Later on, when im I'm more awake, I'll check the recordings in my collection to see if I can add any more names to the Liszt...
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The newish Grosvenor recording is a contender in my view.
Mention above of previous reviewers has made me aware that Katy Hamilton is only of moderate interest.Comment
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It’s amazing how rarely it turns up in a live recital - can’t think why.Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
Looking for an “ and I don’t blame them emoji”Comment
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It would imply that in the absence of those inverted commas.Originally posted by Joseph K View PostComment
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Katie Hamilton seems to have a mountain to climb here. I have Martha Argerich, and Marc-André Hamelin’s, at the top of my head.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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No - they're two different things - the B minor sonata might be Liszt's first 'proper' composition owing to the fact that Liszt had mostly just written shorter pieces before it, but these shorter pieces might not necessarily be written for the sole purpose of demonstrating his technique!Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostComment
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Arrgerich for me .Comment
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Ok, I have the following recordings (in no particular order): Jeno Jando (Naxos), Grace Francis (Quartz), Arnaldo Cohen (Carlton - deleted), Joseph Moog (Onyx), Marc-Andre Hamelin (Hyperion), Daria Telizyn (Claudio Records - the longest recording in my collection at 34'38''), Oleg Marshev (Danacord), Leslie Howard (Hyperion), Emanuel Ax (Sony), Bernard d'Ascoli (EMI), Nikolai Demidenko (Helios), Thomas Hitzlberger (Ambronay), George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (Linn), Maurizio Pollini (DG), Georges Cziffra (EMI), Martha Argerich (DG) and Jorge Bolet (Decca). There are some others muddled up with other composers as well, I suspect. This also doesn't include the 2 recordings I have of Saint-Saens 2 piano version, Weinburg's orchestration or any of the mp3 versions I have. That's quite a lot!!
Liszt's longest piece that included a piano (in terms of playing time) is actually the early Concerto work "De Profundis" which he left unfinished. It typically plays for about 34 minutes. It dates from 1834/35 and has been recorded 5 times at least.
Personally, I'd like to hear a BaL on Liszt's "Scherzo and March" or the "Grossekonzertsolo".Best regards,
JonathanComment
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Doesn’t look as if you’re a Brendel man, Jonathan!
You do need the Ben Grosvenor though.Comment
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View Post
Yes, I do feel a kind of obligation to prioritise recordings from artists who have regularly programmed it. Seems more honest, somehow. No question that Arrau and Richter could play it live, and unforgettably too. I heard Arrau play it in Dunedin, New Zealand. Have also heard Pollini twice, in Barbican (magnificent) and RFH (scrappy at times but good!).
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I would have given anything to have heard Arrau and Richter live in this . There’s I think a live (I think ) Richter of this which is hair raising , incandescent , electrifying : pick your hyperbole. Some of the passage work is unbelievable. It’s how Liszt might have played it - throwing all caution to the winds...Originally posted by silvestrione View Post Yes, I do feel a kind of obligation to prioritise recordings from artists who have regularly programmed it. Seems more honest, somehow. No question that Arrau and Richter could play it live, and unforgettably too. I heard Arrau play it in Dunedin, New Zealand. Have also heard Pollini twice, in Barbican (magnificent) and RFH (scrappy at times but good!).Comment
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Originally posted by Heldenleben View Post
Not much caution shown from 19’43…
(and less splashy than in Kiev earlier that year, 1965)Comment
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That accented snap he gets on the demisemiquaver triplets creates an amazing sense of forward momentum (not just the speed at which he plays it)Originally posted by Keraulophone View PostComment
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