℗ 2014 Toccata Classics
Released | October 7, 2014 |
Duration | 1h 15m 30s |
Record Label | Toccata Classics |
Catalogue No. | TOCC0192 |
Genre | Classical (Instrumental) |
Wagner: Transcribed for Solo Piano by August Stradal, Volume Two
Juan Guillermo Vizcarra
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Lohengrin
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1.1
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Freie Phantasie
Richard Wagner; August Stradal; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra |
20:55 | |||
Tristan und Isolde
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1.2
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Act.2 Love Duet: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe' und Gesang der Brangäne - Einsam wachend in der Nacht
Richard Wagner; August Stradal; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra |
12:03 | |||
Das Rheingold
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1.3
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Schluss der letzten Szene
Richard Wagner; August Stradal; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra |
14:38 | |||
Parsifal
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1.4
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Charfreitagszauber (Good Friday Spell)
Richard Wagner; August Stradal; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra |
12:15 | |||
Siegfried
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1.5
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Schluss des letzten Aufzuges
Richard Wagner; August Stradal; Juan Guillermo Vizcarra |
15:39 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"... Stradal manages to make it sound wide-ranging and, helped by Vizcarra, spontaneous; it all (just) hangs together ... Vizcarra is obviously deeply enamoured of the lyricism that shoots through both the paraphrase and the opera itself and something of the special, proto-Parsifal quality of Lohengrin does indeed come through. The course to the final, ringing climax is exquisitely plotted by Vizcarra ... it works beautifully ..."
- Fanfare
"… after the experience of Volume 1 the sheer technical skill of pianist Juan Guillermo Vizcarra now comes as a given ... (a) reinforced sense that in purely musicianly terms he is a very impressive interpreter of Wagner ... Vizcarra is thrillingly virtuosic whenever required but it is in the reflective and lyrical passages that his interpretative skill shines through ... this is an excellently presented and carefully prepared release with high quality engineering to match the imaginative programming."
- MusicWeb International
Czech-born pianist and writer August Stradal, a student of Bruckner and disciple of Liszt, was one of the more prolific transcribers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, producing a vast quantity of piano music including Liszt's orchestral works, most of the Bruckner symphonies, a good deal of the Baroque (not least a huge amount of Bach) and much more, most of it phenomenally difficult to play. This second in a series of world premiere recordings of Stradal's Wagner transcriptions is cast in the best barnstorming virtuoso tradition by Juan Guillermo Vizcarra.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Toccata Classics Studio Masters
Recorded at Winspear Hall, University of North Texas, on 17–19 July 2013 Piano: New York Steinway Piano technician: Cyriel Aerts Recording engineer: Matt Bowers Producers: Ben Allred, Matt Bowers, Juan Guillermo Vizcarra Mixing and Editing: Matt Bowers Booklet essay: Malcolm MacDonald Design and layout: Peter Handley, Imergent Images, Kidderminster Executive producer: Martin Anderson
Recorded at Winspear Hall, University of North Texas, on 17–19 July 2013 Piano: New York Steinway Piano technician: Cyriel Aerts Recording engineer: Matt Bowers Producers: Ben Allred, Matt Bowers, Juan Guillermo Vizcarra Mixing and Editing: Matt Bowers Booklet essay: Malcolm MacDonald Design and layout: Peter Handley, Imergent Images, Kidderminster Executive producer: Martin Anderson
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.60 -3.94 to -1.00 | -25.53 -30.06 to -22.16 | -22.00 -26.70 to -18.20 | 14 12 to 16 | |
1 | Freie Phantasie | -1.76 | -22.16 | -18.2 | 12 |
2 | Act.2 Love Duet: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe' und Gesang der Brangäne - Einsam wachend in der Nacht | -3.94 | -30.06 | -26.7 | 16 |
3 | Schluss der letzten Szene | -3.60 | -23.25 | -20.3 | 13 |
4 | Charfreitagszauber (Good Friday Spell) | -2.69 | -28.46 | -24.5 | 15 |
5 | Schluss des letzten Aufzuges | -1.00 | -23.69 | -20.3 | 15 |