Valentina Lisitsa - Valentina Lisitsa Piano Recital (2010)

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 Appassionata: I. Allegro assai
02. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 Appassionata: II. Andante con moto
03. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 Appassionata: III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
04. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Landern und Menschen
05. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 2, Curiose Geschichte
06. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 3, Hasche-Mann
07. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 4, Bittendes Kind
08. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 5, Gluckes genug
09. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 6, Wichtige Begebenheit
10. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
11. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 8, Am Camin
12. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 9, Ritter vom Steckenpferd
13. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 10, Fast zu ernst
14. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 11, Furchtenmachen
15. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 12, Kind im Einschlummern
16. Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter spricht
17. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Op. 63: Fantaisie sur des motifs de Il barbiere di Siviglia, Op. 63
18. Totentanz, S. 525/R. 188

Described by critics as a ‘bona fide angel playing’ and an ‘electrifying pianist’, the young Ukrainian-born, North Carolina-based Valentina Lisitsa has been receiving rave reviews ever since her début in Avery Fisher Hall for the Mostly Mozart Festival. It would be hard to conceive of a more thoroughly Romantic or demanding programme than she presents here: Beethoven’s radical ‘Appassionata’ Sonata, via Schumann’s musical expression of an adult’s memories of childhood and Thalberg’s fantastic transformation of themes from Rossini’s most popular opera to Liszt’s pianistic danse macabre, inspired by a fresco by the medieval Italian artist Francesco Traini.

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