Episode 3
Donald discusses the attitude of Liszt's contemporaries to the composer's celebrity gained as a touring virtuoso.
Donald Macleod looks at Liszt's extraordinary contribution to the piano repertoire, alongside the music of his friends, rivals and protégés.
For twelve years Liszt carved out a glittering career as a touring virtuoso achieving a notoriety unparalleled in all music history, but not all his contemporaries were equally impressed.
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Franz Liszt
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S.172a for piano [1847 version of S.173]
Performer: Howard SHELLEY - Piano
- Hyperion.
- CDA67187.
- 1.
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Franz Liszt
Fantasy on Hungarian folk-melodies S.123 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Charles DUTOIT Performer: Jean-Yves THIBAUDET - Piano Performer: Montreal S O
- DECCA.
- 433-075-2.
- -1.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasy in C major Op.17 for piano
Performer: Leif Ove ANDSNES - Piano
- EMI.
- CDC5-56414-2.
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Franz Liszt
Missa solemnis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran in D major S.9
Conductor: Jacques GRIMBERT Performer: Anne-Marguerite Werster - Soprano Performer: Guy FLECHTER - Tenor Performer: Johannes Schmidt - Bass Baritone Performer: Liliana Bizineche-Eisinger - Mezzo-soprano Performer: Paris Sorbonne Choir Performer: Paris Sorbonne Orchestra
- Arte Nova.
- 74321-654182.
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