℗ 2022 BIS Records
Released | October 7, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 23m 05s |
Record Label | BIS Records |
Catalogue No. | BIS-2615 |
Genre | Classical (Piano) |
Beethoven-Liszt & Mozart-Alkan: Piano Transcriptions
Paul Wee
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, S. 464 No. 3 (After Beethoven's Op. 55)
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1.1
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I. Allegro con brio
Franz Liszt; Paul Wee |
16:27 | |||
1.2
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II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
Franz Liszt; Paul Wee |
16:25 | |||
1.3
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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Franz Liszt; Paul Wee |
5:29 | |||
1.4
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IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Franz Liszt; Paul Wee |
12:22 | |||
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Arr. C.V. Alkan for Piano)
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1.5
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I. Allegro
Charles-Valentin Alkan; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Paul Wee |
14:57 | |||
1.6
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II. Romance
Charles-Valentin Alkan; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Paul Wee |
8:18 | |||
1.7
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III. Rondo. Allegro assai
Charles-Valentin Alkan; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Paul Wee |
9:07 | |||
Digital Booklet
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This recording brings together two of the greatest works of the Classical era in transcriptions for solo piano by two of the greatest pianist-composers of the Romantic era, resulting in two of the most thrilling experiences that nineteenth-century pianism has to offer.
Successfully marrying the unique characteristics of the piano to the defining features of Beethoven’s orchestral writing, Franz Liszt is showed here at his most colouristic. He vividly captures the rapid scene shifts and mood changes of Beethoven’s Eroica and exploits not only the piano’s ability both to whisper and to roar, but also the power and intensity of silence. In Mozart’s 20th piano concerto, Charles-Valentin Alkan takes on a different challenge as he masterfully weaves the orchestral and solo piano parts into a single tapestry that brims from start to finish with piano writing of startling inventiveness and originality.
These two pianistic tours de force are presented here by Paul Wee – also a barrister specialising in commercial law at Essex Court Chambers in London – whose astonishing technique and passion for nineteenth-century pianism have been highlighted on acclaimed recordings dedicated to music by Alkan and transcriptions by Thalberg.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – BIS Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.96 -5.56 to -0.96 | -24.96 -27.79 to -22.95 | -21.20 -24.20 to -19.30 | 14 13 to 15 | |
1 | I. Allegro con brio | -1.66 | -22.95 | -19.3 | 14 |
2 | II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai | -0.96 | -25.39 | -20.5 | 15 |
3 | III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace | -1.37 | -24.05 | -21.0 | 14 |
4 | IV. Finale. Allegro molto | -2.53 | -24.57 | -20.5 | 14 |
5 | I. Allegro | -3.52 | -24.76 | -21.3 | 13 |
6 | II. Romance | -5.10 | -27.79 | -24.2 | 14 |
7 | III. Rondo. Allegro assai | -5.56 | -25.19 | -21.6 | 13 |