Franz Liszt: Complete Symphonic Poems, transcribed for solo piano by August Stradal, Volume Two

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Catalogue No: TOCC0092
EAN/UPC: 5060113440921
Release Date: 28.01.2013
Composer: August Stradal, Franz Liszt
Artists: Risto-Matti Marin

Although Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems exist in two-piano transcriptions prepared by the composer himself, it was his Czech student August Stradal (1860-1930) who was to transcribe them for solo piano — versions which demand almost superhuman virtuosity. As Malcolm MacDonald writes in his booklet essay, Stradal's versions 'transform these revolutionary orchestral compositions into viable and effective piano works, faithfully preserving their masterly musical substance'. A Fanfare review of Vol. 1 in this series had high praise for Risto-Matti Marin's pianism: 'One marvels at the stamina that can keep such a plethora of detail in place with such relentless élan; at his narrative shaping, which can turn up an already withering heat, so to speak, at climactic moments; at his overarching persuasiveness'.

Risto-Matti Marin, piano

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  1. Orpheus: Symphonic Poem No. 4 (1853–54)
  2. Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo: Symphonic Poem No. 2 (1854)
  3. Hungaria: Symphonic Poem No. 9 (1854)
  4. Hamlet: Symphonic Poem No. 10 (1858)

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