Mariam Batsashvili – Liszt: Consolations (Pensées poétiques), S. 172: V. Andantino

For her first Warner Classics album, pianist Mariam Batsashvili has assembled a program in which pieces by Franz Liszt (a composer who holds a special significance for her) and by his contemporary Frédéric Chopin offer mutual illumination: https://w.lnk.to/lisztchopinLY

Batsashvili gained international recognition in 2014 when she won the 10th Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, having already triumphed three years earlier in the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists. “Franz Liszt definitely has a special place in my life,” she has said in interview. “His music is so complete, so perfect: every single emotion and thought about life can be found in it."

Chopin was born in 1810 and Liszt in 1811, and they were good friends for a time when they were both living in Paris. They even dedicated études to each other, a number of which are included on the album. Out internationally on August 30!

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