#Beethoven liszt symphony 5 series#

While I feel Katsaris's recordings are supreme, I must still endorse Scherbakov. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies, 1 and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of western music. Beethoven began work on the Fifth Symphony shortly after completing the Third in fact, ideas that he would use in the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies already. It's difficult to find any reason not to buy this recording unless one already owns Katsaris's or would like to own all of Scherbakov's Beethoven-Liszt, in which case I recommend buying the box set. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. In this case, Liszt not only illuminates the subtleties and intricate voicing, but creates rousing piano works. Truly, an understanding of Beethoven's symphonies is more likely when they are heard on a different medium. 'Any fan of good piano music, virtuosic piano music, and Beethoven's piano music, should find this recording revelatory.

His account of the Second symphony is riveting, and he makes impressive sense the much more daunting Fifth.' Michael Church, Classic CD His range of colour is huge, and his broad tempi allow him to suggest the spaciousness which is the essence of the exercise.

Konstantin Scherbakov is a lifelong Beethovenian, and he brings all the needed qualities. Andrew Walton and Eleanor Thomason, working at St Martin's Church East Woodhay, Hampshire, supply the finishing sonic touches.' Bill Newman, Hi-Fi News Thereafter, his stately rendering of the march that starts the scherzo, both hands declaiming the surging celli/basses in the trio, the descent into the abyss and upsurge of victorious rejoicing leads us to the magnificent close. Scherbakov's control of pulse and filagree ornamentations make this the focal point of the interpretation. The evening of musical celebration ends in uplifting fashion with Dvok’s Eighth Symphony. Chasqui is an engrossing movement from an early Gabriela Lena Frank work, called more relevant than ever by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Flexible wrist control, fingers in close contact with the keys pay dividends during the finale's intricacies. Symphony 5's wider canvas of emotions, and new harmonic blendings after the held-breath anticipation at the start, is notable for its compactness, and the way that high tensions are made to counterbalance the proud declamations of the following movement. One of the modern greats, pianist Daniil Trifonov, joins in Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. The Larghetto is finely poised - singing phrases all beautifully weighted, each stand poignant - whilst the scherzo shows the performer's adeptness in sforzandi, ' pizzicati', the shaping and dynamic grading of melodic lines. At the start of Symphony 2, classical restraint suddenly gives way to dazzling turns of phrase the music takes on a romantic ardour, effervescence hardly dampened by Beethoven's famous 'pregnant pauses'.

#Beethoven liszt symphony 5 series#

'After studying the Beethoven and Liszt manuscripts, Scherbakov gave a series of live performances before committing his thoughts to disc. 2 in D major, S464/R128īeethoven - Symphony No. Liszt’s transcription brings the glory of Beethoven’s symphonic work to our own homes.Beethoven - Symphony No. This recording from 1985 by Jean-Gabriel Ferlan brings those 19th-century parlour days back again. Liszt’s versions of Beethoven’s symphonies are straight transcriptions, following the original as closely as possible, ‘following the principle of adding nothing and removing as little as possible.’ This contrasts with his other arrangements that added virtuosic embellishments to the original. 9 for 2 pianos.Īll of this was his own way of bringing to the piano the best music in world. Twenty-two years later he returned to the project and finished all the symphonies and then did an extra version of Symphony No. The first transcriptions in 1837 were the most favorite works: Symphonies 5, 6, and 7. Between 18 he did piano transcription of all Beethoven’s nine symphonies.