LD004
- Franz Liszt
Années
de Pelèrinage,
Troisième
Année
(YEARS
OF PILGRIMAGE, THIRD YEAR)OF
PILGRIMAGE, THIRD YEAR
Mary Kay Kapustka, Piano
Songs on a Theme of Pilgrimage
John Reschl, Baritone - Mary Kay Kapustka,
Piano
This
group of seven solo piano gems stands as a
spiritual and psychological
living monument to this great composer. It is
one of his lesser known compositions
and complete
performances of this work are rare. Written at
the end of his life,
it is a deep personal profile of the spiritual
psyche of Liszt. Through the process
of absorbing this great work, the Performer,
Mary Kay Kapustka, discovered that
this work has become a very personal expression
of her inner being, serving as a
'memoire' of her life experience. The
vocal songs chosen for inclusion on this disc
are
based on the concept of a Pilgrimage of Universal
Experience; elusive, fleeting
and ongoing. The texts compliment the emotions
expressed by the solo piano.
The
word, "Pilgrimage",
gives rise to thoughts of an endless series of
events, real or
imagined, associated with the
lives of individuals or groups of people striving
toward a
common destination. Justice, or lack
thereof, is intertwined along the way with every
progressing pilgrimage. This
unique figure of the 19th century has so much
to give us in
today's world and speaks to us
in
such a timely manner as we all continue our
personal pilgrimages in the 21st century.
This
Disc is a Great Listening Experience for
the Searching,
Serious Music Connoisseur.
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