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

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161:
• 1 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: No. 4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca 05:40
• 2 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca 06:28
• 3 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161: No. 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca 06:48
• Valses oubliées, No. 2, S. 215:
• 4 Liszt: Valses oubliées, No. 2, S. 215 06:12
• Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178:
• 5 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: I. Lento assai - Allegro energico 12:01
• 6 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: II. Andante sostenuto - Quasi adagio 06:38
• 7 Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: III. Allegro energico 10:50
• 3 Études de concert, S. 144:
• 8 Liszt: 3 Études de concert, S. 144: No. 2, La leggierezza 04:54
• Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244:
• 9 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 6 in D-Flat Major 07:04
• Total Runtime 01:06:35

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

This is pianist Nelson Goerner’s twelfth recording for the Alpha Classics label. He devotes his new album to the solo piano works of Franz Liszt, with the famous Sonata in B minor as the centrepiece; nearly twenty years after his first album of the sonata, he felt the urge to re-record it, following a series of critically acclaimed concerts. His talents as a storyteller and as a virtuoso with an eye for nuance are heard to marvellous effect in this monumental work, a veritable ‘musical action’ that undoubtedly belongs in the pantheon of the finest literature for piano. The programme is completed by excerpts from Liszt’s major cycles, including the Petrarch Sonnets from the Années de pèlerinage and the Hungarian Rhapsody no.6, along with the spectacular concert étude La leggierezza.

Nelson Goerner, piano

Nelson Goerner
Born in San Pedro, Argentina, Nelson Goerner has established himself as one of the foremost pianists of his generation. After studying in Argentina with Jorge Garrubba, Juan Carlos Arabian and Carmen Scalcione, he was awarded First Prize in the Franz Liszt Competition in Buenos Aires in 1986. This led to a scholarship to work with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatoire, and in 1990 Nelson Goerner won the First Prize at the Geneva Competition.

Nelson Goerner has performed throughout Europe including at the Salzburg Festival, La Roque d'Anthéron, La Grange de Meslay, Edinburgh, Schleswig-Holstein and Verbier festivals, and in halls such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the South Bank Centre and Wigmore Hall in London, and at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He has also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Claus Peter Flor, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra of Berlin under Andrew Davis, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Emmanuel Krivine, the Hallé Orchestra under Mark Elder, the Suisse Romande with Neemi Jarvi and Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos, the Vienna Symphony, Sinfonia Varsovia, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo under Fabio Luisi. He performs regularly at the BBC Proms. In the USA and Canada, his appearances have included performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Mr Goerner has performed chamber music with the Takács Quartet, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman and Vadim Repin, and duo recitals with the mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch. He also performs repertoire for two pianos with Martha Argerich, Alexander Rabinovich, and with his wife Rusudan Alavidze.

Mr Goerner's future concerts will include performances with the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande and the Weimar Staatskapelle, as well as recital appearances in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Geneva, Vancouver, Washington DC, Minneapolis and Buenos Aires.

Mr Goerner's discography includes recordings of Chopin, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Busoni, and a DVD of repertoire by Beethoven and Chopin in a live performance from the Verbier Festival. His recording of Chopin for the Frederic Chopin Institute of Warsaw, performed on original instruments, was awarded the Diapason d'Or, and his Chopin recording on the Wigmore Hall Live label was instrumental Choice of the Month in BBC Music Magazine. His most recent recording, of Debussy, for the Outhere/ZigZag Territoires label was recently awarded the Diapason d'Or of the Year 2013.

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