Liszt: Songs of Sorrow and Consolation László Borbély

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Songs of Sorrow and Consolation:
• 1 Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer No.3 08:44
• 2 Liszt: Impromptu  03:34
• 3 Liszt: Sancta Dorothea 02:12
• 4 Liszt: Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort. Nocturne für Pianoforte, nach einem Gedicht von Toni Raab  02:38
• 5 Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer No.4 03:00
• 6 Liszt: Resignazione 01:47
• 7 Liszt: Two Csardas - 1. Csardas 01:22
• 8 Liszt: Two Csardas – 2. Csardas obstinée 03:08
• 9 Liszt: Romance oubliée – Vergessene Romanze 03:17
• 10 Liszt: Quatrième Valse oubliée 02:26
• 11 Liszt: Trübe Wolken – Nuages gris 02:54
• 12 Liszt: Sospiri! (Five Piano Pieces, No.5) 02:03
• 13 Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer No.4, Bagatelle ohne Tonart – Bagatelle sans tonalité 02:40
• 14 Liszt: Carrousel de Madame P-N 01:07
• 15 Liszt: Sunt lacrymae rerum, En mode hongrois 05:26
• 16 Liszt: Wiegenlied – Chant du berceau 04:01
• 17 Liszt: Unstern! – Sinistre 06:14
• 18 Liszt: En rêve 02:08
• 19 Liszt: Sursum corda – Erhebet eure Herzen 03:11
• Total Runtime 01:01:52

Info for Liszt: Songs of Sorrow and Consolation

The purpose of this compilation cannot be much more than giving an insight into the subversive world that Liszt’s last works represent. As we listen to these works, we must look inwards continuously; their transcendental nature is only revealed if we let ourselves be surrounded by this almost otherworldly silence. The juxtaposed works interact in a peculiar, unrepeatable manner, which is unique to each listening.

László Borbély, Steinway & Sons Model D Grand Piano

László Borbély
was born in 1984. In 2007 he got his diploma with honours (Master of Music in Performance and Teaching) then his doctoral degree (Doctor of Liberal Arts) at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, where he is an assistant professor of Piano Faculty.

He played concerts at international festivals such Collegium Musicum Pommersfelden (Germany), Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander (Spain), International Holland Music Sessions in Bergen (The Netherlands), TCU/Cliburn Institute in Fort Worth (USA), FestivaLiszt in Grottammare (Italy), Liszt Festival in Raiding (Austria), Liszt Festival in Bayreuth (Germany), International Bartók Festival Ankara (Turkey), International Conservatory Week Festival Saint Petersburg (Russia), Festival der Klänge in Vienna (Austria), CAFe Budapest Festival, Budapest Spring Festival, Day of Listening (Budapest), Tiszadob Piano Festival (Hungary), Beethoven Festival Martonvásár (Hungary), Arcus Temporum Festival Pannonhalma (Hungary) and International Bartók Festival Szombathely (Hungary).

He won numerous prizes at national and international competitions. He won 2nd Prize and a special prize for the best performance of the set piece at the EPTA International Piano Competition in Osijek (Croatia) in 2001. In the same year, he won the Great Prize of the national competition of secondary music schools in Békés-Tarhos. In 2002, he won the Yamaha Scholarship Award and also two 2nd and one 3rd prizes in different divisions of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition where he won two special prizes too: prize for the „most artistic performance” and a special prize of the American Liszt Society. In 2003 he got the special prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage at the national competition of the Hungarian Radio. Next Year he was first prizewinner at the Andor Földes national competition. In 2005 he won „Educational Award” at the London International Piano Competition. In 2006 he was 2nd prizewinner at the International Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition in Budapest where he got also a special prize of Budapest City. In 2009 he won 3rd prize and four special prizes at the National Haydn-Mendelssohn Piano Competition of the Hungarian Radio. He got the Annie Fischer Performers’ Scholarship three times (in 2008, 2009 and 2010). In 2009 he got „Junior Prima Prize”one of the most prestigious prize given for young artists.

He had lessons with Dmitrij Bashkirov, Gábor Csalog, Christopher Elton, Noel Flores, Péter Frankl, Márta Gulyás, Jan-Marisse Huizing, Zoltán Kocsis, György Kurtág, Claudio-Martinez Mehner, Piotr Paleczny, Murray Perrahia, Menahem Pressler, Ferenc Rados, Livia Rév, András Schiff, Tamás Ungár, Elisso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskresensky, Tamás Vásáry and Rita Wagner.

He played concerts with prestigious artists such Zoltán Kocsis and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Péter Csaba (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lajos Lencsés (oboe), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Lajos Rozmán (clarinet), Judit Rajk (voice), etc.

He has recitals regularly in Hungary and other countries too.

He made recordings for Hungarian Radio and TRT Ankara. His first solo CD released in 2016 (edited by: Bayer Music Group)

He took master classes in Geneve (Switzerland), Würzburg (Germany), Tbilisi (Georgia) and gave podium-lectures in Izmir (Turkey) and Saint Petersburg (Russia).

He is member of Metrum Ensemble.

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