Classical Music

Classical Music

Liszt’s music very often has external inspiration. It attempts, that is to say, to translate and communicate emotions that have been aroused in the artist by nature, poetry or painting. The pieces recorded here are not just a combination of well-organized notes. They offer something that goes further, something not visible in the score to the naked eye, something that impresses the listener as a true “vision.” It is from this that Liszt’s music derives its strongly evocative power, its capacity to recreate in sound natural, human and spiritual realities. Jacopo Mai was born in Grosseto in September 1996. He obtained the first level Diploma Accademico in Piano with full marks, honors and special mention at the ISSM “P. Mascagni” of Livorno, where his teacher was Maestro Daniel Rivera. In parallel with his musical studies, he attended the Liceo Classico “Carducci-Ricasoli” of Grosseto, obtaining the Classical High School Diploma in 2015. He won first prize in the Literary Competition held by the Italian “Dante Alighieri” Society with “La Nave in Dante”. He has attended numerous international piano competitions, obtaining mentions and first prizes as a soloist, duet partner, and chamber musician. He has also given numerous recitals for cultural associations in Tuscany.

"One must defend the Hungarian Rhapsodies on two fronts: First against musicians of the 'serious' brand who look down on them as showpieces, and secondly, against the piano maniacs who abuse them as showpieces." By these words, great pianist Alfred Brendel characterizes the Hungarian Rhapsodies S 244 by Franz Liszt, which have now been recorded for Gramola by the young Bulgarian pianist Martin Ivanov. The thin line between overwhelming virtuosity on one hand and poetic finesse on the other seems to be tailor-made for Ivanov, who already showed great success with his recordings of Chopin, Schumann and lately with his recording of Liszt's Sonata in B minor.

Classical Music

• A choice selection of Lisztian piano works. • Pianist Jean Muller has concertized across Europe to critical approval, with special acclaim being received for his Beethoven complete piano sonata cycle performances. • Booklet notes in French, English and Japanese.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Soprano Hein Jung, internationally performing artist and Assoc. Prof of Music at the Univ. of Tampa, FL and pianist Grigorios Zamparas, Assoc. Prof. of Music and head of the piano program at The Univ. of Tampa, FL (“formidable technique” – ARG), colleagues in academia, are here partnered in this new Centaur recording of songs of Franz Liszt. Surrounding a half-dozen miscellaneous Liszt lieder are two opuses of three-song themed groupings, the Tre sonetti di Petrarca, S270 and the Lieder aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell, S292. Recorded at Sykes Chapel, Univ. of Tampa in 2014.

Classical Music

Classical Music

This disc presents a program of great 19th-Century works for two flutes and piano.

Classical Music

Classical Music