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Track(s) taken from CDA66874

En rêve – Nocturne, S207

composer
1885

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Recording details: January 1996
Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: January 1997
Total duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Leslie Howard (piano)
Lucille Chung (piano)

Reviews

‘The virtuosity with which all this is despatched is exceptional’ (BBC Record Review)

‘There are few living pianists who can match him in dexterity, power and daring. For heart-thumping virtuosity Hamelin is in a class of his own’ (Classic CD)

‘These are musically and technically dazzling readings of some of the most demanding and poetic music ever written for the piano. They make me wonder if Liszt himself ever played them better! You rarely hear music-making of this calibre’ (Hi-Fi News)

«Peu parmi les plus grands seraient capable d'être aussi rigoristes tout en étant aussi virtuoses» (Répertoire, France)
En rêve (‘Dreaming’) is another nocturne—but how different in scope and character to Schlaflos!—and was composed in 1885. A beautifully sculpted melody over a broken chord accompaniment puts one in mind, initially, of Chopin. There is in this little gem, unlike in many of the works from the last years of Liszt’s life, nothing disillusioned or bleak, but rather a note of acceptance and reconciliation.

from notes by Jeremy Nicholas © 2019

En rêve est un autre nocturne—mais d’une portée et d’un caractère très différents de Schlaflos!. Liszt le composa en 1885. Une mélodie merveilleusement sculptée sur un accompagnement en accords brisés fait d’abord penser à Chopin. Contrairement à de nombreuses œuvres des dernières années de la vie de Liszt, il n’y a ici rien de désabusé ou de sinistre dans ce petit joyau, mais plutôt une note d’acceptation et de réconciliation.

extrait des notes rédigées par Jeremy Nicholas © 2019
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

Ein weiteres Nocturne ist En rêve („Im Traum“) von 1885—doch wie anders in Umfang und Charakter! Bei der wohlgeformten, von gebrochenen Akkorden begleiteten Melodie denkt man zunächst an Chopin. Anders als so viele Stücke aus Liszts Spätwerk erzählt diese kleine Kostbarkeit nicht von Desillusionierung oder Trostlosigkeit, sondern von Bejahung und Versöhnung.

aus dem Begleittext von Jeremy Nicholas © 2019
Deutsch: Friedrich Sprondel

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