Enrico Pace has a special affinity to Liszt: when becoming First Prize winner of the first International Liszt Competition in 1989 in Utrecht, he dazzled both jury and audience with playing of immense power of imagination, subtlety and devilry (here his own appearance worked to his advantage..).

This event marked the beginning of an impressive international career, with concerts in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, La Scala Milan, Wigmore Hall London, and Festivals such as Verbier, Roque d’Anthéron and Lucerne. Equally enjoying playing chamber music, he has a partnership with the violinists Frank Peter Zimmermann and Leonidas Kavakos.

For a long time Enrico Pace preferred the inspiration and excitement of a live concert to recordings, and it is with particular joy and pride that Piano Classics is allowed to issue his first ever CD, containing works near to Pace’s heart - may it touch the hearts of his many admirers and fans!

Recorded in the splendid acoustics of the Auditorium Pedrotti in the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, Italy, where Pace studied in his youth, 29-31 August 2011.