Benjamin Grosvenor

Benjamin Grosvenor - Liszt (CD)

Hot on the heels of his 2020 Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Award triumphs, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor presents his first album in a renewed exclusive partnership with Decca Classics.

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This landmark recording for Benjamin is centred around the works of Franz Liszt, the greatest piano virtuoso.

The centrepiece, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, is considered the summit of the entire Romantic piano repertoire, and the composer’s ultimate masterwork

Also features Liszt’s three remarkable Petrarch Sonnets, among the most beloved of his works, and the dazzling fantasy on Bellini’s ‘Norma’

Closing with a delightfully charming encore, Liszt’s popular transcription of Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’.

TRACK LIST

1. – 4. Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
5. Berceuse, S. 174ii
6. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, S. 161, no. 4: Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Preludio con moto)
7. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, S. 161, no. 5: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Agitato assai)
8. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, S. 161, no. 6: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Lento placido)
9. Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394 (after Bellini)
10. Ave Maria, S. 558/12 (after Schubert)