Liszt: Music For Piano And Orchestra 2 / Howard (The Complete Music For Solo Piano) [Box set, Import]

Franz Liszt (Composer), Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Conductor), Leslie Howard (Performer), Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Artist), Leslie Howard (Artist), Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leslie Howard
• Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
• Composer: Franz Liszt
• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00000G3ZK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,470 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: Adagio sostenuto assai

2. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: L'istesso tempo

3. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: Allegro agitato assai

4. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: Allegro moderato

5. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: Allegro deciso

6. Concerto No. 2 In A Major: Sempre allegro

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Allegro energico ed appassionato, ma non troppo presto

2. Grandioso (un poco menu allegro)

3. Concerto pathétique in E minor - Andante sostenuto -

4. Concerto pathétique in E minor - Allegro agitato assai - Piů moderato -

5. Concerto pathétique in E minor: Concerto pathétique in E minor - Piů mosso - Stretta -

6. Concerto pathétique in E minor: Concerto pathétique in E minor - Lento quasi marcia funebre - Andante sostenuto - Allegro mosso - Allegro trionfante

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Ungarische Zigeunerweisen: Andante con moto - Lento - Tempo 1 - Allegro - Cadenza - Adagio

2. Ungarische Zigeunerweisen: Andante - Allegro - Cadenza

3. Ungarische Zigeunerweisen: Allegretto - Cadenza - Andante - Lento

4. Ungarische Zigeunerweisen: (Allegretto) - Allegro - Cadenza - Moderato - Allegro vivace - Presto

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This set includes two novelties. De Profundis is Liszt's longest work for piano and orchestra--36 minutes long. "The work unfolds at an unhurried pace," pianist Leslie Howard writes, a polite way of saying that it meanders interminably. But Sophie Menter's Hungarian Concerto, probably written with Liszt's assistance and orchestrated by Tchaikovsky, is a highly entertaining piano romp. Liszt's arrangements of Schubert's "Wanderer" Fantasy and Weber's Konzertstück don't add anything worthwhile to the originals, but the Second Piano Concerto, Totentanz, and Hungarian Fantasia are all outstanding pieces. Howard and Karl Anton Rickenbacher's performances are alert and exciting, demonstrating that the one flop in volume 1 was an anomaly, and the tone of the piano comes through with thrilling realism and impact. This could be more Liszt than you need, but the best things in it are really worthwhile. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liszt's Concertante music, Part II, December 22, 2002

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C. McGovern "Piano Dude" (Beacon Falls, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liszt: Music For Piano And Orchestra 2 / Howard (The Complete Music For Solo Piano) (Audio CD)

If the first volume was great, THIS volume tops that with even more rarities, including the original "Totentanz" with an alternate opening and finale (and even an alternate variation insert included as a seperate track), the long-lost "De Profundis" Fantasy (Of which its manuscript Howard himself had to complete the last few measures), the concertante version of Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasie" that Liszt re-arranged with a symphonic part, Weber's "Konzertstuck in F", where Liszt took the liberty of rewriting the piano part (but leaving the orchestral arrangement intact), and several other treats including all-new recordings of Concerto #2 and Hungarian Fantasy.
But there's a third disc that features the biggest curiosity of all: a concerto believed to be written by Sophie Menter with the guiding assistance of Liszt, then orchestrated by none other than Tchaikovsky! Howard explains some of the details in the liner notes.
Again, yet another MUST HAVE if you're a lover of this music!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A musical miracle, August 24, 2004

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Dr. Helmut Moritz (Graz, Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liszt: Music For Piano And Orchestra 2 / Howard (The Complete Music For Solo Piano) (Audio CD)

This 2-CD set is full of known and less known, but always outstanding and very musically performed works for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt. The great surprise for me was the de-Profundis Concerto which is usually listed as an "unfinished" work. Lesley Howard finished it in such a masterful and congenial way that I was not able to distinguish the additions from the original. The de-profundis theme is, of course, known from the piano piece "Pensees des morts", but this seems to be the only published appearance of this beautiful theme which shows Liszt's incredible harmonic powers. For someone who likes this theme it is a revelation to meet it in its first elaboration in this concerto by young Liszt, already displaying all his splendid harmonic colors.
A second surprise is on the second CD. The well-known "Totentanz" has a de-Profundis version, with another appearance of this haunting theme!
These two concertos would alone make buying this set a must for all admirers of Liszt.
Lesley Howard deserves our gratitude also for his painstaking
scholarship in recording all the published and unpublished works of Franz Liszt.
Helmut Moritz