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Track(s) taken from SIGCD388

Züricher Vielliebchen-Walzer, WWV88

composer
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Llŷr Williams (piano)
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Recording details: March 2014
Wyastone Recording Studio, Monmouth, United Kingdom
Produced by Judith Sherman
Engineered by Andrew Mellor & Mike Hatch
Release date: September 2014
Total duration: 1 minutes 9 seconds

Cover artwork: Photograph by Benjamin Ealovega.
 

Reviews

'The Welsh virtuoso's idea of juxtaposing a selection of Wagner's uneven piano works with transcriptions is pianophile catnip. Wagner's 'long-winded' Fantasy, written at 19, and his effusive Sonata for his Tristan muse, Mathilde Wesendonck, are the most substantial original items, surpassed by Liszt's elaborations of extracts from Tristan, Tannhauser and Rienzi. Williams's reduction of Glenn Gould's four-hand Meistersinger Overture and his own Parsifal arrangements are highlights. An uplifting disc.’ (The Sunday Times)
Several of Wagner's original piano works are effectively little gifts he composed in a spirit similar to that represented by the 'Lied ohne Worte' he gave to Kietz in 1840. One such gift was for Mathilde’s sister, Marie Luckenmeyer, who frequently visited Wagner in Zürich where he was living in exile during the 1850s to avoid imprisonment for his revolutionary activities. Wagner’s inscription on Züricher Vielliebchen-Walzer reads: 'Dedicated to Marie of Dusseldorf by the best dancer in Saxony, called Richard the Waltzmaker.'

from notes by Daniel Jaffé © 2014

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