Thomson, Philip

Liszt: His Life & Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Overture from Rossini's "Guillaume Tell" for Piano, S 552; Schwanengesang (Schubert), S 560; Ave Maria (I), for chorus & organ in A major, S. 20/2 (LW J1/2); Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) fo...
Performers: Cohen, Arnaldo; Diego Fasolis [Conductor/Organ]; Dossin, Alexandre; Gekic, Kemal; Jando, Jeno; Thomson, Philip; Wolfram, William; Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Crivellaro, Paolo; Halász, Michael; Fasolis, Diego

The virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was one of the musical titans of the Romantic era. Abandoning his spectacular career as a travelling performer in his...continue...

The Very Best of Liszt

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 1 in A flat major ("Hohe Liebe"), S. 541/1 (LW A103/1); 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; Jandó, Jenö; Kong, Xiang-Dong; Molnar, Andras; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Thomson, Philip; Tryon, Valerie; Wolfram, William
Conductors: Antal, Mátyás; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Ligeti, András

Franz Liszt epitomizes the nineteenth-century virtuoso-composer of Romantic ideals and aspirations. He redefined artistic and technical possibilities of the modern piano as an instrument and...continue...

Life and Works - Franz Liszt

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Franz Liszt, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Au lac de Wallenstadt, for piano (Ann...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Cohen, Arnaldo; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Thomson, Philip

Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century, Liszt was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived. His...continue...

Blumenfeld: Preludes & Impromptus / Philip Thomson

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 2000-07-04

Works: Felix Blumenfeld: Prelude for piano in C major, Op. 17/1; Prelude for piano in A minor, Op. 17/2; Prelude for piano in G minor, Op. 17/3; Prelude for piano in E minor, Op. 17/4; Prelude for piano in ...
Performers: Thomson, Philip

Felix Blumenfeld was a virtuoso pianist-composer and highly respected teacher, whose students included Vladimir Horowitz, Heinrich Neuhaus and Dmitry Tiomkin. His deeply romantic Preludes and...continue...

Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 9 / Philip Thomson

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-01-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Benedictus & Offertorium aus der ungarischen Krönungsmesse, for piano, S. 501 (LW A238); Urbi et Orbi -- Bénédiction papale, for piano, S. 184 (LW A229); Ave maris stella,...
Performers: Thomson, Philip

"The religiously inspired works of Liszt's last quarter century reflect the sometimes uneasy transition from an overflowingly abundant inventiveness, flamboyance, and taste for grandeur to...continue...

Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 4 / Philip Thomson

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-30

Works: Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses (10), for piano, S. 173 (LW A158); Ave Maria (II), for piano in D flat major, S. 504/2 (LW A247/2); Ave Maria (IV), for piano in G major, S. ...
Performers: Thomson, Philip

"With these rousing salvos, Naxos's series of the complete Liszt piano works makes an auspicious beginning [this is volume 4, reviewed together with volume 3,...continue...

Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 3 / Philip Thomson

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses (10), for piano, S. 173 (LW A158); Les Morts, Oraison; Resignazione (I & II), for piano, S. 187; A magyarok Istene (Ungarns Gott), transcript...
Performers: Thomson, Philip