Work: Vers la flamme, Op.72

A daring mix of rarities and late masterpieces at Severance Music Center confirms Alexandre Kantorow as a pianist of both staggering technique and uncommon depth.

The Canadian soprano and her accomplished accompanist, Bertrand Chamayou, offer a thoughtful and eclectic program of Messiaen, Scriabin and John Zorn.

To be dubbed “Liszt reincarnate” could be a mixed blessing for a young pianist. But there were moments here the Abbé himself would have treasured.