Louis Lortie Archive
FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major; Melancolie; Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B Minor; R. STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major; Auf stillem Waldespfad – Augustin Dumay, v./ Louis Lortie, p. – Onyx
Dumay and Lortie collaborate on two post-Romantic violin sonatas of passion and power, their architectural beauties pre-eminent in these thoughtful renditions.
* WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI = Orchestral Works II – Louis Lortie, p./ BBC Sym. Orch./ Edward Gardner – Chandos
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The third volume of Muzyka Polska’s Lutoslawski series has probably the most listener appeal.
LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage: Trios Annees; Venezia e Napoli, S. 162 – Louis Lortie, piano – Chandos (2 CDs)
Louis Lortie negotiates the cycle of Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage with finesse and grand style, a monumental aggregate of the Lisztian–and Romantic–rhetoric of the keyboard.