LISZT -PAGANINI TRASCENDENTAL ETUDE N° 6 first version 1838 Elisa Tomellini piano

Preview!!! 5 stars on BBC Music Magazine24 Jan 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini (6), (original version); Concert Studies, S144 & S145 Elisa Tomellini (piano) Dynamic CDS7815 57:23 mins .... “Liszt dedicated both the 1838 version of these studies recorded here and the simplified one he published in 1851 to Clara Schumann, of whose playing he said that ‘everything concerned with her art is noble and without pettiness’. I’m happy to say the same of the pianist here, and indeed much more. It is a rare delight these days to hear a pianist who dares to play pianissimo – rather on the lines of Leslie Howard’s recent observation in these pages that what was lacking in much piano playing today was charm. There is charm here in abundance, together with staggering virtuosity..... ...... Finally, not the least