Liszt: Transcendental Studies [Import]

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

Product Details

• Performer: Leslie Howard
• Composer: Franz Liszt
• Audio CD (November 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZM6
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,807 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Requiems, Elegies & Tombeau > Elegies

Track Listings

1. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Preludio

2. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: (untitled)

3. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Paysage

4. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Mazeppa

5. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Feux follets

6. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Vision

7. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Eroica

8. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Wilde Jagd

9. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Ricordanza

10. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: (untitled)

11. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Harmonies du soir

12. Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante, S139: Chasse-neige

13. Mariotte -- Valse de Marie

14. Adagio In C

15. Elegie sur des Motifs du Prince Louis, S.168: Elegie sur des Motifs du Prince Louis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's me again, March 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Liszt: Transcendental Studies (Audio CD)

Okay, a year or so has gone by since my short first review. In that time, I compared Leslie Howard's playing of the Transcendental Etudes to several other players. I still think that, pound for pound, Leslie Howard's performance is the best. Sure, Bolet and Arrau play the slower movements very distinctly, but their fast movements lack the savageness that I like to hear in Liszt. (You can guess that I'm a fan of Horowitz's performance of the "Rakoczy March" from his "Favorite Encores" CD.) If I find a better performance of these 12 Etudes, I'll let you know. But for now, it's Howard.

7 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liszt's powerhouse compositions played superbly, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Liszt: Transcendental Studies (Audio CD)

Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, played superbly by Howard. What, I'm supposed to elaborate on that? Hardly!