BaL 22nd October2011 - Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor

**austin** · 14-10-11, 07:04

And your choice is?

**verismissimo** · 14-10-11, 07:56

Is that your longest Liszt ever, Eine? Amazing.

**amateur51** · 14-10-11, 08:03

Is Sir Cliff's version not available

That's Curzon

**Nick Armstrong** · 14-10-11, 08:11

Sir Cliff

Curzon

Liszt

**Alison** · 14-10-11, 08:12

Khatia Buniatishvili's recent live account was pretty stunning.

You always fear the studio CD might not thrill in the same way.

**MrGongGong** · 14-10-11, 08:16

I'd quite like to hear them all simultaneously in a big space with a separate loudspeaker for each

**Panjandrum** · 14-10-11, 08:56

Originally posted by Caliban View Post

Sir Cliff

Curzon

Liszt

Well that's contributed to the discussion.

**Nick Armstrong** · 14-10-11, 09:02

Originally posted by Panjandrum View Post

Well that's contributed to the discussion.

It's called a light-hearted contribution. Do they have those on your planet?

**Tapiola** · 14-10-11, 09:17

Eine Alpensinfonie,

Thanks for this heads-up. I can hardly contain my excitement

My favourite accounts of this imperishable masterwork are Horowitz's 1930s recording (currently on Naxos) and Richter's live version on Brilliant Classics' Historic Russian Archives.

I got to know this work in my callow youth, my guides being the first Horowitz recording and the masterly analysis by Anthony Hopkins

**vinteuil** · 14-10-11, 09:31

My current favourite is that with Thomas Hitzlberger, playing on the Steingraeber 'Liszt' piano of 1873, on which the composer himself had performed a month before his death. It is coupled with some rare Wagneriana - Liszt's Am Grabe Richard Wagners S202, la Lugubre Gondola S200:1 and S200:2, L's transcription of the T&I Liebestod, L's 'RW - Venezia' S201, plus Wagner's Sonate für das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck; it also includes as a variant the Original Ending of the b-minor Sonata.

It's on ambronay - AMY008

**Biffo** · 14-10-11, 09:37

I am sure Martha Argerich will figure prominently in the discussion

**Tapiola** · 14-10-11, 09:57

Originally posted by vinteuil View Post

My current favourite is that with Thomas Hitzlberger, playing on the Steingraeber 'Liszt' piano of 1873, on which the composer himself had performed a month before his death. It is coupled with some rare Wagneriana - Liszt's Am Grabe Richard Wagners S202, la Lugubre Gondola S200:1 and S200:2, L's transcription of the T&I Liebestod, L's 'RW - Venezia' S201, plus Wagner's Sonate für das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck; it also includes as a variant the Original Ending of the b-minor Sonata.

It's on ambronay - AMY008

I have to check this out, vinteuil

**Nick Armstrong** · 14-10-11, 10:39

Originally posted by vinteuil View Post

My current favourite is that with Thomas Hitzlberger, playing on the Steingraeber 'Liszt' piano of 1873,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hitzlsperger

**vinteuil** · 14-10-11, 10:44

Calabresse -

it may come as a shock to you, but some of us even prefer Liszt to footleball...

https://www.stephenpettitt.co.uk/LisztandWagnerSonatasandMetamorphoses.ThomasHitzlberger.AmbronayAMY008..html

BaL 22nd October2011 - Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor

BaL 22nd October2011 - Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor

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