Translate
Available Worldwide
NAXOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (NTSC)
The 19th century brought astonishing developments in instrumental skill, marking, with Paganini and his innovations in violin technique, the true age of the virtuoso. Earlier periods had seen great performers, but it was now combined with changes in technique and with the development of particular instruments, notably the piano, with which Liszt at first set out to rival Paganini. A distinctive feature of the age was the pre-eminence of performer-composers. Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven had all been players, but now, changing technical demands and possibilities opened a new world of virtuosity, the world of Liszt and his successor Busoni, and of Sarasate, Ernst, Joachim and Ries.
NAXOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Virtuoso Music of the 19th Century
Franz Liszt
Consolation, S172, No. 3
Rapsodie espagnole, S254
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Elégie sur la mort d'un objet chéri, Op. 10
Fantaisie Brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d'Otello de Rossini, Op. 11
Ilya Grubert, violin
Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
Ferruccio Busoni
Elegy No. 2, K. 249 "All'Italia!"
Toccata in A flat minor, K. 287
Wolf Harden, piano
Pablo de Sarasate
Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2 (Danza española No. 2)
Playera, Op. 23, No. 1 (Danza española No. 5)
Capricho vasco, Op. 24 (Caprice basque)
Tianwa Yang, violin
Markus Hadulla, piano
Ferdinand Ries
Fantasy for Piano after Schiller's Poem "Resignation", Op. 109
Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, 22 May 2007
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 87 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 5)