Hexaméron – Morceau de concert 'Grandes Variations de Bravoure sur la Marche des Puritains de Bellini', S392 (Liszt/Bellini)
 | from Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies (CDA68320) 1 Introduction: Extrèmement lent [3'56] 11 minutes 14 seconds 9 tracks2 Tema: Allegro marziale [1'25] 3 Variation I: Ben marcato (Thalberg) [0'56] 4 Variation II: Moderato [2'49] 5 Variation III di bravura (Pixis) – Ritornello (Liszt) [1'19] 6 Variation IV: Legato e grazioso (Herz) [1'23] 7 Variation V: Vivo e brillante (Czerny) – Fuocoso molto energico; Lento quasi recitativo (Liszt) [3'26] 8 Variation VI: Largo, KKIIb/2 (Chopin) – [coda] (Liszt) [2'31] 9 Finale: Molto vivace quasi prestissimo [3'04] ‘If I were allowed a two-word review of this disc, it would read as follows: buy it. But then, as a long-term admirer of Marc-André Hamelin, you would expect me to write that. Except that I think this ...  BBC Music Magazine‘Marc-André Hamelin is just the kind of pianist you need to make the most of some of the great nineteenth-century virtuoso pianists’ entertaining operatic transcriptions … making light of Liszt’s ... |