In the first music Vallee d Obermann, I can just imagine the aspect wandering around in the valley with depressed feelings. I can not help but sigh for Takasu's beautiful weak sound at high notes part, however, the remarkable part comes afterward. In most of scores, around the third page from the end, Liszt says sempre animando sin al fine (to keep up the tempo till the end). How many pianists start striking the chord violently as soon as they see it. However, Takasu tries to reprise this truly. Theme in lent (slow) and major key starts carefully and it is accelerated to strong tempo extremely tactically. Thus Takasu successfully express the morning sunshine rising up in the valley as Liszt wished. Needless to say, for the last part, Takasu undertakes the job to strike the continuous major key faster than other pianists.? In the second music Spain Rhapsody, the first half, heavy folia is not lumbering but full of determined feelings of Liszt In the last half, performed in beautiful notes, Jota, it makes me recall Aragon's mountains and oceans. Even the part towards the coda requires difficult techniques and is the bane of pianists, it looks like nothing for Takasu. I can not believe this is a live. In the third music Ballade Nr.2, at initial chromatic scale performed with a bass tone blows me out. Drawing in the listeners' minds is the great appeal of Takasu's performance. The high pitch sound in the second theme is also beautiful. Especially rare is the first version that Liszt noted with his hand writing is played. The theme after reprised in the major key is shorter than current version and it finishes in glorious coda. Selecting this coda, unskilled pianists would feel run away, is also specific to Takasu. The finale of this album is piano solo, Totentanz, which you can rarely listen on stage. Old carol Dies irae is masqueraded one after another by Liszt's favorite pianism. It is originally for piano and orchestra and Liszt himself arranged it so he can play with only piano, not so many pianists challenge this difficult music. Sometimes luminously, other heavily, Takasu spectacularly stands out each character of arrangements. Takasu's intelligence shines out in change of tone colors between the part for orchestra originally and the part for piano, etc. Sparkling tone that is resounding in a bigger hall is also attractive, compared to previous 3 music. ? Now days many musical preference use computer beats, pianists who can perform with impact are few. They say that the next album with all Liszt already has been prepared. I can not wait to listen.
