Liszt: Between Light & Darkness: Piano Works

Between Light and Darkness evokes the varied emotions that run through Liszt's work, expressing the struggle that symbolized the profound duality of the composer.

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was one of the most famous musicians of the 19-th century. A traveling virtuoso, a man of the world, a dandy with (according the standard of the day) questionable morals. On the other hand Liszt took minor holy orders in his old age and strove for purity and spirituality.

The works on this recording present opposing aspects of the same person: the Dante Sonata, Ballade No. 2, Funérailles, La Notte, and a series of late works: Unstern, Nuages gris, Schlaflos, R. W. Venezia, La Lugubre Gondola, En rêve, a fascinating juxtaposition of the saint and the devil. Played by one of the most remarkable French pianists of his generation: Vincent Larderet, whose previous recordings for Naxos and Ars Productions received many awards and 5-star reviews in

Crescendo, Classica, Musica, Fanfare, Fono Forum and others.