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Adés: Lieux Retrouves; Fauré: Cello Sonata no 2; Janacek: Pahadka; Liszt; Kurtag / Steven Isserlis, cello, Thomas Adès, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-10-09

Works: Franz Liszt: Romance oubliée for Cello and Piano, S 132; Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, for violin or cello & piano, S. 382; La lugubre gondola for Cello and Piano, S 134; Leos Janácek: Fairy ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Isserlis, Steven

Cellist Steven Isserlis, one of Britain's best-loved instrumentalists, joins forces with composer and pianist Thomas Adès for an intriguing recital of chamber music. The program...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (12/13/2011-12/15/2011)....continue...

Stephen Hough's French Album - works by Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op. 63; Improvisation...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough presents an enchanting program of French music, played with the filigree perfection and total command of the music's expressive world that make him...continue...

Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 / Angelika Kirchschlager, mz; Julius Drake, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-07-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Der du von dem Himmel bist, S 279 "Wandrers Nachtlied I"; Ihr Glocken von Marling, S 328; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, S 309; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S 289; Freudvoll und Leidvoll,...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

This second volume of Hyperion's newest lieder series features the great dramatic and musical gifts of mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. Internationally renowned on the opera stage,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/11/2011-10/13/2011)....continue...

Grieg, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
Performers: Hough, Stephen
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic

For this new recording, pianist Stephen Hough travelled to Bergen - Grieg's home town - to join forces with Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen (2011-06-14_2011-06-16&2011-)....continue...

Liszt: Piano Sonata / Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-04-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Fantasie & Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, for piano, S. 529/2 (LW A250/2); Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, for piano (Harmonies poétiques no 3), S. 173/3 (LW A158...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Hyperion presents a major Liszt recital from one of today's most admired recording artists. The Piano Sonata in B minor is undoubtedly one of the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (08/25/2010-08/27/2010)....continue...

Liszt: Three Funderal Odes; From the Cradle to the Grave; Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust / Ilan Volkov, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave), symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 107 (LW; Odes Funèbres (3), for orchestra, S. 112 (LW G25); Episodes from Lenau's Faus...
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

As part of Liszt’s anniversary year, Hyperion turns to some of the composer’s least recorded and performed works. Liszt’s Trois Odes funèbres were composed between...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (06/02/2010-06/04/2010)....continue...

Liszt: New Discoveries Vol. 3 / Leslie Howard, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2011-01-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Romancero espagnol (2), for piano (I & II), S. 695c (LW Q11ab); Orchestersätze (2) aus dem Oratorium Christus, for piano, S. 498b (LW A222); Magnificat, for piano, S. 182a; Chansons...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

Liszt was born 200 years ago in 1811. To begin his bicentenary birthday celebration, Hyperion presents a disc of works that have been recorded, and...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Each Finchley, London (04/20/2009-04/22/2009)....continue...

Stephen Hough in recital

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-03-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D f...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

The Stephen Hough discography is enhanced by this delightful recital disc from the winner of the Gramophone Gold Disc Award, acclaimed recently as, "Britain's finest...continue...

A Mozart Album / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasy for Piano in C minor, K 475; Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Fantasia for Piano in C minor, K 396 (385f); Johann Baptist Cramer: Hommage ...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"His pure Mozart is bigger, tougher Mozart, and Hough plays it with as much force as necessary but without overloading it. Just as fine are...continue...

Hyperion Schubert Edition - Songs by Schubert's Friends

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Der Greis, part song for 4 voices & keyboard, H. 25c/5; Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Sehnsucht, for 2 voices & piano; Rastlose Liebe, for voice & piano (1st setting) (Lyrische Gedi...
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian; Doufexis, Stella; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thorsen, Marianne

These three generously filled discs were included as a 'bonus' in Hyperion's landmark forty-disc boxed set 'The Complete Songs by Franz Schubert,' released in November...continue...

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage - Suisse / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-09-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un voyageur, S 156; Les Adieux, Rêverie sur un motif de l'opéra Roméo et Juliette, transcription for piano (after Gounod; Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faus...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Spaciously framed, sound is recessed only enough to allow Hough's colors to flare into radiance." -Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare...continue...

The Stephen Hough Piano Collection

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Federico Mompou: Paisajes, for piano; Ben Weber: Fantasia (Variations), for piano; Deng Yu-Hsien: Pining for the Sprin...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Hough is supremely and charismatically on top of it all. He possesses a mesmerising range of colours, knoww how to be intellectual without being cerebral,...continue...

