Listen: Boris Berezovsky recital

Audiences adore him - and concert agents fear him - for his spontaneity. His playing is strong and virtuosic, his manner direct. Just before the recital, Boris Berezovsky informed the listeners in the Beethoven Hall that rather than Ligeti and Stravinky - as indicated in the brochure - he'd rather play Liszt. An evening of fireworks!

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata quasi una fantasia)

Frédéric Chopin

Twelve etudes, op. 10

Domenico Scarlatti

Three sonatas for harpsichord

• K20, L375
• K43, L40
• K96, L465

Béla Bartók

Piano Sonata, Sz 80

Franz Liszt

Transcendental etudes:

• No. 4: Mazeppa
• No. 5: Feux follets (Will-o'-the-wisp)
• No. 8: Wilde Jagd (Wild Hunt)
• No. 9: Ricordanza
• No. 11: Harmonies du soir (Evening Harmonies)

 

Boris Berezovsky, piano

 

Recorded by Deutsche Welle (DW) in the Beethoven Hall, Bonn on September 19, 2016.