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Francesco Piemontesi presents: Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata

3/8/2023

September sees the release of pianist Francesco Piemontesi​’s latest album with Pentatone, presenting Franz Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes and Sonata in B Minor, two of the highest mountains to climb within the piano repertoire. The album will be released on digital platforms on 1 September, with the physical release set for September. 

Piemontesi has taken his time before embarking on this epic journey, and the recording documents how his interpretation of these legendary works has matured over time. Unique to this album are the liner notes, written by Nike Wagner, the great-great-granddaughter of Liszt.

“For me, the most important thing was to reproduce the orchestral sound Liszt wanted to achieve with his compositions – and this applies to both the Etudes and the B minor Sonata. My aim was and is to work out the individual voices from the score – a flute here, the timpani there, the orchestral tutti there – and to let the piano transcend into a colourful orchestra.”

FRANCESCO PIEMONTESI

Francesco Piemontesi is among the most-cherished pianists of our age, and presents the fourth fruit of his exclusive collaboration with Pentatone, having released the acclaimed Schubert – Last Piano Sonatas (2019), Bach Nostalghia (2021) and Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Jonathan Nott (2022).

Cartier Le Voyage Recommencé : A Classical Concert of Art and Emotion
Cartier Le Voyage Recommencé : A Classical Concert of Art and Emotion