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Track(s) taken from CDA66346

Marche des pèlerins de la symphonie Harold en Italie de Berlioz, S473ii

composer
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
1834; Op 16
composer
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
1862; second version

Leslie Howard (piano)
Recording details: January 1989
St Peter's Church, Petersham, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Release date: February 1990
Total duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

Cover artwork: King Lear weeping over the dead body of Cordelia (1788). James Barry (1741-1806)
 

Reviews

‘I can wholly recommend this release to lovers of Liszt since it presents much music that is otherwise unavailable’ (Gramophone)
The Pilgrims’ March—chanting the evening prayer is the only part of ‘Harold’ that Liszt arranged without the need for the viola. To compensate for the absence of the cross-string bowing at the end of the movement, Liszt gives us the passage twice, with entirely different textures, as if to apologize!

from notes by Leslie Howard © 1989

Other albums featuring this work

Liszt: Complete Piano Music
Leslie Howard (piano)
CDS44501/9899CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price) — Download only

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