{"product_id":"alberto-ferro_integrale-des-soirees-de-vienne_2026_disco-outhere-distribution-france","title":"Intégrale des soirées de Vienne","description":"Franz Liszt's vast corpus of transcriptions has always suffered from a mixed reputation: prized by his peers, from Busoni to Finnissy, performed by virtuosos from Arrau to Zilberstein, they were nevertheless vilified by many critics. Even his long-time companion, Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, considered them \"puerilities.\" During the composer's lifetime, they were seen as inseparable from his incomparable pianistic art: Sir Charles Hallé recounted a concert given by Liszt and Berlioz in Paris in 1836, during which Berlioz conducted the March to the Scaffold from the Symphonie Fantastique. At the end of the movement, Liszt sat down and played his own transcription, \"with an effect surpassing even that of the full orchestra, and provoking indescribable fury.\" Love, enthusiasm, and veneration always characterized Liszt's attitude toward Schubert, and he paid homage to him through his words and deeds. He transcribed numerous Lieder for solo piano and edited most of his piano compositions for publication. As a conductor in Weimar, he even attempted to revive Schubert's operas, then highly criticized. In the Soirées de Vienne, often overlooked, Liszt cast an attentive and benevolent eye on the six groups of waltzes for piano that Schubert composed between 1815 and 1823. Unlike much of his music, these waltzes were published and widely circulated during his lifetime; brief and occasional works, but imbued with Schubert's inimitable spontaneity, enchanting melodies, striking modulations, a wide emotional range, and a biting dissonance used sparingly. Liszt drew inspiration from these six groups to compose the Soirées de Vienne. He preserved the Viennese flavor of the original melodies, giving them just the right amount of sonority to make them suitable for a concert hall, without sacrificing their original intimacy and delicacy. He juxtaposed melodies, linking passages with remarkable taste and discernment. Refraining from any ostentatious virtuosity, he nevertheless achieved a dazzling brilliance when Schubert wrote with a bold and assertive pen. The ninth and last of the Soirées stands out for its original set of variations, with an introduction and coda on Schubert's famous Valse tragique. While the sixth of the collection has often been recorded, the complete Soirées de Vienne is rarely performed, whether in concert or on disc, which makes Alberto Ferro's new recording all the more valuable. Born in 1996, he won several first prizes in prestigious competitions before dedicating himself to a career as a performer and teacher (piano professor at the Foggia conservatory). This disc marks his debut on Piano Classics.","brand":"Alberto Ferro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57475789848920,"sku":null,"price":20260128.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/alberto-ferro_integrale-des-soirees-de-vienne_2026_disco-outhere-distribution-france","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}