Kirill Gerstein piano - Live at Wigmore Hall

Both profound thinkers and virtuosi – something that can also be said of the Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein – Liszt and Busoni admired one another and fit together perfectly into one programme. BBC Music Magazine praised Gerstein’s recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Studies for its ‘amazing keyboard dexterity’ and ‘ultra-clear articulation,’ while of a previous Busoni venture, the gargantuan Piano Concerto, International Piano wrote that ‘Gerstein manifestly has the measure of the solo part.’

Kirill Gerstein

Live at Wigmore Hall

 

PROGRAMME Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Sonatina seconda K259 Elegien K249 Nach der Wendung Sonatina No. 6 super Carmen K284 Berceuse K252 Toccata K287 INTERVAL Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Etudes d’exécution transcendante S139

Kirill Gerstein, piano