Consolations Saskia Giorgini

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): 6 Consolations, S.172:
• 1 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 1, Andante con moto 01:30
• 2 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 2, Un poco più mosso 03:12
• 3 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 3, Lento placido 04:31
• 4 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 4, Quasi Algido 03:02
• 5 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 5, Andantino 02:29
• 6 Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172: No. 6, Allegretto sempre cantabile 03:08
• 3 Caprices-Valses, S.214:
• 7 Liszt: 3 Caprices-Valses, S.214: No. 1, Valse de bravoure in B-flat Major 08:25
• 8 Liszt: 3 Caprices-Valses, S.214: No. 2, Valse mélancolique in E Major 06:11
• 9 Liszt: 3 Caprices-Valses, S.214: No. 3, Valse de concert sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina de Donizetti in A Major 09:26
• Valse Impromptu, S.213:
• 10 Liszt: Valse Impromptu, S.213 06:20
• Liebesträume, S.541:
• 11 Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541: No. 1, Hohe Liebe in A-Flat Major 06:47
• 12 Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541: No. 2, Seliger Tod in E-Flat Major 04:31
• 13 Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541: No. 3, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst in A-Flat Major 04:50
• 2 Légendes, S.175:
• 14 Liszt: 2 Légendes, S.175: No. 1, St François d'Assise: la prédication aux oiseaux 09:43
• 15 Liszt: 2 Légendes, S.175: No. 2, St François de Paule: marchant sur les flots 08:44
• Total Runtime 01:22:49

Info for Consolations

"Consolations" is Saskia Giorgini's second Liszt album, after her critically-acclaimed rendition of the composer's Harmonies poetiques et religieuses. Named after Liszt's six Consolations, the album also contains the Caprices-Valses, Valse Impromptu, Legendes and the world-famous Liebestraume. These introspective pieces shed light on love in all its forms and manifestations, showing us human nature in all its different aspects, as well as a different side of Liszt's colourful musical persona.

Saskia Giorgini is one of the most promising pianists of her generation, has won several competitions and is hailed for her technical command and the beauty and poetry of her sound. Her recording of Liszt's Harmonies poetiques et religieuses received a Diapason d'or, while BBC Music Magazine praised her "formidable technical ability, matched by the architectural sense, harmonic sensibility and coloristic range", and Gramophone lauded her "masterful authority". She also released Schubert's Die schone Mullerin (2020) and Respighi Songs (2021) - both with Ian Bostridge - on Pentatone.

Saskia Giorgini, piano

Saskia Giorgini
Winner of the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 2016, where she also got the special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work, Saskia Giorgini is considered one of the most interesting pianists of the young generation. She is praised for her “unerring technique, a beautiful and moving sound, a phrasing full of fantasy and a pure musicality” (Salvatore Accardo).

Saskia Giorgini has appeared in acclaimed recitals and live radio recordings in important halls and Festivals, amongst which Lingotto–Hall in Turin, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Concerti del Quirinale in Rome, Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht, Eindhoven Muziekgebouw, Utrecht Kamermuziek Festival, Großer Saal Stiftung Mozarteum in Salzburg, MiTo Settembre Musica Festival, Unione Musicale, Holland International Music Sessions , Vancouver Summer Festival, Warsaw’s Filharmonia Narodowa, International Piano Stars Festival in Lettland, International Piano Festival in Wuhan in China… She participated in the renowned Lockenhaus Festival Summer Academy, under the artistic direction of Gidon Kremer. For her 2013 New York début in 2013 she performed Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto n.1, with the NYCA Orchestra. She has played together with important orchestras, such as Lodz Philarmonic Orchestra in Poland, CBC Radio Orchestra in Canada, Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra in Latvia, Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, L’Orchestra Archi De Sono, l’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, under the baton of conductors as Mario Bernardi, Gérard Korsten, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Antonello Manacorda, Andrea Battistoni, Massimiliano Caldi.

Saskia was a finalist in the International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni 2015, where she received the award for the best interpretation of a work by Frédéric Chopin. In the Prix d‘AmadèO in Aachen 2012 she won the second prize as well as the Mozart Prize and the Audience Award.

A special affinity for chamber music brings her regularly together with renowned partners: Ian Bostridge, Janine Jansen, Gilles Apap, Mario Brunello, Thomas Demenga, Friedemann Eichhorn, Dora Schwarzberg and many others.

Saskia Giorgini received her first piano lessons at the age of four. At fifteen she was admitted to the piano academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, where she studied with Franco Scala, Riccardo Risaliti, Leonid Margarius and Michel Dalberto. At the same time she graduated from the Conservatorio di Torino with Claudio Voghera, with the highest grades and honours. She then completed her studies at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo with Enrico Pace and at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Pavel Gililov (Postgraduate).

Booklet for Consolations