Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera-VI

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Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera-VI
Leslie Howard (piano)

[ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 54 / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 February 2011

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'A bombshell selection that promises to hold the listener for hours on end. One almost imagines the fire of Liszt himself at the keyboard. Another jewel in Hyperion's legendary series.' (The Sunday Times, Malta)

This is the sixth and final instalment of Leslie Howard's thorough survey of Liszt's opera paraphrases and transcriptions. The series now includes all the significant versions of every such work he composed. There are some real rarities, here including three complete works, never published by Liszt, which our pianist has prepared from the manuscripts. Also present is the legendary Tannhäuser Overture transcription - one of the most monumental of all piano works.

Tracks:

Grande fantaisie sur la tyrolienne de La fiancée (Auber) first version, S385i; Ernani - Première paraphrase de concert (Verdi) S431a
Réminiscences des Huguenots (Meyerbeer) second version, S412ii
Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'opéra La sonnambula (Bellini) first version, S393i
Marche des Tcherkesses de l'opéra Rouslan et Loudmila (Glinka) first version, S406i
Valse à capriccio sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina (Donizetti) first version, S401
Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser (Wagner) S442
Réminiscences des Puritains (Bellini) second version, S390ii
Fantasie über Themen aus Der Freischütz (Weber) S451 Réminiscences de La Scala (largely Mercadante) S458