Concert Francesco Libetta performs works by Strauss, Liszt and Saint-Saëns

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Richard Strauss / Walter Gieseking, Ständchen (Piano transcription)
Richard Strauss / Edouard Risler, Till Eulenspiegel (Piano transcription)
Leopold Godowsky, Studies on Chopin's Studies
- No. 47 in G-flat major, "Badinage"
- No. 28 in F minor (Study in octaves)
- No. 22 in C-sharp minor (For the Left Hand)
Claude Debussy, L'Isle Joyeuse, L. 106
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Rondo for Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 11 "Favori"
Franz Liszt, Totentanz
György Ligeti, Etude No. 13, "The Devil's Staircase"
Camille Saint-Saëns, Étude Op. 52 No. 6, "En forme de valse"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Francesco Libetta, Pas de deux from "The Sleeping Beauty" (Piano transcription)
Charles-Valentin Alkan, Sonata "Les Quatre âges", Op. 33
- 1. 20 ans
Léo Delibes, Pizzicato Polka from the ballet "Sylvia" (Piano transcription)

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Francesco Libetta performs works by Strauss, Liszt and Saint-Saëns La Roque d'Anthéron 2002

About

An ace at the keyboard in an astoundingly pyrotechnical programme.

We owe this film to a discovery in 2000 by filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon who heard for the first time the Italian pianist, who was born in 1968, play in a festival for young talent in Miami. He felt he was in the presence "of one of the most remarkable virtuoso prodigies of all time."

Francesco Libetta | Pianist

Program

Richard Strauss / Walter Gieseking, Ständchen (Piano transcription)
Richard Strauss / Edouard Risler, Till Eulenspiegel (Piano transcription)
Leopold Godowsky, Studies on Chopin's Studies
- No. 47 in G-flat major, "Badinage"
- No. 28 in F minor (Study in octaves)
- No. 22 in C-sharp minor (For the Left Hand)
Claude Debussy, L'Isle Joyeuse, L. 106
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Rondo for Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 11 "Favori"
Franz Liszt, Totentanz
György Ligeti, Etude No. 13, "The Devil's Staircase"
Camille Saint-Saëns, Étude Op. 52 No. 6, "En forme de valse"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Francesco Libetta, Pas de deux from "The Sleeping Beauty" (Piano transcription)
Charles-Valentin Alkan, Sonata "Les Quatre âges", Op. 33
- 1. 20 ans
Léo Delibes, Pizzicato Polka from the ballet "Sylvia" (Piano transcription)