Work: Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faust", S 407

The young Georgian pianist thrills in the brilliance and technical wizardry of Thalberg and Liszt as well as Schumann's Fantasiestücke. 

Gábor Farkas performs an all-Liszt recital on a 19th-century Érard piano such as Liszt used, showing us both its highlights and its shortcomings.

Watching Benjamin Grosvenor, the first thing that becomes obvious is that he is in complete control of his instrument, down to the finest detail. This was an extraordinary mature recital at Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad.