Andrew Wright - Operatic Pianist - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Repackaged Boxed Set

This live recording of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser was made at the 2014 Bayreuth Festival. InchKober's conducting... is outstanding and the chorus are superb... The color that Nylund is able to apply... pays dividends with Elisabeth... Keri achieves a good balance between the more lyrical side of his character and the Romantic heldentenor... Musically it's a glorious affair... that finds the true delicacy and poignancy within what is surely the most Romantic of Wagner's works on the misunderstood suffering, exiled artist.Inch (OperaJournal) InchCamilla Nylund's Elisabeth and Kwangchul Youn's Landgraf deservedly received the most applause at the curtain calls.Inch (Bachtrack) InchEspecially in the Singer's Contest in the second act the performers act with heart and soul. Baumgarten developed a truly animated stage direction.Inch (Opernnetz)

Jozef Wieniawski, younger brother of Henryk, was a prolific Polish composer and virtuoso pianist renowned throughout Europe. After studies in Paris he spent two years in Weimar studying with and absorbing the compositional style of Franz Liszt - Wieniawski's work combines the pianistic flair and poetic intensity of both Liszt and his fellow countryman Chopin. These qualities can all be heard in the virtuoso Polonaises and the tragic Ballade as well as the Piano Sonata in B minor - the pinnacle of Jozef Wieniawski's many contributions to the piano repertoire. Andrew Cannestra's recording of Polonaise No. 1 is available for streaming and download on a digital single (9.70388).