Harmonia Mundi > Liszt, Franz

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations et al. / Andreas Staier, fortepiano after Conrad Graf

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-05-08

Works: Anton Diabelli: Waltz (Theme for the Variations); Carl Czerny: Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (v. 4), for piano (part of collaborative work); Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on a waltz by Diabell...
Performers: Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]

In 1819, music publisher and composer Anton Diabelli sent a waltz of his own creation to all the important composers of the Austrian Empire, asking...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2010)....continue...

Goethe Lieder / Marlis Petersen, soprano; Jendrik Springer, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-03-13

Works: Ernst Krenek: Monolog der Stella, Op 57; Robert Schumann: Nachtlied ("Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh"), song for voice & piano, Op. 96/1; So lasst mich scheinen, bis ich werde, song for voice & pian...
Performers: Petersen, Marlis; Springer, Jendrik

On Das ewig Weibliche, soprano Marlis Petersen and pianist Jendrik Springer have selected nineteen lieder from repertoire spanning two centuries, all centering on Goethe's concept...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (10/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique"; Schubert: Sonatas Nos. 19 & 20; Liszt: Sonata in B minor / Paul Lewis, piano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 25 in G major, Op. 79 "Cuckoo"; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958; Sonata for Piano i...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

The Romantic Cello / Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello, Pascal Amoyel, piano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Sonata de concert for Cello and Piano, Op. 47; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for cello & piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 32; Franz Liszt: Elegy no 1 for Cello and Piano, S 130/R...
Performers: Amoyel, Pascal; Bertrand, Emmanuelle

BBC Music Magazine
Rich pickings! Alkan and R Strauss Sonatas are given suitably grandiose performances. Bertrand and Amoyel complement each other superbly.
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Rossini: Sins of Old Age / Chiu

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), various piano, chamber, and vocal works; Franz Liszt: Overture from Rossini's "Guillaume Tell" for Piano, S 552
Performers: Chiu, Frederic [Piano]

Recording information: DRAC, Champagne-Ardenne, France (07/07/1992-07/09/1992)....continue...

Smetana: Piano Trio; Liszt: Elegies

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Tristia, from Vallée d'Obermann (III), for violin, cello & piano, S. 378c (LW D18); Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, for violin or cello & piano, S. 382; Romance oubliée for Cello a...
Performers: Coq, Vincent; Phillips-Varjabedian, Jean-Marc; Pidoux, Raphael; Wanderer, Trio

This resolutely elegiac disc offers an opportunity to discover, through their chamber music, the dark side of two composers who are not often associated. Smetana’s...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (09/2009)....continue...

13th Van Cliburn Competition - Gold Medal

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La ...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

One of two Gold Medal winners in the 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii's release has already had advance sales of 90,000 in his...continue...
Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/22/2009-06/07/2009)....continue...

Berlioz/Liszt: Harold en Italie / Heisser, Pasquier

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Harold in Italy (I & II), transcription for piano & viola (after Berlioz, Op. 16), S. 472 (LW D5); Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113
Performers: Heisser, Jean-Francois; Pasquier, Bruno

BBC Music Magazine
Liszt's resourceful transcription of Berlioz's orchestral masterpiece is certainly worth hearing, though the recorded balance lessens the overall impact.
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Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition / Yang

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831; Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan (Mozart), S 418; Hungarian Rhapso...
Performers: Yang, Joyce

Joyce Yang was awarded the Silver Medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The youngest of the participants she was also the recipient...continue...

Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Chen

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-10-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Sebastian Currier: Scarlatti Cadences, for piano; Brainstorm, for piano; Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie...
Performers: Chen, Sa

Sa Chen, winner of the inaugural Crystal Award for third place at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, shows a remarkable facility for textural...continue...