Consolations - Liszt: Six Consolations & Other Reflective Pieces for Violin & Piano Maya Magub & Hsin-I Huang

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85:
• 1 Schumann: 12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85: No. 12, Abendlied (Arr. for violin and piano by Willy Burmeister) 02:55
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): Thaïs:
• 2 Massenet: Thaïs: Meditation (Arr. for violin and piano by Martin Pierre Marsick) 05:32
• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): 14 Romances, Op. 34:
• 3 Rachmaninov: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Maria Voronova) 06:05
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Consolations S.172/R12:
• 4 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 1, Andante con moto in E Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 01:55
• 5 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 2, Un poco più mosso in E Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 03:33
• 6 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 3, Lento placido in D-Flat Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Nathan Milstein) 04:11
• 7 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 4, Quasi Adagio in D-Flat Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 03:40
• 8 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 5, Andantino in E Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 02:08
• 9 Liszt: Consolations S.172/R12: No. 6, Allegro sempre cantabile in E Major (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 02:46
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ave Maria (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub)
• 10 Gounod, Bach: Ave Maria (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 04:01
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962): 3 Old Viennese Dances:
• 11 Kreisler: 3 Old Viennese Dances: II. Liebesleid 04:02
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): Sadko:
• 12 Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko: Chant Hindou (Arr. for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler) 03:42
• Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824): Sicilienne (Arr. for violin and piano by Samuel Dushkin):
• 13 Paradis: Sicilienne (Arr. for violin and piano by Samuel Dushkin) 03:48
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Xerxes, HWV 40:
• 14 Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu, "Largo" (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 03:40
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): 6 Gesänge, Op. 34 No. 2, On Wings of Song (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub):
• 15 Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 34 No. 2, On Wings of Song (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 02:41
• Lieder Ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1:
• 16 Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1: Andante con moto in E Major "Sweet Remembrance" (Arr. for violin and piano by Johann Nepomuk Rauch) 03:53
• Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7:
• 17 Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7: Träumerei 03:21
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Preludes, Op. 28 No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub):
• 18 Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28 No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" (Arr. for violin and piano by Maya Magub) 03:07
• Total Runtime 01:05:00

Info zu Consolations - Liszt: Six Consolations & Other Reflective Pieces for Violin & Piano

"Consolations" reflective music for violin and piano by Handel, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Rachmaninov and others, featuring a new transcription of Liszt's Consolations, performed by Maya Magub and Hsin-I Huang.

The album completes Liszt's six Consolations with new transcriptions by Maya Magub to complement the famous 'Lento Placido' arranged by Nathan Milstein. With extraordinary key and mood contrasts, each piece now sits within the whole, as Liszt intended. Milstein’s transcription, in the middle of the set, is now framed as in Liszt's original, to greater emotional impact. These works move from profound simplicity to virtuosic turbulence and wistful charm.

Complementing the set of 'Consolations', Magub and Huang bring together other well-known reflective musical gems to offer consolation of some form. Many of their choices were inspired by audience favourites from performances for UK-based charity Everyone Matters, which funds life-enriching concerts in care homes and hospices. When combined, the emotional weight of these pieces is even greater. The performers, too, drew great consolation from their programme and the ability to communicate with an audience despite the creative restrictions of pandemic lockdowns.

Magub and Huang recorded the album separately in lockdown, with much creative dialogue and experimentation between them. New possibilities afforded by the necessity of recording separately encouraged musical freedom and risk-taking, as well as the opportunity to create the immediacy of a small, intimate concert through close microphone placement. Out of this process emerges a true collaboration and an album which Magub and Huang hope will bring consolation to many people.

‘As a musician looking for consolation myself, I was reminded of the set of six Consolations for solo piano by Liszt, and the transcription of Consolation no.3 by the great violinist Nathan Milstein. I was curious to know how the other five Consolations would sound for violin and piano, and very excited by the potential I could immediately hear as I listened to them with that in mind. This was the beginning of my adventures with these fabulous pieces. After they had all come together, my greatest reward was hearing them as a complete set. After the Liszt Consolations, the rest of the programme came organically

