Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos & Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra (3-CD Set)

UPC: 845221070957

Overview

Franz Liszt’s groundbreaking works for piano and orchestra—his two concertos alongside imaginative fantasies—are showcased in this 2011 Capriccio reissue. Hungarian pianist Jenő Jandó teams with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra under András Ligeti to deliver Liszt’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, the folk-inspired Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-Tunes, the dramatic Wanderer Fantasy (after Schubert), and Liszt’s monumental Totentanz and other showpieces.

Product Features

• Product Type: 3 × Audio CD (Album, Reissue)
• Format & Packaging: Standard jewel cases; 36-page booklet with program notes and essays; stereo recording
• Disc Count: 3 CDs; total runtime approx. 180 min
• Language: Instrumental
• Label: Capriccio Digital (Catalog C 7095)
• Release Date: 2011
• Country of Origin: Austria (Made in Austria)
• Genre: Classical / Romantic Repertoire

Track Listing

CD 1

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

1. Allegro maestoso – 5:10
2. Quasi adagio – Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato – 8:41
3. Allegro marziale animato – Presto – 4:18

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major 4. Adagio sostenuto assai – 5:03 5. Allegro agitato assai – 2:01 6. Allegro moderato – 5:07 7. Allegro deciso – 2:58 8. Marziale, un poco meno allegro – 3:53 9. Allegro animato – 1:46

Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-Tunes 10. Fantasie über Ungarische Volksthemen – 15:15

CD 2

1. Wandererfantasie (after Schubert) – 22:00
2. Fantasy on Beethoven’s “Ruins of Athens” – 11:08
3. Grande Fantaisie symphonique on Berlioz’s “Lélio” – 5:44

CD 3

1. Malédiction – 14:20
2. Polonaise brillante (after Weber) – 10:24
3. Fantasy on Weber’s “Freischütz” – 13:31
4. Totentanz – 15:42

Publishers and Artists

• Piano: Jenő Jandó 
• Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra 
• Conductor: András Ligeti 
• Label: Capriccio Digital (C 7095)

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