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Soliszt

Dimitri Naïditch

Composer
Liszt
Released
2022
Label
Dinaï Records
Forces
Piano, Trio
Personnel
Dimitri Naïditch piano, Gilles Naturel double bass, Arthur Alard drums

Despite its title, Soliszt is not entirely a solo-piano record. Naïditch frames eight jazz-trio transformations with two Liszt originals played straight: Vallée d’Obermann opens the album and the Petrarch sonnet closes it.

It is the third instalment in Naïditch’s New Time Classics series, following his Bach and Mozart projects. Gilles Naturel and Arthur Alard return on double bass and drums.

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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsLiszt · classical source works

The classical player accompanies tracks 2 to 9, the eight jazz-trio responses; tracks 1 and 10 are omitted because Naïditch plays Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann and Petrarch Sonnet No. 123 straight.

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Vallée d’Obermann, années de pèlerinage, première année, Suisse, S160, N6Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S. 160: No. 6, Vallée d’Obermann
  2. Ma Campanella inspiré par étude S161, N3, la Campanella Paganini-LisztGrandes études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 in G-sharp minor, ‘La campanella’
  3. Trêve D’Amour inspiré par les « rêves d’amours » Liebestraum, S541, N3Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-flat major
  4. Improvisation sur en rêve, nocturne, S207En rêve, Nocturne, S. 207
  5. Mephistouchka inspiré par Mephisto valse N1, S514Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
  6. Constellation inspiré par consolation N2, S172Consolations, S. 172: No. 2 in E major
  7. Improvisation sur la cloche sonne, S238La cloche sonne, S. 238
  8. Vieille romance inspiré par romance en mi mineur « O pourquoi donc... », S169Romance in E minor, ‘O pourquoi donc’, S. 169
  9. Consommation inspiré par consolation N3, S172Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-flat major
  10. Sonnet de Pétrarque 123, S210Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161: No. 6, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca