FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Totentanz Yoav Levanon (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "Liszt's first piano concerto is a tour de force of virtuosity and drama, while the second offers a more nuanced, introspective exploration," says Yoav Levanon. "Together, they capture Liszt's artistic vision, combining technical brilliance with deep... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "This account has plenty of fire and imagination" (ClassicsToday) |
FRANZ LISZT / FREDERIC CHOPIN / ROBERT SCHUMANN / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A Monument To Beethoven Yoav Levanon (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] "Levanon is undaunted by Liszt's Sonata, giving a performance of heroic sweep. A powerful player, the 18-year-old is nimble and articulate in the virtuoso passages, dramatic with the rhetorical flourishes, tender and lyrical when required." BBC Music |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Yoav Talmi [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/May/1986 ] Includes a world premiere recording of the completed Finale. |
BERLIOZ
Harold In Italy / Les Francs-Juges, Op.3 Overture / Reverie et Caprice, Op.8 Rivka Golani, viola ; San Diego Symphony Orchestra ; Yoav Talmi, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] "Naxos often gives us pleasure by introducing artists otherwise unknown. Talmi has real feeling for Berlioz... Excellent value." - BBC Music Magazine - October 1996 |
BERLIOZ
Romeo et Juliette (excerpts) / Les Troyens a Carthage (excerpts) San Diego Master Chorale / San Diego Symphony Orchestra / Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] In his opera Les Troyens and symphonic poem Roméo et Juliette, Berlioz demonstrates an astonishing mastery of episode, expression, and impulse. Each is a dramatic realisation of a familiar tale, drawn from Berlioz' powerful grasp of the meta-human... |
Yoav
A Foolproof Escape Plan [ You Are Here / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] |