For Children - Bach, Daquin, Mozart, et al / Livia Rév

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludes for keyboard (Six Little Preludes), BWV 933/98; Prelude in G minor, BWV 930; Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (...
Performers: Rev, Livia

Rare Piano Encores - Rossini, Busoni, et al / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-09-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Caprice in the Style of Offenbach, for piano in C major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 10), QR i; Ferruccio Busoni: Lo Staccato, for piano (Klavier-Übung Volume ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'A delightful collection, beautifully played' (BBC World Service)

'Wreathed in laurels for his marathon cycle of Liszt's complete piano works, the Australian born, London based pianist...continue...

Nikolai Demidenko plays Liszt - Sonata, Two Legends, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-08-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Scherzo and March for Piano, S 177
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

Liszt - New Discoveries - 2 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-06-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Préludes et Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (8), for piano, S. 171d; Concerto sans orchestre, for piano (relates to Piano Concerto no 2), S. 524a; Albumblatt for Piano in E ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

"With this release, Leslie Howard gets an 'A' for bravery. This is his second release with the title 'Lizst New Discoveries', part of a monumental...continue...

Organ Fireworks Vol 10 / Christopher Herrick

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-02-01

Works: Mons Leidvin Takle: Blues-Toccata, for solo organ; John A. Behnke: Three Global Songs, for organ; Henri Mulet: Byzantine Sketches (10) for Organ; John Rutter: Variations for organ on an Easter Theme ...
Performers: Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; Spurgeon, Jeremy

'...other recitalists please follow suit!' (The Organ)

'Herrick portrays it as a persuasive, powerful and utterly compelling entity in which every note holds the listener in...continue...

Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses / Steven Osborne

2 CD / Hyperion / 2004-02-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses (10), for piano, S. 173 (LW A158)
Performers: Osborne, Steven

"Osborne's approach is English to the core: polished, straightfoward, and clear. His focus is on exactness and precision, rhythmic pacing and clarity of sound." -...continue...

Liszt - New Discoveries / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Albumblatt for Piano in E flat major, S 163a; Albumblätter für Prinzessin Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (4), for piano, S. 166m (LW A135); Zigeuner-Epos (11), for piano (last piec...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

"Howard's interpretation, more cerebral than visceral, displays irreproachable technical and digital mastery, but it lacks character. Nonetheless, his humongous contribution to our knowledge of Liszt'...continue...

Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Transcriptions / Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-09-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140; Schuberts Märsche (3), transcription for piano (after Schubert, D. 819 & 968b), S. 426 (LW A123)
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Paganini was the foremost virtuoso of his day, on any instrument, and having heard him in Paris in 1832 Liszt was determined to replicate his...continue...

Of Ladies and Love... / Michael Schade, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & piano, Op. 128; Franz Schubert: Erinnerung, D 101; Laura am Klavier...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Schade, Michael

"Beethoven's 'Adelaide' reveals at once Schade's sweet, fragrant head voice, to which Malcolm Martineau's pearly piano-playing is so minutely attuned... [With] Schubert's 'Elisa'...he makes a...continue...

Liszt: Missa Choralis, Via Crucis / Corydon Singers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-01-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Missa choralis quatour vocum concinente organo, for chorus & organ, S. 10 (LW J18); Via Crucis, les 14 Stations de la croix, for solo voices, chorus & organ (or piano), S. 53 (LW J33)
Performers: Melrose, Leigh; Trotter, Thomas
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

The dismal state of church music in the first half of the nineteenth century encouraged Liszt to go back to plainsong and the music of...continue...

Liszt: Sonata, Ballades and Polonaises / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Polonaises (2), for piano, S. 223 (LW A171); Ballade; Ballade for Piano no 2 in B minor, S 171; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, S 174; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Hough, in a programme that seems to focus on Liszt's works in the same genre as those of Chopin, prefers to shun any obviously virtuosic...continue...

Organ Dreams Vol 2 / Christopher Herrick

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: Théodore Dubois: Pièces Nouvelles (12) for organ; Frank Bridge: Pieces (3) for organ (Andante moderato, Adagio, Allegro con spirito), H 63; Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata no 7 in F major,...
Performers: Herrick, Christopher [Organ]

'Brilliantly played by this much-fêted player' (Choir & Organ)

'Constantly enjoyable' (Organists' Review)

'A beautifully chosen selection... magical' (Gramophone)

'Anothe...continue...

