A major, iconic figure of the romantic period, the inventor of the piano recital, Franz Liszt, with his twelve Transcendental Études, brought technical virtuosity up to a level never reached before him. Beyond technically challenging the performer, these flamboyant, evocative pages feed on the composer’s observation of nature and readings. The fantastic dimension mingles with the idyllic, the epic borders on contemplation: such combined visions foreshadow the music of the future.



Figure majeure de l’ère romantique, idole des foules, inventeur du récital de piano, Franz Liszt a hissé avec ses 12 Etudes d’exécution transcendante la virtuosité pianistique à un niveau jamais atteint avant lui. Au-delà du défi technique qu’elles posent à l’interprète, ces pages flamboyantes et atmosphériques se nourrissent de l’observation de la nature et des lectures du compositeur. Le fantastique s’y mêle à l’idylle, l’épopée y côtoie la contemplation : autant de visions annonçant la musique du futur.

Etude 1. Preludio

12. Bo Linde: Den ängen där du kysste mig (The meadow where you kissed me)

This new recording by the Trio Karénine surveys Austro-German Romanticism of the second half of the nineteenth century, featuring transcriptions of Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann (Tristia), Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Schumann’s Six Canonic Studies. At once a homage to and a manifesto on behalf of the piano trio medium, it is an invitation to discover magnificent rarities, whether arranged by the composer himself or by other musicians.

6. R. Schumann - Pièces En Canon Op.56 - V TrioKarenine 44k 16b

Based in Nantes and created by René Martin in 2001, Mirare Music produced almost 400 cd's of classical music with great artists such as Boris Berezovsky, Anne Queffélec, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Zhu Xiao Mei, Lukas Geniusas, David Kadouch, Luis Fernando Perez, Quatuor Modigliani, Pierre Hantaï, Ricercar Consort, etc.

6. R. Schumann - Pièces En Canon Op.56 - V TrioKarenine 44k 16b

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