The Art of Transcription

Risto-Matti Marin · Carl Czerny · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Antonio Vivaldi

2007 · ABCD 240

Credits

Performers: Risto-Matti Marin — Piano
Composers: Carl CzernyWolfgang Amadeus MozartAntonio VivaldiLudwig van BeethovenBenjamin BrittenMatthew WhittallFranz LisztJohann Sebastian Bach — ComposerRonald Stevenson

1.Fantaisie brillante on themes from the opera The Marriage of Figaro op.493comp. Carl Czerny (1791-1857)ISRC FIABA07002529:51
2.Requiem KV 626 Lacrimosacomp. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)ISRC FIABA07002534:06
Concerto in G minor BWV 975
3.1 (No tempo marking)comp. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)ISRC FIABA07002543:08
4.2 Largocomp. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)ISRC FIABA07002554:47
5.3 Giga. Prestocomp. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)ISRC FIABA07002561:24
The Creatures of Prometheus
6.Ouverturecomp. Ludwig van BeethovenISRC FIABA07002574:37
Atto Primo
7.La Tempesta (Introduzione). Andantecomp. Ludwig van BeethovenISRC FIABA07002581:58
8.no.1 Poco Adagio – Allegro con Brio – Poco Adagio – Allegro con briocomp. Ludwig van BeethovenISRC FIABA07002592:54
9.no. 2 Adagio – Allegro con Briocomp. Ludwig van BeethovenISRC FIABA07002601:49
10.no. 3 Allegro vivacecomp. Ludwig van BeethovenISRC FIABA07002611:49
Atto Secondo
11.no. 16 Finale. Allegretto – Allegro molto – Prestocomp. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)ISRC FIABA07002626:03
12.Peter Grimes Fantasycomp. Benjamin BrittenISRC FIABA07002638:07
13.Yukicomp. Matthew Whittall (b.1975)ISRC FIABA07002648:02
14.Unkarilainen rapsodia nro 19, S. 244comp. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)ISRC FIABA07002659:43

Risto-Matti Marin is a gifted pianist, imaginative, musical, with excellent technique, great reserves of energy, and an intuitive grasp of music from any era. He’s as convincing in Bach as in Miettinen or Britten, never mannered or artificial. His four CDs offer a wide range of repertoire, all beautifully performed. His special interest in transcription has led him to such forgotten scores as the Liszt/Stradal symphonic poems, of which my favorite is Les Préludes, but there are numerous other…
Fanfare · Robert Schulslaper · December 1, 2015
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The 35 year-old Finnish pianist Risto-Matti Marin is a brilliant musician with a strong personality and technical skills of an uncommonly high order. His exploration of unusual repertoire and distinctive ideas about programming make these discs a true tour de force. Marin’s doctoral work at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy involves transcriptions and it’s the two all-transcription discs that make the strongest impression. This is not to say that Piano Tales, which contains mostly non-transcribed,…
Fanfare · Paul Orgel · December 1, 2015
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One of three splendid new discs that brought the young Finnish pianist Matti-Risto Marin to my attention, The Art of the Transcription, offers a fascinating collection of obscure but worthy pieces, brilliantly played.
Fanfare · Paul Orgel · December 1, 2015
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