Tzimon Barto - Liszt: Paganini Variations; Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody (2014)
Tzimon Barto - Liszt: Paganini Variations; Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody (2014)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 286 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog Number: 1230
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 286 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog Number: 1230
Tzimon Barto is recognized as one of the foremost American pianists of his generation, with dashing virtuosity and a unique artistic personality. Barto records both parts to Lutosławski’s Paganini Variations for Two Pianos with solid accompaniment led by Eschenbach.
Composer: Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Witold Lutoslawski, Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer: Tzimon Barto
Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra
Reviews: "Early in the digital era, Tzimon Barto burst onto the scene with a large technique and photogenic looks. He still possesses both. His exotic name belies the fact that he was born in Florida; actually, he was born with the name Johnny Barto Smith, Jr. As a middle school student, he was overweight. Today he is a bodybuilder, and in addition to playing the piano, he is a poet and a philosopher. Formerly, he was a crack addict, but he has been clean since 2008—a transformation spurred, in part, by the sudden death of his young son.
His playing, which is never dull, has had its proponents and detractors. The latter, at least early on, usually would wring their hands over Barto’s musical insensitivity—the triumph of a brawny technique over interpretive subtlety. In recent years, however, Barto’s musicianship seems to have evolved. He still makes controversial, or at least unusual, choices, but now it’s hard to dismiss him as little more than a pounder or a banger.
There’s little danger of monotony in a Paganini-themed release such as this one, given the different approaches taken to the famous theme by Liszt, Brahms, Lutos?awski, and Rachmaninoff. Even so, Barto’s ebullient reading of the Brahms makes it sound more like Rachmaninoff than ever before, and I was reminded of the unlikely criticism—I don’t remember where I read it, however—that Brahms tried too hard to be popular. Barto really does play Brahms to the balconies, and it’s a lot of fun, if rather dark and demonic. The pianist’s heavy use of the sustaining pedal doesn’t allow for the most open of textures, however, and many will complain about how he conflates the two books of variations into one.
The Liszt Études, on the other hand, are surprisingly delicate (mostly), and sometimes even witty. If Barto’s Brahms stings like a bee, his Liszt often floats a hummingbird, to quote another part-time poet from the recent past. The “Octave” Étude (No. 2) feints and struts, and insinuates and shouts like a soundtrack to an old Tex Avery cartoon. “La chasse” (No. 5) is made to sound like Rameau. Barto also raises eyebrows by running the six études together with nary a pause.
Both parts of the Lutos?awski, a work for two pianos, were recorded by Barto, and assembled later. It’s a muscular reading, but the music responds well to an approach such as this, and the result is an unqualified success."
Tracklisting:
CD 01
Liszt, Franz
Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b
1. No. 1 in G Minor 00:06:03
2. No. 2 in E - Flat Major 00:05:33
3. No. 3 in G - Sharp Minor, "La campanella" 00:05:08
4. No. 4 in E Major 00:01:57
5. No. 5 in E Major 00:03:08
6. No. 6 in A Minor 00:05:47
Brahms, Johannes
28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
7. Book 1: Variation 1 00:00:30
8. Book 1: Variation 2 00:01:00
9. Book 1: Variation 3 00:00:32
10. Book 1: Variation 4 00:01:03
11. Book 1: Variation 5 00:00:57
12. Book 1: Variation 6 00:00:27
13. Book 1: Variation 7 00:00:27
14. Book 1: Variation 8 00:00:27
15. Book 1: Variation 9 00:01:15
16. Book 1: Variation 10 00:01:41
17. Book 1: Variation 11 00:01:39
18. Book 1: Variation 12 00:01:19
19. Book 1: Variation 13 00:00:35
20. Book 1: Variation 14 00:02:13
21. Book 2: Variation 1 00:00:50
22. Book 2: Variation 2 00:00:47
23. Book 2: Variation 3 00:00:38
24. Book 2: Variation 4 00:01:18
25. Book 2: Variation 5 00:00:25
26. Book 2: Variation 6 00:00:24
27. Book 2: Variation 7 00:00:22
28. Book 2: Variation 8 00:00:33
29. Book 2: Variation 9 00:01:08
30. Book 2: Variation 10 00:00:54
31. Book 2: Variation 11 00:00:31
32. Book 2: Variation 12 00:01:27
33. Book 2: Variation 13 00:01:34
34. Book 2: Variation 14 00:01:25
Lutoslawski, Witold
Variations on a Theme by Paganini
35. Variations on a Theme by Paganini 00:04:57
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CD 02
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
1. Introduction: Allegro vivace 00:00:07
2. Variation 1: Precedente 00:00:21
3. Theme: L'istesso tempo 00:00:21
4. Variation 2: L'istesso tempo 00:00:21
5. Variation 3: L'istesso tempo 00:00:27
6. Variation 4: Piu vivo 00:00:29
7. Variation 5: Tempo precedente 00:00:31
8. Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 00:01:29
9. Variation 7: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato 00:01:06
10. Variation 8: Tempo I 00:00:33
11. Variation 9: L'istesso tempo 00:00:31
12. Variation 10: Poco marcato 00:00:53
13. Variation 11: Moderato 00:01:28
14. Variation 12: Tempo di minuetto 00:01:32
15. Variation 13: Allegro 00:00:29
16. Variation 14: L'istesso tempo 00:00:45
17. Variation 15: Piu vivo scherzando 00:01:18
18. Variation 16. Allegretto 00:02:00
19. Variation 17: (Allegretto) 00:02:08
20. Variation 18: Andante cantabile 00:03:47
21. Variation 19: A tempo vivace 00:00:29
22. Variation 20: Un poco piu vivo 00:00:38
23. Variation 21: Un poco piu vivo 00:00:26
24. Variation 22: Un poco piu vivo (Alla breve) 00:01:31
25. Variation 23. L'istesso tempo 00:00:48
26. Variation 24: A tempo un poco meno mosso 00:01:17
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