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Beethoven-Liszt: The 9 Symphonies on Piano / Bellucci
Brilliant Classics

Beethoven-Liszt: The 9 Symphonies on Piano / Bellucci

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Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Giovanni Bellucci
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 28, 2022
Catalog #
BRI94863
UPC
5028421948638

About

As the Italian pianist Giovanni Bellucci remarks in an extensive booklet introduction, this album is the fruit of study over the past 20 years and more, into the worlds of both Beethoven and Liszt and their meeting point in these transcriptions where the Hungarian composer sought to honor his forebear as the original leader of an artistic movement we now think of as Romanticism, where the composer places himself at the front and center of his works. Liszt’s transcriptions diverged from the ready-made arrangements which publishers rapidly produced and reprinted to meet the demands of amateur and domestic audiences. Here, the symphonic world of Beethoven is not merely experienced as a distant echo but translated into the idiom of the virtuoso piano which swept across Europe during the latter half of the 19th century, led by Liszt and Clara Schumann. Thus in these performances, Bellucci seeks a kind of fidelity to the Romantic age of the transcriptions rather than the Classical age of the original works.

Taking broad tempi and probing deeply into textures which, after all, condense the soundworld of an entire orchestra into the span of ten fingers, Bellucci presents an individual and compelling new vision of works which renew themselves at the hands of each new generation’s interpreters. The cycle reaches its climax with the Ninth, recorded live at the2014 Lisztomania Festival in France, with the participation of the Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno and soloists Hana Škarková, Lucie Hilscherová, Michal Lehotský and Martin Gurbal. Other studio sessions have taken place in the famous Salle de Musique at La Chaux de Fonds in Switzerland, between 2018 and 2021.

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 07:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  2. 2 II. Andante cantabile con moto 06:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile con moto
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  3. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace 04:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  4. 4 IV. Adagio - Allegro molto vivace 06:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio - Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  5. 5 I. Allegro con brio 16:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    16:15
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  6. 6 II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 19:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
    Duration
    19:13
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  7. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 06:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 12:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro molto
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  9. 9 I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 14:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    14:12
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  10. 10 II. Larghetto 14:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    14:59
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  11. 11 III. Scherzo: Allegro 04:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  12. 12 IV. Allegro molto 06:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  13. 13 I. Allegro con brio 06:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  14. 14 II. Andante con moto 10:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  15. 15 III. Allegro - 05:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegro -
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  16. 16 IV. Allegro 12:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    12:05
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  17. 17 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 12:04
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    12:04
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  18. 18 II. Adagio 11:01
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    11:01
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  19. 19 III. Allegro molto e vivace 05:43
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Allegro molto e vivace
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  20. 20 IV. Allegro ma non troppo 07:08
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  21. 21 I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 15:31
    Track
    21
    Title
    I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
    Duration
    15:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  22. 22 II. Allegretto 09:27
    Track
    22
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:27
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  23. 23 III. Scherzo 07:49
    Track
    23
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  24. 24 IV. Allegro con brio 08:59
    Track
    24
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    08:59
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  25. 25 I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country: Allegro ma non troppo 14:00
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Awakening of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival in the Country: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    14:00
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  26. 26 II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto mosso 14:26
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Scene by the Brook: Andante molto mosso
    Duration
    14:26
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  27. 27 III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk: Allegro 06:05
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Merry Gathering of Country Folk: Allegro
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  28. 28 IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro 04:27
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Thunderstorm: Allegro
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  29. 29 V. Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm: Allegretto 10:53
    Track
    29
    Title
    V. Shepherd's Song: Happy and Thankful Feelings after the Storm: Allegretto
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  30. 30 I. Allegro vivace e con brio 10:47
    Track
    30
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace e con brio
    Duration
    10:47
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  31. 31 II. Allegretto scherzando 04:32
    Track
    31
    Title
    II. Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  32. 32 III. Tempo di menuetto 04:40
    Track
    32
    Title
    III. Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  33. 33 IV. Allegro vivace 08:38
    Track
    33
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  34. 34 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 19:11
    Track
    34
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
    Duration
    19:11
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  35. 35 II. Molto vivace 12:52
    Track
    35
    Title
    II. Molto vivace
    Duration
    12:52
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  36. 36 III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 19:44
    Track
    36
    Title
    III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
    Duration
    19:44
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Giovanni Bellucci
  37. 37 Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, S657/R376, "Choral": IV. Finale: Presto (with Beethoven's original chorus part) 26:26
    Track
    37
    Title
    Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, S657/R376, "Choral": IV. Finale: Presto (with Beethoven's original chorus part)
    Duration
    26:26
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Hana Škarková, Lucie Hilscherova, Michal Lehotský, Martin Gurbal, Giovanni Bellucci
    Ensemble
    Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir