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Ultimate Liszt - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359; Faust Symph...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Curzon, Clifford; Kozma, Lajos
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Dorati, Antal; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Liszt: Works for Piano and Orchestra / Lortie, Freire, Mayer, et al

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-06-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Malédiction, S 121; Grande Fantasie Symphonique on "Lelio" (Berlioz), S 120; De profundis for Piano and Orchestra, S 691 (unfinished); Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 1...
Performers: Freire, Nelson; Lortie, Louis; Mayer, Stephen
Conductors: Pehlivanian, George; Plasson, Michel; Vásáry, Tamás
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Hague Residentie Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Beyond the two piano concertos and occasional performances of Totentanz, little is heard of Liszt's music for piano and orchestra, though an interest in the...continue...

Arthur Nikisch conducts Beethoven

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon, J 306; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Conductors: Nikisch, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Liszt: Dante Symphony, etc / Leon Botstein, London SO, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-11-25

Works: Franz Liszt: Introduction, Fugue and Magnificat from "Dante Symphony"; Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96
Conductors: Botstein, Leon
Ensemble: London Oratory School Schola; London Symphony Orchestra

Philips 50 - Beethoven, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Richter

1 CD / Philips / 2001-05-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 19 in...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"A bargain in a million... The concertos (from 1961) are strong, clear-headed, brilliantly executed and superbly accompanied... (Richter's) pianissimos are rapt, his running passages crystal-clear...continue...

Liszt: Faust Symphony, Dante Symphony / Solti, López-Cobos

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-03-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Faust Symphony, S 108; Les préludes, S 97; Prometheus, S 99; Introduction, Fugue and Magnificat from "Dante Symphony"
Performers: Jerusalem, Siegfried
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

"As a display of orchestral excitement this is highly impressive, and the Gretchen movement is very beautiful." -Gramophone on A Faust Symphony. Previously available at...continue...

Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Argerich, Abbado, London SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-09-17

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
These performances, in DG's beautifully refurbished sound, remain as fanciful and coruscating as the day they were made. Argerich's fluency and re-creative...continue...

Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos, etc / Richter, Kondrashin

1 CD / Philips / 1995-07-18

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no 1; Liszt: Rhapsodies / Dorati

1 CD / Philips / 1991-05-14

Works: George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Lawrence, Harold
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra