Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 52: Transcriptions from Operas by Auber & Verdi Wai Yin Wong

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Tarantelle di bravura d'après la tarantelle de "La muette de Portici", S. 386 (1846 Version)
• 1 Tarantelle di bravura d'après la tarantelle de "La muette de Portici", S. 386 (1846 Version) [After Auber] 10:06
• 2 Tarantelle di bravura d'après la tarantelle de "La muette de Portici", S. 386 (1869 Version) [After Auber] 10:25
• I Lombardi alla prima crociata:
• 3 I Lombardi alla prima crociata: Salve Maria de Jérusalem, S. 431 (2nd Version) [After Verdi] 05:50
• 3 Pieces from "La muette de Portici", S. 387:
• 4 3 Pieces from "La muette de Portici", S. 387: No. 1, Introduction (Prière) - No. 2, Cavatine (Berceuse) [After Auber] 05:33
• Paraphrase de concert sur "Ernani" I, S. 431a:
• 5 Paraphrase de concert sur "Ernani" I, S. 431a (After Verdi) 14:36
• Tyrolean Melody, S. 385a:
• 6 Tyrolean Melody, S. 385a (After Auber's "La fiancé") 01:08
• Grande fantaisie sur "La tyrolienne" de l'opéra "La fiancée", S. 385 (1829 Version)
• 7 Grande fantaisie sur "La tyrolienne" de l'opéra "La fiancée", S. 385 (1829 Version) [After Auber] 15:40
• 8 Grande fantaisie sur "La tyrolienne" de l'opéra "La fiancée", S. 385 (1842 Version) [After Auber] 12:42
• Total Runtime 01:16:00

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Over a four-decade span Liszt turned to a sequence of transcriptions drawn from operas by Verdi and Auber. Auber’s La muette de Portici (‘The Mute Girl of Portici’) marks the beginnings of French grand opera, to which Liszt responded with two versions of a Tarantelle that differ relatively little from each other but offer formidable challenges to the performer in their increasingly complex virtuosity. His elaborate variations on Auber’s La fiancée and his concert paraphrase on Verdi’s Ernani and on a prayer from I Lombardi (called Jérusalem in the French staging) offer their own profoundly expressive textures.

Wai Yin Wong, piano

Wai Yin Wong
Born in Hong Kong, Wai Yin Wong started her piano lesson at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts at the age of five. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Academy in 2013 and went on to pursue her master’s degree with a full scholarship at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University under Boris Slutsky.

Wai Yin has been the recipient of many international awards, including first prize in the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Australia, second prize in the 17th Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and the Gold Medal in the 7th International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Ukraine. Wai Yin has given recitals across the world, in cities including Brisbane, Canberra, Paris, Cairo, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Taiwan. She is a Young Steinway Artist and is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at the Yale School of Music, studying with Boris Berman.

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