‘So what are the consolations offered by all these works? They are many and varied: some are put into words through their song lyrics or the composer’s own description; others are more elusive. They contain many forms of nostalgia: nostalgia for love (Liebesleid, Sicilienne); nostalgia for nature (Xerxes, On Wings of Song); nostalgia for one’s homeland (Chant Hindu); nostalgia at the end of the day (Träumerei). Then there is religion (Ave Maria, Liszt’s Consolations), friendship (Liszt’s Consolations), meditation on life’s meaning and purpose (Thaïs)… And of course… music itself.’ (Maya Magub)

Maya Magub, violin
Hsin-I Huang, piano

Maya Magub
is a British violinist now based in LA. Praised by Gramophone for her "endless inventiveness" and by Strad Magazine for "her aristocratic poise, her technical command" and "powerful dynamic range", Maya Magub has performed in many of the world’s greatest concert halls, and on numerous movies and records.

As soloist, Maya has performed concertos by Vivaldi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Tchaikovsky, the complete Brandenburg concertos in London’s St Martin in the Fields, and Dvorak’s “Romance” in the Royal Albert Hall. She has given solo performances for King Charles III and for Professor Stephen Hawking, and has also enjoyed playing with pop icons including Adele, Bono, and Paul McCartney.

Maya studied at the Purcell School, Royal Academy of Music, Cambridge University, and Vienna Hochschule. A founder member of the Mainardi Piano Trio, she has played in chamber music festivals across the globe, and has guested with the Calder Quartet and the Emperor Quartet.

Maya has made four critically acclaimed albums for the CRD label, featuring music by Telemann, Mozart, and her own transcriptions of Liszt.

"Maya Magub succeeds in leading the listener...with so much engagement that it is impossible to turn them off until they’re finished” (Gramophone)

Dr. Hsin-I Huang
has captivated audiences the world over with his emotional virtuoso performances by evincing masterfully dexterous playing and profound musical sensitivity. Over his illustrious career and with his impressive range, he has won high acclaim and numerous awards performing across the United States, Europe, and Asia. As both a soloist and chamber musician, he maintains a rigorous performance schedule with some 80 concerts each year. He has released two solo albums: his 2015 debut “Bach/Busoni-Brahms-Schumann” and his 2016 follow-up “Mighty Shadow – Rachmaninoff – Mussorgsky.” Both albums are available on Apple iTunes and in 14,000 retail stores worldwide.

Dr. Huang began his piano studies at the age of seven in Taiwan and by the age of eight, gave his first public performance in his hometown of Taipei, Taiwan. He moved to Graz, Austria at the age of 14 on a merit scholarship to continue his musical studies and to learn the German language and European culture and history. He then moved to the United States for high school and college and during this time, debuted at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City by 16 and has made frequent appearances on the Carnegie stage ever since. Dr. Huang achieved his doctorate in piano performance from Stony Brook University in 2019.

As a soloist, Dr. Huang has performed with such distinguished orchestras as the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Spectrum Symphony New York, the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra. He has had the honor of performing with renowned and venerable musicians including Zuill Bailey, Joshua Bell, Alexander Kobrin, Sidney Outlaw, Phil Setzer, Ransom Wilson and The Rousseau Quartet.

Dr. Huang has also toured extensively with Taiwan’s Evergreen Symphony Orchestra—EVA Air’s official orchestra—as their soloist, with his performances further featured on EVA’s in-flight entertainment systems around the world.

Dr. Huang was teaching as an adjunct professor at Queens College of the City University of New York at the Aaron Copland School of Music, and was a staff pianist at Mannes School of Music, The New School and Purchase College, State University of New York. Dr. Huang has relocated to London in 2022, and is currently teaching at the Kensington Wade School, in addition to selectively and privately tutoring for promising, high-achieving students around the world.

In his career spanning more than two decades, Dr. Hsin-I Huang has accomplished many notable achievements. Besting his peers in numerous competitions in the past two decades, Dr. Huang has most notably won first prize at the International Music Competition Paris Grand Prize Virtuoso 2015 in Paris, France; first prize at the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York, New York; first prize at the Daniel Piano Competition for Young Artists in Greenville, South Carolina; the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Concerto Competition, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in Raleigh, North Carolina; the Kawai International Piano Competition in Taipei, Taiwan; and the Taipei Piano Competition in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Huang has also performed at Taipei’s National Concert Hall and was the featured soloist of the Emerging Keyboard Artist Recital at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina and in the Classical Series in Woodstock, Vermont.

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