Notes and Editorial Reviews
To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer, this 6-CD set contains a diverse collection of the 100 best-loved masterpieces of Franz Liszt. The ?rst CD begins with complete performances of Liszt’s two piano concertos, both ?rmly established as staples of the concerto repertoire. They are followed by extracts from a number of Liszt’s other works for piano and orchestra including Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes and Malédiction. The next three CDs cover Liszt’s huge output of works for solo piano, from miniatures like ‘La campanella’ (‘The little bell’) using a melody by Paganini and ‘Un sospiro’ (‘A sigh’), to the massive Sonata in B minor that was used so poignantly by Sir Frederic Ashton in his memorable
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ballet Marguerite and Armand created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. CD 5 is a collection of Liszt’s songs, including the beautiful love song ‘O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst!’, otherwise known as Liebestraume No. 3. Liszt invented the term ‘Symphonic Poem’, which he applied to a number of orchestral works that did not obey traditional musical forms and were based generally on a literary or pictorial idea. CD 6 includes extracts from several of these, such as Prometheus, Festklänge and Les Préludes. Also represented here are other orchestral works such as Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and A Faust Symphony as well as several of Liszt’s famous Hungarian Rhapsodies, originally written for solo piano but performed here in spectacular orchestral versions that have achieved enormous popularity.
CD 1: PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
CD 2: SOLO PIANO I
CD 3: SOLO PIANO II
CD 4: SOLO PIANO III
CD 5: SONGS
CD 6: ORCHESTRAL WORKS
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Works on This Recording
2.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Michel Béroff (Piano)
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839/1861; Weimar, Germany
6.
Malédiction, S 121 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Michel Béroff (Piano)
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1840; Switzerland
7.
Totentanz, S 126 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Michel Béroff (Piano)
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849/1859; Weimar, Germany
47.
Die drei Zigeuner, S 320 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Geoffrey Parsons (Piano),
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1860; Weimar, Germany
50.
Petrarch Sonnets (3), S 270 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839/1861; Switzerland
52.
Lasst mich ruhen, S 317 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1858; Weimar, Germany
53.
Ihr Auge, S 310 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1855; Weimar, Germany
56.
Die Vätergruft, S 281 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
57.
Die Fischertochter, S 325 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Germany
59.
Blume und Duft, S 324 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Hermann Prey (Baritone),
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1860; Weimar, Germany
65.
Kling leise, mein Lied, S 301 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
James Lockhart (Piano),
Margaret Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Weimar, Germany
66.
Prometheus, S 99 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850/1855; Weimar, Germany
67.
Festklänge, S 101 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Weimar, Germany
72.
Les préludes, S 97 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848/1854; Weimar, Germany
73.
Rákóczy March, S 117 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Hungarica
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Hungary
Sound Samples
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S.124 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro maestoso
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S.124 (1990 - Remaster): Quasi adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S.124 (1990 - Remaster): Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S.124 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro marziale animato
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Adagio sostenuto assai -
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro agitato assai -
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro moderato
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro deciso
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Marziale un poco meno allegro
Piano Concerto No.2 in A Major, S.125 (1990 - Remaster): Allegro animato
Polonaise brillante (Weber) S.367 (1990 - Remaster)
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, S.123 (1990 - Remaster)
Fantaisie on a theme from Beethoven's 'Ruinen of Athens' S.122 (1990 - Remaster)
Malédiction, S.121 (1990 - Remaster)
Totentanz, S.126 (1990 - Remaster)
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Lento assai
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Grandioso
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Recitativo
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Andante sostenuto
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Allegro energico
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Presto
Sonata for Piano in B minor S178: Andante sostenuto
Rigoletto (Concert Paraphrase), S.434
'Miserere' from Il Trovatore
'Liebestod' from Tristan und Isolde
Consolations S.172: I. Andante con molto
Consolations S.172: II. Un poco più mosso
Consolations S.172: III. Lento placido
Consolations S.172: IV. Quasi adagio
Consolations S.172: V. Andantino
Consolations S.172: VI. Allegretto cantabile
Deux Etudes de concert S 145 : Waldesrauschen (Dans les bois) en ré bémol majeur (Remasterisé en 2008)
Deux Etudes de concert S 145 : Gnomenreigen (La ronde des lutins) en ut dièse mineur (Remasterisé en 2008)
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