Lizst / Piemontesi Annees De Pelerinage CD

In the 18th century, instrumental music was largely the preserve of the aristocracy. Many of the nobility furnished their courts with instrumentalists or music ensembles, for the entertainment of the master and of the house and his family and guests. Revolution and Napoleonic wars changed the face of society, redistributing economic power. In the years between the Congress of Vienna (1814) and the Revolution of 1848-49, new ways were found to finance and perform instrumental music. It was during this time that Liszt composed his 'Annees de perelinage,' and his 'Premiere Annee. Suisse.' This release also features the programme music 'Francois de Paul marchant sur les flots," which tells the musical story of St. Francis who asks some ferrymen to take him to Sicily from the Calabrian coast, and when they refuse walks across the sea with only his faith in God. Francesco Piemontesi is a pianist of exceptional refinement of expression, which is allied to a consummate technical skill. Widely renowned for his interpretation of Mozart and the early Romantic repertoire, Piemontesi's pianism and sensibility has a close affinity too with the later 19th century and 20th century repertoire of Brahms, Liszt, Dvorak, Ravel, Debussy, Bartok, and beyond.

1. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell 2. Au Lac de Wallenstadt 3. Pastorale 4. Au Bord D'une Source 5. Orage 6. Vall?e D'obermann 7. Eglogue 8. Le Mal Du Pays 9. Les Cloches de Gen?ve 10. St. Fran?ois de Paule Marchant Sur Les Flots 11. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell 12. Au Lac de Wallenstadt 13. Pastorale 14. Au Bord D'une Source 15. Orage 16. Vall?e D'obermann 17. Eglogue 18. Le Mal Du Pays 19. Les Cloches de Gen?ve 20. St. Fran?ois de Paule Marchant Sur Les Flots