Stephen Hough's New Piano Album - Chaminade, Godowsky, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-11-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Soirée de Vienne 6 (after Schubert); Work(s); Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Morgengruss ("Guten Morgen..."), song for voice & piano (Die schön...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"This latest outstanding release recalls a world of musical enchantment where artifice and sentiment are distinct virtues...Beside a glittering performance of Rachmaninoff's 'Humoresque' and an...continue...

Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 57 - Hungarian Rhapsodies

2 CD / Hyperion / 1999-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'This splendid set represents a high artistic peak within Leslie Howard's distinguished survey' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'He homes in on the Hungarian...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 56 / Leslie Howard

4 CD / Hyperion / 1999-09-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Orpheus, symphonic poem for piano, S. 511b; Fantasy and Fugue of JS Bach in G minor (BWV 542) for Piano, S 463; Mes Joies, transcription for piano (after Chopin Op. 74/12), S. 480/5bis; ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

"Leslie Howard's complete Liszt piano music project is one of the great achievements of modern recording. This penultimate volume, No. 56, a powerful testament to...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 55 / Leslie Howard

3 CD / Hyperion / 1999-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur La clochette, for piano (after Paganini; Aux anges gardiens (Den Schutz Engeln), for piano, S. 162a/1; Petite Valse favorite (I & II), for piano, S. 212 ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'Fascinating musicological discoveries gracefully presented' (Classic CD)...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 54 / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1999-03-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Grande Fantaisie sur la Tyrolienne de La Fiancée, transcription for piano (after Auber; 3 versions),; Ernani; Réminiscences des Huguenots, "Grande Fantaisie dramatique" for pia...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'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...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 53a / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Fantasy on "Ruins of Athens" (Beethoven) for Piano and Orchestra, S 122; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Grande Fantasie Symphonique on "Lelio...
Performers: Csurgay, Istvan; Howard, Leslie
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

'Exemplary, and superbly recorded' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Howard's dedication is clear in all his playing here, with clear, crisp articulation vividly caught in finely balanced...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 53b / Leslie Howard

3 CD / Hyperion / 1998-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; De Profundis, Psaume Instrumental for piano & orchestra, S. 121a (LW H3); Wanderer Fantasy (Fantasie von Franz Schubert), for piano & orchestra...
Performers: Csurgay, Istvan; Howard, Leslie
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

'Exemplary, and superbly recorded' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Hyperion's production, as always, is superb. For the Lisztian, this is indispensable' (Fanfare, USA)

'Howard's dedication is cl...continue...

Nikolai Demidenko Live at Wigmore Hall

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-11-01

Works: Jan Václav Vorísek: Fantasia for piano in C major, Op. 12; Franz Joseph Haydn: F Minor Variations; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in C minor, K 11/L 352; Sonata for Harpsichord ...
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

'All these performances are a marvel of the most concentrated pianism, musical thought and emotion ... sound and presentation are fully equal to a very...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 52 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Ungarischer Romanzero (18), for piano, S. 241a (LW A180); Marches dans le genre hongrois (2), for piano (incomplete), S. 693 (LW Q12)
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'These arrangements are quite elaborate and charming' (Classic CD)...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 51 / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-08-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Parlipomènes à la Divina Commedia; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Grand Solo de concert, for piano, S. 175a; Elégie pou...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'A formidable achievement, splendidly recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'All the music on these two well-filled discs is recorded here for the first...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 50 / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-06-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Réminiscences des Huguenots, "Grande Fantaisie dramatique" for piano (after Meyerbeer; 3 versions),; Grande Fantaisie sur la Tyrolienne de La Fiancée, transcription for piano (...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'He plays here not only with his usual technical facility and understanding of the Lisztian idiom, but also with verve, wit, and an enjoyment that...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 49 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-04-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Wanderer Fantasie, transcription for piano in C major (after Schubert, D. 760), S. 565a; Impromptu, transcription for piano in E flat major (after Schubert, D899/2), S. 565b1; Impromptu,...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

This, the forty-ninth volume in Leslie Howard's all-encompassing Liszt series focuses mainly on Liszt's activities as an editor. in his editions of Beethoven, Weber and...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 48 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-02-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140; Mazeppa I, for piano, S. 138 (LW A172); Technische Studien (68 études in 3 books), for piano, S. 146 (LW A242)
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'[Howard] can play anything that Liszt wrote, it seems, and be as intelligent and sensitive' (Classic CD)...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 47 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-11-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (12), for piano (1847 version), S. 172a (LW A61); Prière d'un enfant à son réveil, for piano, S. 171c; Préludes et Harmonies p...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'This is surely one of the most valuable of Leslie Howard's pioneering series, all and Lisztians should have it' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

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Liszt Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 46 - Responsories and Antiphons / Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Repsonsorien und Antiphonen (The Breviary), responses & antiphons for male chorus & organ ad lib, S.
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'A mood and an atmosphere of devotion... played with the appropriate restraint and dedication' (Classic CD)

'The detailed program book provides not only the texts...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 45 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-07-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Grosse Konzertphantasie über spanische Weisen (Fandango, jota & cachuca), for piano, S. 253 (LW A114; La romanesca (I), for piano, S. 252a (LW A14i); Rhapsodie espagnole for Piano, ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'Howard is chef, artist, minstrel and matador in this Spanish spectacle. You will be delighted by the sense of spaciousness and clarity in the recorded...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 44 / Leslie Howard

3 CD / Hyperion / 1997-04-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Symphonies de Beethoven no 5 (I), transcription for piano in C minor, S. 463a (LW A37b/1); Adelaide (I), song transcription for piano (after Beethoven Op. 46), S. 466i (LW A58); Cadenza ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'This early Beethoven collection finds Howard on top form. The notes which [he] writes to accompany each issue are erudite, witty, totally enthralling for Lisztians...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 43 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-03-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Venezia e Napoli, S 162; Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'A familiar enough masterpiece yet typically spiced by Howard with some fascinating side-steps and discoveries' (Gramophone)

'This disc is studded with pleasures, even (especially in...continue...

Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-01-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Apparitions (3), for piano, S. 155 (LW A19); Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Nuages gris (Grey cloud...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"...the disc would be a required purchase just for Hamelin's own three-minute cadenza - a supersaturated solution of chutzpah that, by way of Alkan, Godowsky,...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 42 / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1996-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Puritains de Bellini, transcription for piano (after I Puritani; 2 versions), S. 39; Salve Maria de Jérusalem from Verdi's "I Lombardi", S 431; Coro e marcia f...
Performers: Howard, Leslie; Philip Moore [Organ/Conductor]

'This new two-CD set is as fascinating as any and contains many recordings which are thought to be first, and which are probably the first...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 41 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Lenore, melodrama for reciter & piano, S. 346 (LW P1); Der traurige Mönch, melodrama for reciter & piano, S. 348 (LW P3); Helge's Treue, melodrama for speaking voice & piano, S. 686...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

A real curiosity and a valuable one' (Gramophone)...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 40 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-08-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Gaudeamus igitur (I & II), concert paraphrase for piano, S. 240 (LW A96); Una stella amica, mazurka (transcription) for piano (after Pezzini), S. 551 (LW A270); Grand Paraphrase de la Ma...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'This disc offers a little of everything, executed with aplomb and conviction by the champion of Liszt's piano music' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'Here's a winsome collection...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 39 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un voyageur, S 156; Morceaux suisses (3), for piano, S. 156a (LW A27b)
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'In Trois Morceaux Suisses, which he likens in his scholarly and informative notes to a garland of encores, he powers and swashbuckles his way through...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 37 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-04-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Tanzmomente (8), transcription for piano (after von Herbeck), S. 492 (LW A245); Löse, Himmel, meine Seele, transcription for piano (after Lassen), S. 494/1; Années de p&egrav...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

"Here is a pleasant hour-plus of mid-century memorabilia for the general listener, teasing fare for the musical anatomist, and another indispensable album for the collector....continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 38 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1996-03-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Les Préludes, symphonic poem for piano, S. 511a; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Ab irato, étude de perfectionnement de la Méthode de Fétis, for piano, S. 143 (L...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'A rewarding collection, very well played and recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Prueba evidente del absoluto dominio y comprensión musical que posee el...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 36 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Excelsior! Preludio zu dem Glocken des Strassburger Münsters, for piano, S. 500; Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth (II), transcription for piano, S. 534/2 (LW A81b); Consolations (6), for pi...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

"Howard's fluent performances--whether in the soaring lines of Zelle or the paradoxically passionate restraint of the Consolations--catch the music's ardor; and the notes are as...continue...