Liszt: Complete Paganini Etudes [Import]

Franz Liszt (Composer), Leslie Howard (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leslie Howard
• Composer: Franz Liszt
• Audio CD (February 10, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B0000063BU
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,460 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 1 In G Minor

2. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 2 In E Flat Major

3. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 3 In G Sharp Minor 'La Campanella'

4. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 4 In E Major

5. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 5 In E Major

6. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 6 In A Minor

7. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 1 In G Minor

8. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 2 In E Flat Major

9. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 3 In A Flat Minor

10. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 4 - II In E Major

11. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 5 In E Major

12. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 6 In A Minor

13. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 1 In G Minor

14. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 4 - I In E Major

15. The Complete Paganini Etudes: No 5 In E Major ( Alternative Text)

16. The Complete Paganini Etudes: Mazeppa S 138

17. The Complete Paganini Etudes: Sprunge mit der Tremolo - Begleitung

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost not humanly possible, November 10, 2002

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Daniel Brown (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liszt: Complete Paganini Etudes (Audio CD)

I almost cried listening to the original verions of the Paganini studies, I'm a piano major in college and I just can't see how these things can be played. The original versions are without a question among the most difficult works in piano literature, and they are virtually NEVER played in concert. This CD will show you why. Leslie Howard is superhuman, and his recordings on this CD of the more familiar later versions of the Paganini studies are my preference over the 3 other sets of them that I have on CD.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is a "Super Phenomenal Recording!", March 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Liszt: Complete Paganini Etudes (Audio CD)

Every Paganini Etude in the "Leslie Howard" recording is very brilliant in every way. Leslie always produces very bold, rich tone of every note that he plays. It is always very "Grandios". When I first listened to this recording, I was very stunned because of the incredible rage and intensity that Leslie Howard was able to produce, while at the same time it sounds as if he has no problem with any type of technical difficulty with any of the Etudes. These pieces are truly one of world's most difficult pieces, but obviously "The Great Leslie Howard" has definitely surpassed all of that. Leslie Howard is truly, at least to me, the next "Real Liszt" especially mainly since he has learned and recorded every single Liszt piano work that there is. I truly believe that Leslie Howard is one of the greatest pianists' in the world of all of time.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Anyone who Loves Liszt Etudes, September 15, 2004

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P Jaeger "P Jaeger" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liszt: Complete Paganini Etudes (Audio CD)

If you're familiar with Liszt Etudes and interested in going deeper, this is a great disc and a must for your collection. However, it's more a pianist's disc than a listener's disc, recorded to show other pianists how much can be done with these notoriously difficult pieces. For the listener who is not necessarily interested in hearing all the different versions/styles/variations of each piece, I highly recommend Freddy Kempf's recording of the Transcendentale etudes (also reviewed on Amazon).