About the Music:
- R. SCHUMANN Carnaval
- FRANCISCO COLL Waltzes Toward Civilization
- RAVEL La valse (trans. for piano)
- LISZT Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
- LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor
Kirill Gerstein has won international acclaim with his fearless approach to genre- and era-spanning repertoire. In this solo recital, which features a brand-new work by Francisco Coll, Gerstein brings out the playful virtuosity in the allusive miniatures of Robert Schumann’s Carnaval, the barely contained frenzy of Ravel’s La valse, and two contrasting sides of Liszt: the soft and soulful Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude and the diabolical Sonata in B minor.