Sophia Agranovich - Liszt - Rhapsodies, Études & Transcriptions (2022) [Official Digital Download]

A native of Ukraine, pianist Sophia Agranovich continues her superb series of recordings for Centaur Records. Internationally acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator, Sophia Agranovich is “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics…A tigress of the keyboard” – Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the “orison of uncommon beauty” – Audiophile, “interpretation that dares to be different”, “magnificent shading and superior musicianship” – American Record Guide. A Steinway Artist, Ms. Agranovich has performed in USA, Europe, Israel, and Canada. Recently she played solo recitals at the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France and was invited to China and Brazil. A six-time Grammy® balloted artist, Sophia Agranovich has released ten solo albums from 2010 through 2022, including seven on Centaur label.

“A lusty, compelling rendition… Agranovich sports a touch that, in its detached form, inserts an antique, transparent texture into the emergent sound, as if indeed we were hearing the music played in tavern or Beidermeier salon. The lyric repeats and swells, aching with heartbreak, the piano easily substituting for a guitar or ennobled lute.” “The music no less conveys a dramatic, nostalgic narrative that becomes liquid in its cascades, runs, and trills. The shifts in metric pulse, the sudden impulses, agitato, require a mastery of Liszt’s pedal that Agranovich demonstrates with a finesse that might invoke comparisons with other bearers of the Liszt flame. Bolet, Arrau, and Cziffra.” (Gary Lemco, Fanfare Magazine)

TRACKLIST

01. Sophia Agranovich - Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 (Excerpts): No. 6 in D-Flat Major
02. Sophia Agranovich - Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 (Excerpts): No. 13 in A Minor
03. Sophia Agranovich - 14 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 560 "Schwanengesang": No. 7, Ständchen
04. Sophia Agranovich - 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 4, Erlkönig
05. Sophia Agranovich - Die Forelle (After Franz Schubert), S. 564
06. Sophia Agranovich - 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139 (Excerpts): No. 9, Ricordanza
07. Sophia Agranovich - 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139 (Excerpts): No. 4, Mazeppa



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