CD Information

Work details

Liszt
Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra, Vols I & II

Vol. I, CD 1

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, S.124
20'11"
Fantasy on Beethoven's Ruins of Athens, S 122
13'16"
Totentanz - Paraphrase on 'Dies Irae', S 126ii [final version]
15'46"
Grande Fantaisie symphonique on themes from Berlioz's Lelio, S 120 [score & parts corrected from MS sources by Leslie Howard]
29'44"

Vol I, CD 2

Concerto in E minor for Piano and Strings (Malediction), S 121
15'47"
Piano Concerto in E flat [Piano Concerto No 3], Op posth, S 125a [score prepared from MS sources by Jay Rosenblatt; performing version of solo part by Leslie Howard]
13'58"
Grand solo de concert, S 365 [prepared by Leslie Howard]
14'50"
Hexameron - morceau de concert, S 365b [version for piano and orchestra by Liszt; orchestration completed by Leslie Howard]
22'37"
Weber's Polonaise brillante, S 367 [arranged for piano and orchestra by Liszt]
11'28"

Vol II, CD 1

Piano Concerto No 2 in A, S 125
21'4"
De Profundis - instrumental Psalm, S 691 [score prepared from MS sources by Jay Rosenblatt; completed by Leslie Howard]
36'13"
Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, S 366 [arranged for piano and orchestra by Liszt]
21'55"

Vol II, CD 2

Concerto pathetique in E minor [Piano Concerto No 4], S 365a [version for piano and orchestra by Eduard Reuss and Liszt]
25'22"
Weber's Konzertstuck in F minor, S 367a [with Liszt's version of the solo part]
17'28"
Totentanz - Fantasy, S 126i [Busoni's 1919 De Profundis version]
17'23"
Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Melodies [Hungarian Fantasy], S 123
16'18"

Vol II, CD 3 (bonus)

Sophie Menter's Ungarische Zigeunerweisen [Concerto in the Hungarian Style],
S 714 [probably written with Liszt's collaboration; orchestrated by Tchaikovsky]
17'37"

Artist details

Leslie Howard, piano
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Pal Andrássy, leader; Istvan Csurgay, cellist

Recording details

Recorded: 6-11 November 1997 and 24 June - 1 July 1998
Venue: Budapest studios of Hungarian Radio
Piano: Steinway, prepared by Ulrich Gerhartz
Executive Producers: Edward and Simon Perry
Recording Engineer and Producer: Tryggvi Tryggvason
Post-production Assistant: Marian Freeman
Hungarian Radio Production Assistant: Denes Redly

Hyperion CDA 67401/2 (Vol. I: 2 CDs), CDA 67403/4 (Vol. II: 3 CDs,
including bonus disc) DDD stereo NEW RELEASE
79'15"/79'07"/79'29"/77'47"/17'37" TT - 333'15"

Editorial & Design details

Liner notes: Leslie Howard
French translation: Jean-Pierre Lichtle
German translation: Anne Steeb & Bernd Müller
Booklet Editor: Nick Flower
Cover Design: Terry Shannon
Cover illustrations: Death as an Avenger and Death as a Friend (1851) by Alfred Rethel (1816-1859)

Purchase details

PURCHASE VOLUME I FROM CROTCHET

PURCHASE VOLUME II FROM CROTCHET