PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

After the recent release of his second album entitled The Seasons, in which Liu focusses on the intimate and expressive solo piano music of Tchaikovsky, the pianist now continues this theme by releasing his rendition of a further piece written by the Russian composer.

“For me, this is a moment to explore some personal emotion,” the pianist says about The Seasons, an album that envelops the Russian composer’s intimate and profoundly poetic language with musical breathing space. “What’s so special about the work is that it’s so intimate, as if Tchaikovsky were speaking to himself when he wrote the pieces. It combines the folk element that inspired his ballets with the brilliance and flamboyance found in his concertos. More than that, it has a thoughtfulness and calmness at its core.”    

Listen to Liu’s version of Earl Wild’s fast and rhythmic transcription of the well-known Dance of the Four Swans from Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet Swan Lake.