Liszt: Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur la Clochette

On this CD:

1. Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur La clochette, for piano (after Paganini: "La Campanella"), S. 420 (LW A15)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

2. Aux anges gardiens (Den Schutz Engeln), for piano, S. 162a/1-2
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

3. Petite Valse favorite (I & II), for piano, S. 212 (LW A84)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

4. Valse mélancolique (I & II), for piano, S. 210 (LW 57a)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

5. Mélodie polonaise, for piano, S. 249a
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

6. St François de Paule marchant sur les flots, for piano (Légendes No. 2), S. 175/2 (LW A219/2)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

7. Mephisto Waltz, for piano No. 4 (I & II), S. 696 & 216b (LW A337)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

8. Valse-Impromptu (I & II), for piano, S. 213 (LW 84c)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

9. Valse mélancolique (I & II), for piano, S. 210 (LW 57a)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

10. Le lac de Wallenstadt, for piano (Album d'un voyageur I/2a), S.156/2a (LW A40a2a)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

11. Aux anges gardiens (Den Schutz Engeln), for piano, S. 162a/1-2
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

12. Den Cypressen der Villa d'Este, threnody for piano, S. 162b
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

13. Variations de bravoure sur des thèmes de Paganini: Le Clochette et Le carnaval de Venise (I & II), for piano, S. 700a (LW A113)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

14. Hungaria, symphonic poem for piano, S. 511e
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

15. Rákóczi-Marsch (Version 4a, simplification of S. 244a), for piano in A minor, S. 244b
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

16. Sunt lacrymae rerum (I & II), for piano, S. 162c-d
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

17. Stücke (2) der Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth, for piano, S. 693a
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

18. Valse oubliée, for piano No. 3 (I & II), S. 215/3 (LW A311/3)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

19. Grand Galop chromatique, for piano, S. 219 (LW A43)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

20. Huldigungsmarsch (I & II), for piano, S. 228 (LW A182)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

21. Grande Fantaisie (Variations) sur des thèmes de Paganini -- La Clochette et Le Carnaval de Venise, for piano, S. 700i
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

22. Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens (I & II), for piano, S. 162a/3-4
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

23. Hungarian Historical Portraits (7), for piano (second version), S. 205a (LW A335)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

24. Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens (I & II), for piano, S. 162a/3-4
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

25. Grande Fantaisie (Variations) sur des thèmes de Paganini, for piano, S. 700ii
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Leslie Howard

Customer Reviews:

Clochette!!.......2006-11-01

This is a superb recording of a pianist who deserves wider acclaim. The fact that he even played the Clochette Fantasy at all (it is horribly hard to play) is admirable, let alone played it beautifully. No, this recording is not note-perfect, but it doesn't matter at all. There is real music here.

Liszt: Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur la Clochette

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Liszt: Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur la Clochette

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Galops | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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The Young Liszt
Franz Liszt: The Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume 29
Liszt: Bunte Reihe, S. 484
Liszt: Années de Pélerinage III; Historical Hungarian Portraits; Five Hungarian Folksongs
Liszt at the Opera: Operatic Fantasies, Paraphrases, and Transcriptions, Vol. VI (Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 54)

ASIN: B00000IXWN
Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

Grande Fantaisie di bravura sur La Clochette de Paganini S420 (c1832)
Den Schutz-Engeln - Angelus! - First Draft S162a-1 (1877)
Petite Valse Favorite - First Version S212i (1842)
Valse Melancolique - First Version S210 (1839)
Melodie Polonaise - Short Draft S249a (c1833?)
Legende No 2: St Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots - Simplified Version S175-2bis (c1863)
Vierter Mephisto-Walzer - First Version S216b (1885)
Valse-Impromptu - With Later Additions S213a (c1880)
Valse Melancolique - Intermediate Version S210a (c1840?)
Le lac de Wallenstadt - Intermediate Version S156-2a-bis (1839)
Angelus! - Second Draft S162a-2 (1877)
Den Cypressen der Villa d'Este - Threnodie II - First Draft S162b (c1882)
Variations sur Le Carnaval de Venise (Paganini) S700a (Date Unknown)

Tracks:

Hungaria (Poeme symphonique No 9) S511e (c1872)
Rakoczi-Marsch - Simplified Transcription Of The Orchestral Version S244b (1871)
Sunt lacrymae rerum - First Version S162c (1872)
Zwei Stucke aus der heiligen Elisabeth S693a (1862) - No 1: Das Rosenmirakel
Zwei Stus der heiligen Elisabeth S693a (1862) - No 2: Der Sturm
Troisieme Valse oubliee - With Alternative Conclusion S215-3a (1883)
Grand Galop chromatique - Simplified Version S219bis (c1840)
Huldigungsmarsch - First Version S228i (1853)

Tracks:

