System of a Down - Know

Grieg insistently asked Liszt to play something. “He sat down at the piano, and the music began. I assure you, if they allow me to use a little graceful expression, flamethrower batteries were launched one after another, with a continuous flash of lightning. The music sounded as if with his spell he had brought to life the shadow of Tasso (Liszt played Grieg Lamento e Trionfo - his recently completed continuation of the symphonic poem “Tasso”. - M. Z.). His play shimmered with magnificent colors; the expression of tragic greatness is the strongest side of Liszt's genius. I did not know who was more amazed - the composer or the pianist ... No great man can compare with him ... Then I talked a little more with him and told him, by the way, that my father heard him in London in 1824; it made him very happy (“Yes, yes,I traveled a lot around the world and played a lot, too much, ”he said).”