Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera - V

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Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera - V
Leslie Howard (piano)

[ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 50 / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 February 2011

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'He plays here not only with his usual technical facility and understanding of the Lisztian idiom, but also with verve, wit, and an enjoyment that he conveys to the listener' (American Record Guide)

Leslie Howard joins Liszt on what will be their penultimate trip to the opera.

Some of Liszt's most virtuosic transcriptions from his years of fame as the world's greatest pianist (he was to retire from the professional stage in 1848) are here, including the rarely recorded transcription of the 'William Tell' Overture- a stunning warhorse with which Liszt used to end his concerts throughout the 1840s.

Tracks:

Réminiscences des Huguenots (Meyerbeer) S412i (first version)
Souvenir de La Fiancée (Auber) S385iii (third version) Einzug der Gäste auf der Wartburg (Wagner Tannhäuser) Tarantella (di bravura) d'après la Tarantelle de la 'Muette de Portici' d'Auber S386i (first version)
Réminiscences de La juive- Fantaisie brillante (Halévy) S409a; Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l'opéra Niobe (Pacini) S419
Festspiel und Brautlied (Aus Richard Wagners Lohengrin - I) S446/1i
Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'opéra La sonnambula (Bellini) S393ii (second version)
Ouverture de l'opéra Guillaume Tell (Rossini) S552 Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opéra 'Lucrezia Borgia' de G. Donizetti S399a