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Portraits of Liszt.

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Release date: August 2001
Total duration: 155 minutes 43 seconds
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GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the world's largest recording series by a solo artist. Leslie Howard took 14 years to complete the series, starting in 1985 and releasing the final volume in September 1999.

Liszt: Piano Music – An introduction to the complete recording

Leslie Howard (piano)

		Trois études de concert 'Trois caprices poétiques', S144 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
CD1	1	No 3 in D flat major: Un sospiro, with cadenza and revised coda [5:50]
		Années de pèlerinage, première année – Suisse, S160 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	2	Movement 7: Eglogue [3:40]
		Soirées musicales, S424 Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	3	No 02: La regata veneziana 'Notturno' [3:32]
	4	Feuilles d'Album, S165 [2:40] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Consolations 'Six pensées poétiques', S172 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	5	No 5: E major [1:56]
	6	Die Lorelei, S532 [6:22] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	7	Puszta Wehmut 'A puszta keserve', S246 [2:20] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Magyar Dalok & Magyar Rapszódiák, S242 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	8	No 02: C major. Andantino [1:16]
		Bunte Reihe, Op 30 S484 Ferdinand David (1810-1873), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	9	No 19bis: Ungarisch (Liszt's fantasy on the theme of No 19) [4:44]
		Historische ungarische Bildnisse, S205 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	10	No 4: Teleki Laszlo [2:47]
		Ungarischer Romanzero, S241a Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	11	No 10: G minor [4:05]
	12	Csárdás obstinée, S225 No 2 [3:12] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	13	No 02: C sharp minor/F sharp major, with cadenza for Toni Raab [9:31]
		Douze Grandes Études, S137 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	14	No 02 in A minor: Molto vivace a capriccio [2:34]
	15	I Puritani – Introduction et Polonaise, S391 [5:28] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
	16	Valse oubliée No 4, S215/4 [2:46] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	17	Grand galop chromatique, S219 [4:10] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Zwei Konzertetüden, S145 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	18	No 2: Gnomenreigen [3:10]
	19	Rigoletto 'Paraphrase de Concert', S434 [7:45] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
CD2	1	Légende No 2. St François de Paule marchant sur les flots, S175 No 2 [7:31] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	2	Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S534 [7:37] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Sechs geistliche Lieder von Gellert, Op 48 S467 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	3	No 4: Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur [2:30]
		Vier Geistliche Lieder, S562 Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	4	No 1: Litanei 'auf das Fest aller Seelen' [4:05]
		Choräle, S504b Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	5	No 08: O Traurigkeit [1:15]
	6	L'hymne du Pape, S530 [2:57] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	7	Widmung, Op 25 No 1 S566 [3:18] Robert Schumann (1810-1856), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	8	Impromptu, S191 [2:59] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
		Aus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen und Goethes Faust, S496 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Eduard Lassen (1830-1904)
	9	Part 1 'Nibelungen'. No 2: Bechlarn [5:10]
	10	Mes joies, S480 No 5ii [4:57] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
		Weihnachtsbaum, S186 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	11	Movement 10: Ehemals! [2:55]
		Liebesträume '3 Notturnos für das Pianoforte', S541 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	12	No 3: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst! [4:06]
	13	Bagatelle sans tonalité, S216a [2:23] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	14	Trübe Wolken 'Nuages gris', S199 [2:39] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	15	Schlaflos! 'Frage und Antwort: Nocturne nach einem Gedicht von A Raab', S203 [1:52] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	16	En rêve – Nocturne, S207 [2:02] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	17	Toccata, S197a [0:59] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	18	Carrousel de Madame P-N, S214a [0:49] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	19	Petite Valse 'Nachspiel zu den drei vergessenen Walzer', S695d [2:10] Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Leslie Howard (b1948)
		Totentanz – Paraphrase über 'Dies irae', S126ii Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
	20	Introduction: Andante – Presto – Allegro – Allegro moderato [1:54] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	21	Variation 1: Allegro moderato [0:53] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	22	Variation 2: [L'istesso tempo] – Un poco animato [0:47] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	23	Variation 3: Molto vivace [0:28] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	24	Variation 4 'canonique': Lento – Presto [3:04] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	25	Variation 5: Vivace. Fugato – Cadenza [4:14] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
	26	Variation 6: Sempre allegro, ma non troppo – Un poco meno allegro – Cadenza – Presto – Allegro animato [4:21] with Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)

Leslie Howard’s recordings of Liszt’s complete piano music, on 95 CDs, is one of the monumental achievements in the history of recorded music. Remarkable as much for its musicological research and scholarly rigour as for Howard’s Herculean piano playing, this survey has been invaluable to serious lovers of Liszt. Now, as an introduction to the series and a perfect starting point for anyone beginning to explore this fascinating and hugely influential composer, we present a two-disc selection from the series. To give an overview of such a long and prolific composing life and a uniquely eclectic and varied repertoire, this programme takes six of the most important characteristics of Liszt’s work and offers thirty-nine pieces that exemplify them. The result gives a flavour of the richness and diversity of Liszt’s music. The range of Leslie Howard’s sympathies is evident here, from the flamboyant showpieces of Liszt’s youth to the challenging and prophetic works of his old age. This is the perfect introduction to Liszt, one that goes well beyond simply presenting his most popular works.