Liszt: Sonata in B Minor (Zimerman)

A stupendous recording of the greatest post-Beethoven sonata (at least, by popular academic consensus). Along with Andre Laplante’s recording this is probably one of the pinnacles of classical pianism. (Zimerman took 76 takes before he managed to get a recording of the Sonata he was satisfied with.) I have a great fondness for the ending of this sonata, with its very daring augmented-fourth leap from an F major (arrived from A minor) to B major chord. The structural brilliance of this piece is unmatched, o