[ Sony Classical / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 11 April 2025
On his latest album 'Liszt - Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works' for Sony Classical, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes unveils the often-forgotten side of the famed virtuoso Franz Liszt - the sacred music that offers a more intimate picture of the man and his deeply held faith.
With acclaimed vocal ensemble the Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Andsnes has recorded Liszt's remarkable late work Via Crucis ('The Way of the Cross') for choir and piano. The pianist completes his all-Liszt album with the solo piano work Consolations and two movements from the composer's Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Consolations (6), S172
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S173
» no.8 Miserere, d'apres Palestrina
» no.9 Andante lagrimoso
Via crucis (The 14 Stations of the Cross), S53