Grande fantaisie (Variations) sur des themes de Paganini - La Clochette et La Carnaval de Venise - First Version S700i (1845)
Angelus! Priere a l'ange gardien - Third Draft S162a-3 (1880)
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 1: Szechenyi Istvan
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 2: Deak Ferenc
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 3: Teleki Lazlo
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 4: Eotvos Jozsef
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 5: Vorosmarty Mihaly
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 6: Petofi Sandor
Historische ungarische Bildnisse S205a (1885) - No 7: Mosonyi Mihaly
Angelus! Priere a l'ange gardien - Fourth Draft S162a-4 (1882)
Grande fantaisie (Variations) sur des themes de Paganini - Second Version S700ii (1845)

Customer Reviews:

Reccomended.......2004-05-18

First off I'd like to say that this recording is well worth buying, the sound quality is great, and Leslie Howard provides great interpretations. The only downfall on this CD (the reason I didnt give it 5 stars) is because it contains some of Liszts music that has never been recorded before, which is great, but some of the pieces are rather boring, but that is just a small fraction of the CD. Again, I would reccomend buying this CD.

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Liszt: Piano Concertos

Manufacturer: BBC Legends
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00005Y33B
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.1 In E Flat Major, S124: I Allegro Maestoso
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.1 In E Flat Major, S124: II Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.1 In E Flat Major, S124: III. Allegro Marziale Animato - Presto
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.2 In A Major, S125: Adagio Sostenuto Assai - Allegro Agitato Assai
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.2 In A Major, S125: Allegro Moderato - Allegro Deciso
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.2 In A Major, S125: Marziale Un Poco Meno Allegro
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.2 In A Major, S125: Allegro Animato - Stretto (Molto Accelerando)
Mephisto Waltz No.1 (Der Tanz In Der Dorfschenke), S514
Grande Fantaisie De Bravoure Sur La Clochette (La Campanella) De Paganini, S420
Transcendental Study, S139, No.11: Harmonies Du Soir

Customer Reviews:

EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.......2004-05-23

A belated and overdue interest in Ogdon's playing has prompted me to get these Liszt performances. I already own performances of both concertos by Richter and Cziffra, and of the first by Michelangeli. The piano technique of all these players is to all intents and purposes infinite and the composer is not a favourite of mine, so two or three versions would have been easily enough for me if I hadn't happened to hear a snippet out of the E flat concerto from Ogdon broadcast. It struck me right away that this performance might well be in the class of any of them, and so it has turned out.

The disc is from the BBC, part of what must be surely the most amazing treasurehouse of recordings ever assembled. The two concertos and three solo pieces all date from Ogdon's best period, before his heartbreaking illness. The concertos and the Mephisto waltz are live performances, with an understandably enthusiastic audience starting to applaud before the first concerto has finished. The remaining two works appear to be studio recordings, the Clochette fantasia being at an undisclosed location. What Ogdon might have developed into we will not now know this side of elysium, but the conviction is growing on me that his loss was perhaps even greater than that of Lipatti. Ogdon seems to me easily the equal of Cziffra and Richter in the concertos, although if you are very attentive indeed you may spot one passage that he had to modify on account of his Falstaffian girth and the limitations this placed on what he could play cross-handed. In the second concerto his conception is closer to Cziffra's than to the typically introverted reading by Richter. Ogdon gets slightly the better recording, but there is an infuriating amount of coughing, and at one point someone drops what sounds like a rotary kitchen whisk or a set of snail-tongs. These things are sent to try us, as someone once said of the bench of judges.

In the first concerto there is not a world of difference in approach from Ogdon, Richter and Cziffra. I find it very difficult indeed to express a preference, and now that I have all three of them I can decide which suits in me in any given mood. The most honest thing I can say to anyone trying to make a more limited choice is that it really is a matter of detail. To work methodically through the differences would stretch what ought to be a short review out to Proustian length, and it would be a matter of trying to describe minor differences rather than to rank the accounts most of the time. What makes me even more reluctant is that Michelangeli's performance seems to me to put them all in the shade. This really is a different concept of the work, although it's the piano-playing not the alternative concept that makes the difference for me. The opening is slow and a touch ponderous, although things don't stay that way for long. Where the difference in the view of the piece shows most is in the lyrical passages, where Michelangeli is much less dreamy and much more extrovert. I can take it either way. What still leaves me reeling is the sheer grip, power and evenness of those mighty fingers. I have to wonder whether even Liszt himself could play like this. The trills and tremolo sequences in particular have to be heard to be credited.

In the first Mephisto waltz I don't think Ogdon quite equals Cziffra for sheer swagger, but there's little enough in it. In general I'm inclined to feel that Ogdon is fractionally too fond of the sustaining pedal, but his enormous finger-power keeps the thickest textures clear, and I feel here as in some of his other recordings an exceptional sense of concentration and cohesiveness. If I were in any doubt about a fifth star for this record, the final number - the 11th transcendental study given in its original version, so difficult that even Liszt provided a slightly easier one - shades it for me.