Naxos
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 25 / Alexandre Dossin
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- LISZT, FRANZ
- Artist
- Alexandre Dossin
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Jun 26, 2007
- Catalog #
- 8557904
- UPC
- 747313290420
About
Among Liszt's operatic paraphrases and transcriptions, those based on Verdi operas constitute some of the composer/pianist's most effective and satisfying efforts in the genre. Since Claudio Arrau's reference recording of all seven can be had only as part of a boxed set, Naxos' excellent single-disc edition featuring Alexandre Dossin is all the more welcome. Like Arrau, Dossin is a big virtuoso who obtains huge sonorities without banging, and is not averse to underlining Liszt's expressive directives in red ink, with broad, rhetorical strokes.
At times Dossin's melodic pushing and pulling is a bit much (the Rigoletto Paraphrase's exposition), yet more than enough moments reveal the work of a caring keyboard master. For example, Dossin coaxes great tonal variety and emotional impact from the murky low-register passages in the Miserere from Il Trovatore. Also note the I Lombardi paraphrase's beautifully gilded arpeggios, Dossin's sense of long-lined control throughout the taxing left-hand octaves in Reminiscences De Boccanegra, or the way he conveys both power and luminosity in the Ernani paraphrase's bushels of chords. No doubt that Naxos' ample, detailed sonics enhance my observations. I hope that the label has further projects in store for this talented pianist.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
At times Dossin's melodic pushing and pulling is a bit much (the Rigoletto Paraphrase's exposition), yet more than enough moments reveal the work of a caring keyboard master. For example, Dossin coaxes great tonal variety and emotional impact from the murky low-register passages in the Miserere from Il Trovatore. Also note the I Lombardi paraphrase's beautifully gilded arpeggios, Dossin's sense of long-lined control throughout the taxing left-hand octaves in Reminiscences De Boccanegra, or the way he conveys both power and luminosity in the Ernani paraphrase's bushels of chords. No doubt that Naxos' ample, detailed sonics enhance my observations. I hope that the label has further projects in store for this talented pianist.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
Tracklist 7 tracks
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1 Verdi - Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert , S434/R267 07:38
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Verdi - Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert , S434/R267
- Duration
- 07:38
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
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2 Verdi - Aida: Danza sacra e duetto final, S436/R269 11:38
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Verdi - Aida: Danza sacra e duetto final, S436/R269
- Duration
- 11:38
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
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3 Verdi - Il Trovatore: Miserere, S433/R266 08:39
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Verdi - Il Trovatore: Miserere, S433/R266
- Duration
- 08:39
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
-
4 Verdi - I Lombardi: Salve Maria de Jerusalem, S431/R264 06:48
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Verdi - I Lombardi: Salve Maria de Jerusalem, S431/R264
- Duration
- 06:48
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
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5 Verdi - Don Carlos: Coro di festa e marcia funebre, S435/R268 07:07
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Verdi - Don Carlos: Coro di festa e marcia funebre, S435/R268
- Duration
- 07:07
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
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6 Verdi - Reminiscences de Boccanegra, S438/R271 11:17
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Verdi - Reminiscences de Boccanegra, S438/R271
- Duration
- 11:17
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin
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7 Verdi - Ernani: Paraphrase de concert, S432/R265 08:49
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Verdi - Ernani: Paraphrase de concert, S432/R265
- Duration
- 08:49
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Alexandre Dossin