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Franz Liszt : Metanoia

Beatrice Berrut

Solo Piano - Released November 4, 2016 | Aparté

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Franz Liszt: Schubert & Wagner Transcriptions

Jean-Nicolas Diatkine

Classical - Released May 27, 2022 | Solo Musica

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Some of Jean-Nicolas Diatkine's singer friends have ended their careers, but their magic is irreplaceable in his eyes, or rather in his ears. He misses them, just as he misses the Schubert, Schumann and Brahms songs they sang. Well, there is only one person who can compensate for this loss, and his name is Franz Liszt. The main aim of transcriptions was to make orchestral works known to a wider audience, at a time when there were far fewer orchestras, and public access to symphony concerts was very limited. But Liszt gives transcriptions a new meaning: he puts the orchestra into the piano, since his style is particularly suited to outsized extravagance. Thus he opens up unprecedented pianistic possibilities, where virtuosity is no longer mere exhibitionism but rather transformed into the art of illusion. His arrangements of Wagner are so convincing that they become his own personal creations. Laurent Bessières, piano tuner at the Paris Philharmonic, suggested for this recording a Schiedmayer piano of 1916 made in Stuttgart, which he had completely rebuilt in collaboration with Antoine Letessier-Salmon, director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and Stephen Paulello, piano maker and inventor of the strings that bear his name. This instrument has almost never been used in concert, however excellent work by Laurent Bessières convinced us to try it out in this very special repertoire. © solo musica
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On My New Piano

Daniel Barenboim

Classical - Released November 4, 2016 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Daniel Barenboim's new piano is not just any new piano, but one he worked to build from scratch, with Belgian piano maker Chris Maene, inspired by a piano owned by Liszt that sounded distinctly unlike modern Steinways. It differs from the usual models in various respects, most notably in that its strings do not cross, and while it's not a shocking departure it is most definitely something new. For this, Barenboim deserves credit, and so too do Deutsche Grammophon's engineers, who, working in Berlin's Teldex Studio, capture Barenboim's display of the piano's capabilities in full color. The instrument is unusually brilliant on top, and unusually clear on the bottom. Sample the Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor on an original theme, WoO 80 -- an excellent pick -- for a sort of demonstration of how the instrument sounds in different registers and textures. The opening three sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti are rather odd -- sort of as if a fortepiano were used to play Chopin -- but they certainly live up to the goal of promoting the piano as a major technological advance. The program ends with big Romantic showpieces: a Chopin ballade, a Wagner transcription, and the Liszt that is requisite to establishing the piano's credibility, and it passes with flying colors in all three, with a ringing, clear upper register. It's hard to say whether Barenboim will succeed in breaking Steinway's near monopoly with his new piano, but give the album a listen and you won't dismiss the idea out of hand.© TiVo
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Horowitz plays Liszt

Vladimir Horowitz

Chamber Music - Released March 25, 2011 | Sony Classical

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Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Tchaïkovsky...

Serge Rachmaninoff

Classical - Released May 28, 2011 | Les Indispensables de Diapason

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Franz Liszt: Recital

Joseph Moog

Classical - Released May 2, 2011 | Claves Records

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Liszt: Funérailles, Consolations, Méphisto-valse No. 1 & Ballade No. 2

Aldo Ciccolini

Classical - Released January 15, 2021 | Warner Classics

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Works By Bach, Chopin, Kapustin, Liszt

Aveline Gram

Classical - Released February 10, 2015 | Traxfree

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Liszt: Harmonies du Soir

Nelson Freire

Classical - Released January 1, 2011 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Just as the 2010 celebration of the bicentennial of Frédéric Chopin's birth inspired a large number of releases devoted to his piano music, 2011 marked the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth, and similarly yields a bumper crop of recordings. Nelson Freire's 2010 album of Chopin's Nocturnes was a highlight of that year, so Liszt: Harmonies du Soir is a similar tribute that significantly adds to the pianist's comparatively small number of digital recordings for Decca. This collection of pieces in lyrical, literary, or characteristic veins gives a somewhat broader portrait of Liszt than the Nocturnes offered of Chopin, and Freire's abilities and sensibilities are revealed to a greater extent in this varied program. The refinement and lyricism that permeated the Nocturnes and their performances are replaced with a more passionate and changeable music, for here the styles, techniques, and expressions are more volatile, and the composer's extroverted tendencies stand in contrast to Chopin's reserved emotions. Freire has chosen pieces that are generally reflective and gentle in mood, though the shimmering filigree in the writing frequently erupts in dazzling displays of virtuosity, which a showman like Liszt couldn't restrain for long and which give this program its vibrant colors and interest. Decca's sound is clear and enjoyable for its pleasant ambience.© TiVo
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Chopin, Liszt, Bach, Scarlatti & Albeniz (Diapason n°601)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Classical - Released December 25, 2010 | Les Indispensables de Diapason

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Liszt: Piano Recital

Leif Ove Andsnes

Classical - Released February 12, 2001 | Warner Classics

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"Black Liszt"

Guillaume Vincent

Classical - Released December 6, 2019 | naïve classique

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Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 58: Music on National Themes

Csabay Domonkos

Classical - Released May 14, 2021 | Naxos

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Musique pour piano (Intégrale, volume 22)

Jean Dubé

Classical - Released March 28, 2005 | Naxos

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Liszt: Ballade No. 1 in D Flat Major, S.170, "Le Chant Du Croisé"

Ludovico Leone

Classical - Released August 17, 2023 | LL Music

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