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3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 158 : Liszt: 3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 158: No. 1, Sonetto XLVII – Benedetto sia' l giorno
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About "3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 158 : Liszt: 3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 158: No. 1, Sonetto XLVII – Benedetto sia' l giorno" by Daniel Barenboim
Petrarch's sonnet XLVII becomes a piano prayer of gratitude, but Barenboim finds the agitation beneath the thanks. The melody soars with operatic fervor, each ornament a trembling caress. Liszt's transcription captures the poet's paradox: love as both blessing and wound, the music's ecstasy shadowed by the knowledge of its fragility.
