Franz Liszt: The Complete Music For Solo Piano, Volume 29 [Import]

Franz Liszt (Artist), Leslie Howard (Artist), Edward Perry (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZXE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,189 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 1 In C Minor: Lento

2. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 2 In C Major: Andantino

3. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No 3 In D Flat Major: Sehr langsam

4. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 4 In C Sharp Major: Animato

5. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 5 In D Flat Major: Tempo giusto

6. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 6 In G Minor: Lento - Allegretto

7. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 7 In E Flat Major: Andante cantabile quasi adagio - Andantino - Piu animato (quasi Allegro)

8. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 8 In F Minor: Lento

9. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 9 In A Minor: Lento - Quasi Presto

10. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 10 In D Major: Adagio sostenuto a capriccio - Allegro vivace - Piu animato

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Disc: 2

1. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 16 In E Major: Preludio - Andante deciso, sempre ben marcato il tempo - Un poco meno vivo - A capriccio - Animato - Vivacissimo - Il piu presto e fuocoso possibile

2. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 17 In A Minor: Andante sostenuto - Friska: Vivace - Tempo rallentando, sempre vivace - Vivacissimo

3. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 18 In C Sharp Minor: Introduction - Adagio - Un poco piu lento - Allegretto zingarese-Tempo rubato - Tempo primo - Allegretto, ...

4. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 19 In F Sharp Minor: Lento patetico - Adagio malinconico assai - Allegretto con eleganza - Presto giocoso assai - Tutta forza e prestezza - Adagio

5. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 20 in G minor ('Rumanian Rhapsody'): Allegro vivace - Presto e staccato - Andante - Lento e capriccio malinconico - variazione, ...

6. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 21 in E minor: Lento: Tempo di marcia funebre - Mesto - Allegro eroica - Pui animato - Poco allegro tempo capriccioso , ...

7. Hungarian - Gypsy Songs & Rhapsodies: No. 22 in E flat major - Pester Carneval: Moderato a capriccio - Unpoco pui animato(Allegretto) - Vivacissimo - pui allegro - Finale: Pretissimo , ...

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another stunning performance by Leslie Howard, April 16, 1999

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This review is from: Franz Liszt: The Complete Music For Solo Piano, Volume 29 (Audio CD)

Leslie Howard performs Liszt's first and lesser known cycle of Hungarian Rhapsodies with incredible technical accuracy and artistic genius. Although this music is not as familiar as Liszt's famous second cycle of Hungarian Rhapsodies, I must applaud Howard for the way that he has rescued this equally beautiful cycle from centuries of dust and obscurity. This recording will make an excellent addition to any musical library.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Enjoyable than Average Folk Mujsic Transcriptions, October 4, 2006

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This review is from: Franz Liszt: The Complete Music For Solo Piano, Volume 29 (Audio CD)

This dual disk collection of Franz Liszt's 'Magyar Dalok & Magyar Rapszodiak' (Hungarian Folk Music) is half again more enjoyable than many of the other issues in Leslie Howard's 'Complete Piano Music of Liszt' series. And, it is more enjoyable by half than many other composers' renditions of Mitteleuropean folk tunes. I'm thinking especially of those from Bartok and Kolodny. Liszt does not loose ALL of the life from these rustic tunes, and demonstrates how almost all classical music arose from humble roots (at least those which did not originate from liturgical practice.

An enjoyable listen for the amateur musical gourmet.