Liszt - Complete Symphonic Poems transcribed for solo piano Vol.3 | Toccata Classics TOCC0432

Liszt - Complete Symphonic Poems transcribed for solo piano Vol.3

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0432

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 12th January 2018

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Liszt never transcribed his thirteen symphonic poems for solo piano – that task was undertaken by his Czech student August Stradal (1860–1930). Stradal’s versions demand almost superhuman virtuosity, which the Finnish pianist Risto-Matti Marin supplies in spades. As the late 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, who earned his doctoral degree from the Sibelius Academy in 2010, has recorded many internationally acclaimed solo piano albums, and several others of chamber music, his catalogue extending from the cornerstones of Classical/Romantic piano repertoire to rare original works, transcriptions and contemporary music. In addition to his work as a recitalist and chamber musician, he lectures on piano music and teaches at master-classes in Finland and abroad. He has premiered many Finnish contemporary works, by Sebastian Fagerlund, Eero Hämeenniemi and Matthew Whittall, among others.

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