Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 17 / Valerie Tryon

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 1, 2001
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LISZT
    • PERFORMER
      Valerie, Tryon
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Das Wandern

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    2. No. 2. Der Muller und der Bach

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    3. No. 3. Der Jager

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    4. No. 4. Die bose Farbe

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    5. No. 5. Wohin?

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    6. No. 6. Ungeduld (3rd version)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    7. Schubert - Die Forelle (The Trout), S564/R248 (2nd version)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    8. Schubert - Die Rose, S556/R241

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    9. Schubert - 12 Lieder, S558/R243: No. 5: Merresstille

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    10. Schubert - Der Gondelfahrer, S559/R244

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    11. Schubert - Schwanengesang, S560/R245: No. 10: Liebesbotschaft

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    12. Schubert - 12 Lieder, S558/R243: No. 12. Ave Maria

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    13. Schubert - 6 Melodies, S563/R248: No. 5. Ungeduld (1st version)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    14. No. 1. Litaney

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    15. No. 2. Himmelsfunken

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    16. No. 3. Die Gestirne

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    17. No. 4. Hymne

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    18. Schubert - Lob der Tranen, S557/R242, "Benediction des larmes"

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon

    19. Schubert - 12 Lieder, S558/R243: No. 4: Erlkonig

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Valerie Tryon


Valerie Tryon, one of the most sensitive and poetic pianists around, turns in another lovely contribution to Naxos' ongoing cycle of Liszt's complete piano music. Her pianism is quite a different kettle of fish from Oxana Yablonskaya's, whose own Schubert/Liszt disc marks Volume 5 in this series. At first hearing, I felt Tryon's control of Liszt's textural complexities to be slightly soft-grained and lacking the last degree of suppleness and tonal solidity we expect in this repertoire. By the second and third listening, I began to appreciate the pianist's canny dynamic planning, as witness the unfolding drama of "Der Jäger" and "Die böse Farbe" from Die Schöne Müllerin, or the subtle, rippling accompaniment that gently envelops "Wohin?".


Similarly, Tryon bathes "Die Forelle"'s arpeggios in beautifully tinted shadings and takes trouble to clarify Liszt's pedal markings. Listen to how Tryon deftly keeps "Ave Maria"'s melody afloat against an accompaniment that keeps changing its textural stripes. Yes, "Erlkönig" can use a bit more clarity and cumulative power, with less heavy octaves in the left hand. But that's just one track out of 19, and what's good is quite wonderful. If you've a hankering for Schubert songs served up for solo piano as only Liszt could, you'll certainly warm to this disc.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com