| DIAPASON
– October 2003
GOLDEN DIAPASON
“Francesco Libetta’s consecration”
The series ended with quite an event: Francesco Libetta’s
enthroning a La Roque (France). This Italian pianist is a
shock for the audience. Some have seen in him the greatest
virtuoso’s reincarnation. An impenetrable face, a naturally
noble and elegant posture and a bewildering technique –not
as perfection in itself- but as a mean of magnifying the music.
Strauss revised by Gieseking, Godowsky revisiting Chopin,
astounding Alkan, Listz’s Totentanz relentlessness (the
magic of the first chords, the explosive Dies Irae.)
And let’s not forget his art at transfiguring each page:
Hummel’s agility, and the thousands nuances of l’Isle
Joyeuse’s trills…This DVD is not only fascinating
but one of the best film ever.
Bruno Montsaingeon overflows with ideas. He frames Libetta’s
hand as if they were separate entities, dancers, magicians,
demons. The images do more than flatter the music, they live
with it.
Translation by Francoise Dodson
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