhok dedicates a disc honoring Verdi’s bicentenary with Liszt’s complete operatic transcriptions and paraphrases, which he brings together for the first time on CD in their entirety. Building on from Liszt adaptations, Rinaldo highlights what one might define the Verdian spirituality, projects the dramatic force of the personages of the arias, and creates a theater without words and without images, suggested only by the sounds of the piano. The resulting exchange is quite wonderful: Liszt giving Verdi his hands, Verdi giving Liszt his voice.

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