Transcendental Etudes

On 24 Transcendental Études, Scherbakov performs both Liszt's Transcendental Études and Sergei Lyapunov's complementary Douze études d'exécution transcendante together for the first time. For his latest album, from the Steinway & Sons label (STNS 30098), pianist Konstantin Scherbakov pairs Franz Liszt's Transcendental Études -- an ambitious, difficult group of pieces composed with the goal of moving around the circle of fifths twice -- with twelve études by Sergei Lyapunov that both complement and complete the rotations that Liszt started, with Lyapunov's first études picking up where Liszt's last piece ended. This album represents the first time these two monumental works have been paired together.