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Aldo Ciccolini plays Liszt – live 2005

Aldo Ciccolini was a few weeks shy of 80 years old when he gave the second half of this recital in the summer of 2005. He had had a public presence since winning the 1949 Long-Thibaud Competition, and by the 1970s was already well-documented on record. Yet there's a special presence around this pianist as he is one of very few to transform his playing at the end of his life and to finish at the very zenith of his creative ability. We're talking about someone who debuted on stage during the war, yet who reached an artistic peak as Wifi spread among us. It's probably a unique development. In fact how often do you encounter a pianist who not only maintains their facility into later life but who develops creatively in that time and goes out on top? Sofronitsky would be one example. In the late 1950s his playing became freer and more impassioned, and at the very end of his life he was playing better than ever. However he was only approaching 60 at the time, and though racked by self-doubt, he wasn't restrained by old age. At 80 years old Argerich has almost miraculously maintained her quicksilver reflexes. Yet unlike Ciccolini, her interpretations and the quality of tone as character in the music have not developed into that age. Sokolov and Pletnev may offer a comparison, but perhaps only a tenuous one as both pianists were stunning from the beginning, whereas I feel Ciccolini developed in a way which is almost counter to life's clawing intent – from excellent but one of many in the beginning to special and inspiring by the end. Perhaps the clear message from all of this is that Ciccolini is nestled among the greatest pianists on record. He just managed to get there in his own way and in his own time – not so much an Indian summer as an extended aurora in a frightful, closing winter. Six Consolations 00:00 - 1 01:09 - 2 03:41 - 3 07:41 - 4 10:02 - 5 12:00 - 6 14:46 - Funerailles 27:42 - Mephisto Polka 32:46 - Wagner-Liszt Liebestod 40:39 - Rigoletto Paraphrase Encores 49:07 - Schubert Kupelwieser waltz 52:51 - Manuel de Falla Ritual Fire Dance 58:01 - Chopin Prelude op. 28 no. 7