Yulian Sitkovetsky - Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The internationally renowned pianist Yulianna Avdeeva presents Metanoia, a profound exploration of the late piano works of Franz Liszt, tracing his radical transformation from virtuoso to visionary. Liszt's late works mark a decisive break with traditional musical language and form, opening the door to 20th-century modernism through bold harmonic experimentation, compressed structures, and strikingly dissonant sonorities. Stripped of conventional melodic development, these brief but intense works convey deep existential reflection, touching on themes of faith, mortality, and the human condition. Initially met with resistance, they would later become a major influence on composers such as Bartok, Scriabin, Debussy, and Ravel.The album unfolds in reverse chronology, culminating in Liszt's Sonata in B Minor and Legende No. 2. The Sonata in B Minor stands as one of the most important works in the piano repertoire a single-movement structure of extraordinary dramatic and philosophical scope, where contrasting themes emerge, collide, and transform into a journey from darkness to transcendence. For Avdeeva, Liszt's music is never purely virtuosic, but an existential inquiry into the deepest aspects of human experience - light and darkness, faith and doubt, life and death - revealing a composer who continually expanded the possibilities of musical thought and expression.Yulianna Avdeeva returns to PENTATONE after a string of critically acclaimed releases her tag debut Resilience (2023), followed by Chopin Voyage (2024) and Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 (2025). Together, these recordings have garnered international awards and widespread acclaim across the globe.

Vassily Sinaisky - Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich 2 [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/27/2004

The incomparable Federica von Stade joins Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in sublime performances of Mahler's 4th Symphony and InchSong of a Wayfarer.Inch