Living Like a Lord
Donald Macleod discusses Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso. With Hexameron Variations (finale). Etudes d'execution transcendante 8-10. Hungarian Rhapsody No 13.
Lisztomania swept Europe in the early 1840s - wherever he performed his reception was hysterical. It all began in Berlin, with a sensational series of concerts in the Singakademie. The only performer in his concerts, he invented the modern recital, and became a huge star. When he left Berlin he was driven out of the city in a coach drawn by six white horses, in a stately procession, as if a reigning monarch were taking leave of his people. Donald Macleod looks at Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso.
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Franz Liszt
Hexameron - variations on the march from I Puritani S.392 for 6 pianos [or pf solo] [with
Performer: Leslie HOWARD - Piano
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66433.
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Franz Liszt
Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano [based on S.137-8]
Performer: Boris BEREZOVSKY - Piano
- TELDEC.
- 4509-98415-2.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian rhapsody no.13
Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano) - Main Artist
- Vanguard Classics.
- 08402471.
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Franz Liszt
Concerto no. 1 in E flat major S.124 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Esa-Pekka SALONEN Performer: Emanuel AX - Piano Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Sony Classical.
- SK53289.
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