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Described by the New York Times as a “brilliant pianist” who combines “musical maturity and youthful daring in his exceptional playing”, Kit Armstrong performed at the famous Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, a masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, works by Wagner, Liszt and Mozart in a concert that was “technically sophisticated - and poetically poignant”. (Der Opernfreund) Alfred Brendel, who has guided Armstrong as teacher and mentor since 2005, ascribes to him “an understanding of the great piano works that combines freshness and subtlety, emotion and intellect”.
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▷ 00:00 - Franz Liszt - Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este
▷ 09:52 - Franz Liszt - Les jeux d'eaux
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From the Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
Kit Armstrong - Piano
© 2019, Licensed by C Major Entertainment
Described by the New York Times as a “brilliant pianist” who combines “musical maturity and youthful daring in his exceptional playing”, Kit Armstrong performed at the famous Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, a masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, works by Wagner, Liszt and Mozart in a concert that was “technically sophisticated - and poetically poignant”. (Der Opernfreund) Alfred Brendel, who has guided Armstrong as teacher and mentor since 2005, ascribes to him “an understanding of the great piano works that combines freshness and subtlety, emotion and intellect”.
Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Franz Liszt - Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este
▷ 09:52 - Franz Liszt - Les jeux d'eaux
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From the Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
Kit Armstrong - Piano
© 2019, Licensed by C Major Entertainment









![Puccini: Il trittico from Salzburger Festspiele
Asmik Grigorian, Misha Kiria, Roman Burdenko, Joshua Guerrero, Karita
Mattila, Hanna Schwarz, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst
staged by Christof Loy
Il trittico was premiered in New York on 14 December 1918, composed while the First World War was still raging in Europe. At first glance, the three one-act operas Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica seem to have no connection with each other; their common denominator is solely the entanglement of man in a fateful destiny that only exceptionally, for a moment, seems to promise a happy outcome to the “adventure of life” - a set of themes that in its complexity seems to be in such good hands with few directors as with Christof Loy. The main female roles in the three opera acts are performed by the Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian, a very rare and tremendous feat, but once again connects the works to each other.
“Grigorian is [...] a wonderful, intense performer: a gracefully graceful Donna fragile as Lauretta, a feverishly longing for love while tormented by guilt Giorgetta, and a desperately lost Angelica rebelling with defiance.” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
“Loy’s direction is competent and detailed without being revelatory; this is scrupulous conservatism at its best.” (Financial Times)
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