Franz Liszt was without doubt one of the greatest (if not The Greatest) pianists of all time, as well as an innovating and visionary composer, in one word…a Genius!
This set presents an extensive survey of Liszt’s piano works, grand scale or intimate, thundering or tender, passionate or devout. In these works we find all Liszt’s pianistic innovations, feats of jaw dropping virtuosity, unheard‐of sonorities and future‐looking asceticism.
All genres of his pianistic output are present: original works like the complete Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Complete Studies, Années de Pèlerinage, Ballades, Polonaises, Mephisto Waltzes and the immortal Sonata, Opera Paraphrases and Fantasies, Beethoven Symphony transcriptions and the Piano Concertos and Totentanz.
Performed by an extraordinary line up of present day pianists: Enrico Pace, Vincenzo Maltempo, Nelson Freire, and many more.
- Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2; Totentanz; Ungarische Rhapsodien Nr. 1-19; Annees de Pelerinage I & II; Klaviersonate h-moll; Valses-caprices d'apres Francois Schubert; En reve; Mephisto-Walzer Nr. 1 & 3; Bagatelle sans tonalite; Nuanges gris; Etudes d'execution transcendante; Paganini-Etüden; Polonaises; Balladen Nr. 1 & 2; Consolation Nr. 3; Isoldens Liebestod aus Wagner "Tristan und Isolde"; Danse macabre; Tarantella; Konzertetüden; Liebestraum Nr. 3; Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este; Fantasie & Fuge über B-A-C-H; Les cloches de Geneve; Großes Konzertsolo; Ballade d'Ukraine; Apres une lecture du Dante; La lugubre gondola; Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude; Legendes; Valse-Impromptu; La leggierezza; Grand galop chromatique; Rhapsodie espganole
+Wagner-Transkriptionen: O du mein holder Abendstern aus "Tannhäuser"; Ballade aus "Der fliegende Holländer"; Elsas Traum aus "Lohengrin"; Tannhäuser-Ouvertüre; Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral aus "Parsifal"; Lohengrins Verweis an Elsa aus "Lohengrin"; Walhall aus "Der Ring des Nibelungen"; Elsas Brautzug zum Münster aus "2 Stücke aus Tannhäuser und Lohengrin"; Isoldens Liebestod aus "Tristan und Isolde"
+Bellini & Donizetti-Transkriptionen: Marche funebre aus "Dom Sebastien"; Reminiscenses de "Lucrezia Borgia"; Reminiscences de "Norma"; Hexameron
+Verdi-Transkriptionen: Paraphrase de concert aus "Ernani"; Salve Maria de Jerusalem aus "I Lombardi"; Miserere aus "Il Trovatore"; Paraphrase de concert aus "Rigoletto"; Finale aus "Don Carlos"; Agnus Dei aus dem Requiem; Reminiscences de "Boccanegra"; Danza sacra e duetto finale aus "Aida"
+Beethoven / Liszt: Symphonie Nr. 6
Vincenzo Maltempo, Enrico Pace, Philipp Kopachevsky, Mariangela Vacatello, Goran Filipec, Jean Dube, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Klara Würtz, Misha Dacic, Irene Russo, Vanessa Benelli Mosell, Francois Dumont, Mark Viner, Michele Campanella, Nelson Freire, Dresdner Philharmonie, Michel Plasson