Liszt Transfigured: Operatic Fantasies for Piano

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Liszt Transfigured: Operatic Fantasies for Piano
Chiyan Wong (piano)

[ Linn / CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 15 July 2017

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This hugely talented pianist makes his recording debut with the phenomenally difficult Liszt transcriptions of well-known opera melodies.

A broad and thoughtful musician, Chiyan Wong's special interest in the music of Franz Liszt, has led to him perfecting his own editions of these popular operatic fantasies.

Following Liszt's own advice regarding transcriptions, Wong concentrates on communicating the spirit and intention of the music whilst applying his own personal touches.

A decade of performing Réminiscences de 'Don Juan' de Mozart has created a most effective version, whilst Wong adds a new coda to Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni in a fitting tribute to Liszt's pupil Carl Tausig.

"Wong skilfully balances fire, flair and levity, and has a knack for nudging the melodies gently round their corners. In the Lisztian spirit, he even adds a few ideas of his own." The Guardian, 23rd March 2017 ****

"I have run out of superlatives here as this really is a stupendous recording. I have listened to this disc many, many times while writing this review. It is one of those few recordings which sounds as if it is spontaneously generating whenever it is played. Every idea is presented without preconceptions and flows naturally. Mr. Wong's playing is phenomenal. There is some exquisite interplay between the hands. Even when the music is breathtakingly challenging, he manages to make it sound easy." MusicWeb Recording of the Month June 2017

Tracks:

1. Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l'opéra Niobe de Pacini - Divertissement sur la cavatine I tuoi frequenti palpiti, S. 419
2. Réminiscences de La juive - Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l'opéra de
Halévy, S. 409a
3. Réminiscences de 'Don Juan' de Mozart - Grande fantaisie, S. 418
4. Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro
und Don Giovanni, S. 697