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Track(s) taken from CDA67455

Album-Leaf 'Magyar in B flat minor', S164e/2

composer
1840

Leslie Howard (piano)
Recording details: April 2003
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Produced by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Engineered by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Release date: May 2004
Total duration: 1 minutes 40 seconds
 

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The Album-Leaf: Magyar in B flat minor was composed for Ignaz Moscheles, and its musical material is almost identical to part of the eleventh of the Magyar Dalok (see volume 29).

from notes by Leslie Howard © 2004

La Feuille d’album: Magyar en si bémol mineur, composée pour Ignaz Moscheles, recèle presque le même matériau qu’une partie du onzième des Magyar Dalok (cf. vol.29). Bien qu’ayant pu être destinée à un événement particulier – elle possède l’atmosphère festive propre aux pièces de ce genre dans le canon lisztien.

extrait des notes rédigées par Leslie Howard © 2004
Français: Hypérion

Das Albumblatt: Magyar in b-Moll wurde für Ignaz Moscheles geschrieben, und das musikalische Material ist fast identisch mit einem Teil des elften Magyar Dalok (siehe Vol. 29).

aus dem Begleittext von Leslie Howard © 2004
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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