Franz Liszt – The Great Piano Works (FLAC)

Composer: Franz Liszt
Number of Discs: 15
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 95564
Release: 2017
Size: 2.87 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
01. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, S.244/1
02. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S.244/2
03. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 3 in B-Flat Minor, S.244/3
04. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 4 in E-Flat Major
05. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 5 in E Minor, S.244/5
06. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S.244/6
07. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 7 in D Minor, S.244/7
08. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor, S.244/8
09. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 9 in E-Flat Major, S.244/9

CD 02
01. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 10 in E Major, S.244/10
02. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 11 in A Minor, S.244/11
03 .Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor, S.244/12
04. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 13 in A Minor, S.244/13
05. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 14 in F Minor, S.244/14
06. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 15 in A Minor, S.244/15
07. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 16 in A Minor, S.244/16
08. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 17 in D Minor, S.244/17
09. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 18 in F-Sharp Minor, S.244/18
10. Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 19 in D Minor, Ss.244/19

CD 03
Années de pèlerinage I, S.160
01. I. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
02. II. Au lac de Wallenstadt
03. III. Pastorale
04. IV. Au bord d’une source
05. V. Orage
06. VI. Vallée d’Obermann
07. VII. Eglogue
08. VIII. Le mal du pays
09. IX. Les cloches de Genève

CD 04
Années de pèlerinage II, S.161
01. I. Sposalizio
02. II. Il penseroso
03. III. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
04. IV. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
05. V. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
06. VI. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
07. VII. Après une lecture du Dante

CD 05
01. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178

Soirées de Vienne, S.427
02. VI. Allegro con strepito in A Minor

03. En rêve, S.207
04. Mephisto Waltz No. 3, S.216
05. Bagatelle sans tonalité, S.216a
06. Trübe Wolken, S.199

CD 06
Études d’exécution transcendante, S.139
01. I. Preludio
02. II. Molto Vivace
03. III. Paysage
04. IV. Mazeppa
05. V. Feux-follets
06. VI. Vision
07. VII. Eroica
08. VIII. Wilde Jagd
09. IX. Ricordanza
10. X. Allegro agitato molto
11. XI. Harmonies du soir
12. XII. Chasse-neige

CD 07
Grandes études de Paganini, S.141
01. I. Preludio – Etude. Non troppo lento in G Minor
02. II. Andante in E-Flat Major
03. III. Allegretto in G-Sharp Minor
04. IV. Vivo in E Major
05. V. Allegretto in E Major
06. VI. Quasi presto in A Minor

2 Polonaises, S.223
07. I. Polonaise mélancolique in C Minor
08. II. Polonaise in E Major

09. Ballade No. 1 in D-Flat Major, S.170
10. Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S.171

CD 08
01. Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S.172/3
02. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514
03. Isoldens Liebestod, S.447
04. Danse macabre, S.555
05. Tarantella, S.162/3

2 Konzertetüden, S.145
06. I. Waldesrauschen
07. II. Gnomenreigen

08. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S.541/3
09. Les jeux d’eaux à la villa d’este, S.163/4

CD 09
01. Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B–A–C–H, S.529
02. Les cloches de Genève, S.160/9
03. Grosses Konzertsolo S.176

Glandes de Woronince, S.249
04. I. Ballade d’Ukraïne

05. Après une lecture du Dante, S.161/7
06. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9, S.244/9
07. La lugubre gondola, S.200/1

CD 10
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173
01. III. Bénédiction de dieu dans la solitude

2 Légendes, S.175
02. I. St François d’Assise. La prédication aux oiseaux
03. II. St François de Paule. Marchant sur les flots

04. Valse-Impromptu, S.213

Études de concert, S.144
05. II. La leggierezza

06. Grand galop chromatique, S.219
07. Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254

CD 11
01. O du mein holder Abendstern, S.444
02. Ballade from der fliegende Holländer, S.441

Aus Lohengrin, S.446
03. II. Elsas Traum

04. Ouvertüre from Tannhäuser, S.442
05. Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral from Parsifal, S.450
06. Aus Lohengrin, S.446: III. Lohengrins Verweis an Elsa
07. Walhall from Der Ring des Nibelungen, S.449

2 Stücke aus Tannhäuser und Lohengrin, S.445
08. II. Elsas Brautzug zum Münster

09. Isoldens Liebestod, S.447

CD 12
01. Marche funèbre de Dom Sébastien de Donizetti, S.402

Réminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia, S.400
02. I. Trio du seconde acte
03. II. Chanson à boire – Duo – Finale

04. Réminiscences de Norma, S.394
05. Hexaméron, S.392

CD 13
01. Paraphrase de concert on Ernani II, S.432
02. Salve Maria de Jérusalem S.431/2
03. Miserere from Il trovatore S.433
04. Paraphrase de concert on Rigoletto, S.434
05. Finale from Don Carlos, S.435
06. Agnus dei from Verdi’s requiem, S.437/2
07. Réminiscences de Boccanegra, S.438
08. Danza sacra e duetto finale from Aida, S.436

CD 14
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, S.464/6
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Andante molto moto
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro – V. Allegretto

CD 15
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S.124
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Quasi adagio
03. III. Allegretto vivace
04. IV. Allegro animato
05. V. Allegro marziale animato

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S.125
06. I. Adagio sostenuto assai
07. II. Allegro agitato assai
08. III. Allegro moderato
09. IV. Allegro deciso, sempre allegro
10. V. Marziale, un poco meno allegro
11. VI. Allegro animato

12. Totentanz S126/2

Franz Liszt is universally celebrated as one of the greatest-ever virtuoso performers on the modern piano. Contemporary accounts describe his seemingly superhuman technical abilities and equally striking charisma and stage presence. Yet Liszt was a formidable composer, and his expansion of pianistic possibilities was achieved as much through innovation in his own great piano works as through his astonishing performance on the instrument, if not more. Like many child virtuosos thrust early into busy concert careers (Liszt’s began at the age of nine) he retired early, weary of the spotlight, turning his back on the stage at the remarkably early age of 35. Since he lived to the likewise remarkable old age of 75, much more than the latter half of his life was devoted solely to composition, and having been a pianist of his calibre, the works he created for his own instrument were indeed groundbreaking.

Showcasing the demanding pieces in this set – from the thundering of Liszt’s virtuoso side to the mysticism of his deeply spiritual side – are 15 renowned pianists on recordings dating from 1994–2016. Liszt’s piano works may be divided into several diverse categories. These include the virtuoso showpieces based on themes from operas (Isoldens Liebestod Alexander Gavrylyuk, Wagner Transcriptions François Dumont, Bellini and Donizetti Transcriptions Mark Viner, Verdi and Beethoven Transcriptions Michele Campanella); religious-inspired or devotional works (Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude and 2 Légendes Irene Russo) the spare, enigmatic pieces from his last years (Trübe Wolken, En rêve, Bagatelle sans tonalité Philipp Kopachevsky and La lugubre gondola Misha Dacić); a ground-breaking sonata regarded as an iconic work of the repertoire (Sonata in B minor Philipp Kopachevsky); and numerous piano transcriptions of other composers’ non-operatic works (Grandes études de Paganini Goran Filipec, Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 ‘Pastorale’ Michele Campanella). The set concludes with a grand gesture, as Nelson Freire is joined by the Dresdner Philharmonie under Michel Plasson for Liszt’s two well-loved piano concertos.

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.

Recorded between 1994 and 2016