Indre Petrauskaite - Liszt: Piano Transcriptions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Award-winning Lithuanian, London-based pianist Indre Petrauskaite makes her AVIE tag debut with a selection of Mozart's piano works with a twist she uniquely brings together the composer's solo keyboard works written in minor keys. The nine works offered here represent a fraction of the composer's overall oeuvre, yet they span a gamut of genres - including improvisatory and emotional fantasies, enigmatic miniatures and complex sonatas. Indre showcases these pieces - much loved staples of stage and studio alike - in a novel and stunning album. InchStrong and well-played performances.Inch (MusicWeb International)

Liszt / Perlemuter - Piano Works [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/01/2002

With his Genuin debut album, the Romanian pianist Mihai Ritivoiu takes us into other spheres InchTranscendenceInch is the name of the production that unites works by Franck, Enescu, and Liszt. The prizewinner of numerous competitions (including the Dinu Lipatti and George Enescu competitions) avoids thunderous pounding and superficial tinkling on the keys. From the first notes of Franck's Prelude to the mystical floating away at the end of Liszt's great sonata, the young musician draws us into his musical spell with a differentiated attack and staying power. Particularly noteworthy George Enescu's expressive, first piano sonata - a real repertoire highlight! Ritivoiu writes of the album InchIn choosing the repertoire for my first recording, I found myself drawn to three works which, albeit different, all transcend the boundaries of merely pianistic music, whether it is the quasi-organ sounds and bell chimes of Cesar Franck's Prelude Choral et Fugue or the orchestral sonorities of the Liszt and Enescu sonatas.Inch