NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top

Philippa Kiraly — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:11:33 +0000

There’s no doubt about O’Riley’s ability. There were beautiful moments of thoughtful touch, sensitive phrasing, fine technique throughout, but in fast, dense and loud passages—and Liszt loved these and inserted them as major portions of his compositions—O’Riley tended to go overboard and the results often were not as clean as they might have been.

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NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top