
Looking for Liszt Concertos whose dynamic range is restricted within a sonic field that doesn’t consistently clarify the orchestration? Or, for a soloist whose dutiful
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, sorry! I must have fallen asleep. Then again, so will you if you invite this lackluster disc into your home. OK, I suppose
The pieces included on this CD–Volume 1 of Liszt’s complete works for piano and orchestra–have been rather neglected by performers and record labels alike. This
Beethoven subtitled his Op. 27 Sonatas “quasi una fantasia”. Louis Lortie’s static, literal playing, however, dispels any notion of whimsy the composer may have had