Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Danza sacra e duetto finale d'Aida de Verdi, S 436
Paraphrase de Concert sur Rigoletto de Verdi, S 434
Feierlischer Marsch de Parsifal de Wagner, S 450

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne pour piano n° 1 en si bémol mineur
Nocturne pour piano n° 2 en mi bémol majeur
Nocturne pour piano n° 3 en si majeur
Nocturne pour piano en do dièse mineur, op. posth.
Polonaise en la bémol majeur, op. 53 "Héroïque"

Paolo Restani, piano

“Paolo Restani's new recording effort, the result of a constant and very personal research work, guides the listener through various frameworks of piano literature, cornerstones of the history of music. The album opens with two paraphrases of Liszt from Verdi: the first from Aida, Danza sacra e duetto finale S. 436, and the second from Rigoletto, Paraphrase de Concert S. 434, concentrated on the wonderful quartet of Act IV, where the different moods of the protagonists intertwine. From the world of Verdi we move on to Wagner with the Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Act I of Parsifal. This journey into the dynamism of a fascinating universe of references and relationships ends with the performance of four Nocturnes by Chopin (123 and Nocturnes in C sharp min. op. posth.) and, again by Chopin, the most famous of Polonaise, the Polonaise in A flat. Magg. Op. 53 “Heroique” from 1842, with its extraordinary central section. A recording that allows you to rediscover musical jewels, entrusted to the wise mastery of Paolo Restani.”