Utwory na płycie:

• Les Preludes, S511a
• Trois Etudes de concert, S144. i Il Lamento
• Trois Etudes de concert, S144. ii La Leggierezza
• Trois Etudes de concert, S144. two short cadenzas for No iii
• Trois Etudes de concert, S144. iii Un sospiro
• Ab Irato, S143
• Zwei Konzertetuden, S145. i Waldesrauschen
• Zwei Konzertetuden, S145. ii Gnomenreigen
• Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust. i Der nachtliche Zug, S513a
• Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust. ii Der Tanz der Dorfschenke, S514

Six of Liszt's important contributions to the literature of the pianoforte étude occupy the centre of this programme. They are flanked by two works unfamiliar in their present guise: the solo piano versions of Les Préludes and Der nächtlige Zug (the first of the Episodes from Lenau's Faust). The Faust legend preoccupied Liszt for much of his life, Goethe's rendering of it inspiring the orchestral masterpiece, the Faust Symphony. Among the works inspired by Lenau's poem we find the Episodes here presented. Der nächtlige Zug is clearly one of his finest works and its neglect in all of its guises is inexplicable; the second of the episodes is an early version of the phenomenally successful First Mephisto Waltz.

'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 intérprete de la obra del compositor hungaro' (CD Compact, Spain)

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Recording details: June 1995; St Peter's Church, Petersham, United Kingdom; Produced by Tryggvi Tryggvason; Engineered by Marian Freeman; Release date: February 1996;