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Inez Yando

Description:

Liszt, who caused a sensation with his dazzling pianism and flamboyant romantic escapades, led an introspective and diligent life in his later yearsperhaps as a reaction to thateven taking monastic vows. Consequently, his compositions also evolved: he used fewer notes and the sense of tonality became more subtle, creating a unique musical world in some works that has even been described as anticipating 20th-century music. This album features a variety of Liszts late works, but the Hungarian Historical Portraitscomposed between 1870 and 1885 to portray great Hungarian figures through musicretain a somewhat brilliant and substantial style, evoking the image of Liszt as a master of virtuosic technique.However, the other works make frequent use of terms such as funeral and God, and while alluring melodies occasionally emerge, the music as a whole takes on a somber, enigmatic quality. In particular, t