Liszt - Années de pélerinage: Italie

Costantino Catena performs selected works from Franz Liszt's Second book from Années de pélerinage (Italy), S. 161. The program starts with three Sonneti del Petrarca (47, 104, and 123) followed by Aprés une lecture de Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata. The performance closes with renditions of Gondoliera (Gondelier's Song), Canzone, and Tarantella. Recorded at the Chiesa del Collegio dei Gesuiti in Trapani, Italy. Années de pélerinage, a set of three piano suites, is considered a piano masterwork and summation of Liszt's musical style. The composer places these compositions in line with the Romantic literature of his time, prefacing most pieces with a literary passage. (59 min)