Hyperion Records | Liszt: The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 55

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CDA67408/10

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Recording details: October 1998
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Produced by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Engineered by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Release date: April 1999
Total duration: 219 minutes 25 seconds

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'Fascinating musicological discoveries gracefully presented' (Classic CD)

Liszt: The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 55 – Grande Fantaisie

Leslie Howard (piano)

CD1	1	Grande fantaisie di bravura sur La Clochette de Paganini, S420 [17'57] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840)
	2	Den Schut-Engeln 'Angelus!', S162a No 1 [3'59] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	3	Petite valse favorite, S212i [2'38] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	4	Valse mélancolique, S210 [5'06] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	5	Mélodie polonaise, S249a [1'11] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	6	Légende No 2. St François de Paule, S175 No 2bis [7'14] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	7	Vierter Mephisto-Walzer, S216b [2'52] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	8	Valse-Impromptu, S213a [6'38] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	9	Valse mélancolique, S210a [5'40] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	10	Le lac de Wallenstadt, S156 No 2a/bis [2'44] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	11	Angelus!, S162a No 2 [3'56] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	12	Den Cypressen der Villa d'Este – Thrénodie II, S162b [8'33] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	13	Variations sur Le Carnaval de Venise de Paganini, S700a [5'35] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840)
CD2	1	Hungaria 'Poème symphonique No 9', S511e [22'37] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	2	Rákóczi-Marsch, S244b [10'43] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	3	Sunt lacrymae rerum, S162c [7'52] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Zwei Stücken aus der heiligen Elisabeth, S693a Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	4	No 1: Das Rosenmirakel [8'57]
	5	No 2: Der Sturm [6'32]
	6	Troisième Valse oubliée, S215 No 3a [5'29] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	7	Grand galop chromatique, S219bis [2'36] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	8	Huldigungsmarsch, S228i [7'42] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
CD3	1	Grande fantasie 'Variations' sur des thèmes de Paganini – La clochette et Le Carnaval de Venise, S700i [14'21] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	2	Angelus! Prière à l'ange gardien, S162a No 3 [6'09] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Historische ungarische Bildnisse, S205a Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	3	No 1: Széchenyi István [2'32]
	4	No 2: Deák Ferenc [2'08]
	5	No 3: Teleki László [2'47]
	6	No 4: Eötvös József [2'18]
	7	No 5: Vörösmarty Mihály [2'40]
	8	No 6: Petofi Sándor [4'47]
	9	No 7: Mosonyi Mihály [8'07]
	10	Angelus! Prière à l'ange gardien, S162a No 4 [7'33] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	11	Grande fantasie 'Variations' sur des thèmes de Paganini, S700ii [19'32] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

As the Liszt series draws to a close we turn once again to the many alternative thoughts which the composer had on so much of his output. Though many pieces here are the initial versions, much of beauty was often discarded in Liszt's later revisions and these pieces are fascinating as a trace of the creative thought process. Of major importance here are what are probably Liszt's last, previously unpublished thoughts on his cycle Historical Hungarian Portraits (this discovery explained in great detail in the booklet notes) and for virtuosity fanciers, the brilliant Clochette Fantasy.