Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/12EtudesVincenzoMaltempo More Information: https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/l/lyapunov-12-%C3%A9tudes-d-ex%C3%A9cution-transcendante-op-11/ Piano Classics Facebook: https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/Facebook Spotify Playlists: Piano Classics Spotify: https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/Spotify Peaceful and Relaxing Piano Music: https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/PeacefulAndRelaxingPianoMusic The Best of Rachmaninoff: https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/BestOfRachmaninoff The Best of Liszt: https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/BestOfLiszt The Best of Chopin https://PianoClassics.lnk.to/BestOfChopin Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924), Russian composer and pianist, wrote his “12 Etudes d’exécution transcendante” between 1897 and 1905. The studies are clearly modelled on the etudes with the same title by Franz Liszt, his idol to whom he was “completely enslaved” as he confessed. A pianist of considerable reputation (his teacher was Karl Klindworth, a Liszt pupil) he adapted Lisztian pianism as a vehicle for the display of his own virtuosity and musical personality. A member of the “Group of Five” Lyapunov frequently used folkloristic elements in his music. The Etudes are highly attractive tone poems, depicting a dance of the Sylphes (modelled on Liszt’ s Feux follets), orthodox chant complete with church bells, a wild Caucasian dance akin to Balakirev’s Islamey and a haunting “Nuit d’été. Vincenzo Maltempo delivers a dazzling performance of these masterpieces. Maltempo’s recent recording of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies received rave reviews, a Gramophone Editor’s Choice: “extraordinary breadth and nobility..little short of perfection..”, “9/9, close to ideal” (Jed Distler Classicstoday.com). His recordings of Alkan have “confirmed his place in the restricted circle of Alkan’s best performers, 5 stars”(Diapason), “Exhilarating, thrillingly demonic, 5 Stars” (Andrew Clement in The Guardian). Tracklist: 00:00:00 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: I. Berceuse in F-Sharp Major 00:03:32 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: II. Rondes des Fantômes in D-Sharp Minor 00:06:33 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: III. Carillon in B Major 00:13:29 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: IV. Térek G-Sharp Minor 00:17:38 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: V. Nuit d’été in E Major 00:27:07 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: VI. Tempête in C-Sharp Minor 00:31:51 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: VII. Idylle in A Major 00:36:36 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: VIII. Chant épique in F-Sharp Minor 00:45:49 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: IX. Harpes éoliennes in D Major 00:52:41 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: X. Lesghinka in B Minor 00:59:56 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: XI. Rondes des sylphes in G Major 01:03:56 12 Études d’exécution transcendante, Op. 11: XII. Elégie en mé