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Sergey Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt, Lazar Berman
Lazar Berman plays Liszt & Rachmaninov
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 1 in B flat minor (Andantino)
2. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 2 in E flat minor (Allegro)
3. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 3 in B minor (Andante cantabile)
4. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 4 in E minor (Presto)
5. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 5 in D flat major (Adagio sostenuto)
6. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 6 in C major (Maestoso)
7. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 1. Preludio, Presto
8. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 2. Molto vivace
9. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 3. Paysage, Poco Adagio
10. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 4. Mazeppa, Allegro
11. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 5. Feux follets, Allegretto
12. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 6. Vision, Lento
13. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 7. Eroica, Allegro
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 8. Wilde Jagd, presto furioso
2. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 9. Ricordanza, Andantino
3. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 10. Allegro agitato molto
4. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 11. Harmonies du soir, Andantino
5. Études d'exécution transcendante (12 Transcendental Etudes), for piano, S. 139 (LW A172): No. 12. Chasse-neige, Andante con moto
6. Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 (Pace non trovo; I) for piano (Tre sonetti No. 1), S. 158/1
7. Prelude for piano No.6 in G minor, Op. 23/5
8. Orage, for piano (Années I/5), S. 160/5 (LW A159/5)

CD Details

All Artists: Sergey Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt, Lazar Berman
Title: Lazar Berman plays Liszt & Rachmaninov
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Idi [Ital Disc Inst]
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 10/31/2006
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 675754948726, 8021945001510

CD Reviews

Great Playing, Great Sound

Paul Turner | 01/24/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was around in the 1970s when Berman hit the West, and I misjudged him; as I recall now I thought him error-prone and found his DG recordings less impressive than performances by others. But having come across his name several times recently - not least in the absolutely brilliant Naxos A-Z of Pianists (Berman features in the huge booklet) - I decided to give him another try. This particular recording captures his fabulous technique and glorious tone to wonderful effect. The music and the music-making are really in the all-time-great class. Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux are by turns movingly beautiful and gloriously powerful, and I am sure that all piano aficionados will be thrilled if they take the plunge and add this great disc by this great man to their collections. You can see him playing the fourth Rachmaninov Moment on You Tube, where the pianist's hands, technique and tone are all things of great beauty. Also well worth considering is a budget-price 7-CD Brilliant box with, among much else, a fine Prokofiev Eighth Sonata and more Liszt. Less good somehow is a three-disc DG set of Liszt's Annees. Was Berman uncomfortable aiming for note-perfect playing in the studio? It sounds like it. But don't whatever you do miss out on this fabulous Italian twofer with the Liszt Transcendentals and the Rachmaninov Moments. It really is great."