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Review title: Almost makes "Benediction" seem short
Product review: This pianist whips up real excitement in "Benediction." I find myself conducting and playing "air piano" at the climactic moments. Thomson often makes alterations to the written score. Sometimes Liszt's dynamic markings are ignored; at other times, melodic lines are reinforced with octave doublings. These changes are pretty clearly motivated by nothing more than a desire to communicate the emotion of the piece as vividly and powerfully as possible, and as such would likely meet with approval from Liszt. His disdain was reserved for those who played without feeling, and that's certainly not the case here."Benediction," like quite a few of Liszt's works, has a reputation for seeming too long. It's a credit to Thomson that he almost leaves you wanting more, after sixteen minutes.
