The Pupils of Liszt

Edvard Grieg (Composer), Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Mikhail Glinka (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Emil von Sauer (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Teresa Carreno (Composer), Eugen d' Albert (Composer), Mily Balakirev (Composer), Moriz Rosenthal (Composer), Arthur de Greef (Performer), Josef Weiss (Performer), Conrad Ansorge (Performer), Frederic Lamond (Performer), Moriz Rosenthal (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Arthur de Greef, Josef Weiss, Conrad Ansorge, Frederic Lamond, Moriz Rosenthal
• Composer: Edvard Grieg, Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, et al.
• Audio CD (January 21, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000000WY9
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #701,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Småtrold (Puck), lyric piece for piano, Op. 71/3: Puck

2. Dances Villageoises for orchestra: No. 3

3. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major ('Hunt'), Op. 31/3: Scherzo

4. Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 12 in C sharp minor (aka 'No. 2'), S. 244/12 (LW A132/12)

5. Romance for piano in F sharp major (Einfach), Op. 28/2

6. Glanes de Woronince (3), for piano, S. 249 (LW A243): No. 2

7. Rondo for piano in G major, Op. 51/2

8. The Lark (Zhavoronok), transcription for piano after Glinka

9. Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 2 in E flat major (Seliger Tod: 'Gestorben war ich'), S. 541/2 (LW A103/2)

10. Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 57, CT. 7

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Disc: 2

1. Scherzo for piano No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31, CT. 198

2. Feux-follets, etude for piano in B flat major (Transcendental Etude No. 5), S. 139/5 (LW A172/5)

3. La Campanella I, etude for piano in B minor (Transcendental Paganini Etude No. 3), S. 140/3 (LW A52/3)

4. Ruins of Athens, incidental music, Op. 113: March

5. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: No. 1, Scherzo

6. Waltz for piano in E minor, KK IVa/15, CT. 222 (B. 56)

7. Waltz for piano No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, CT. 211

8. Waltz for piano No. 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 210

9. Etude for piano No. 24 in C minor, Op. 25/12, CT. 37

10. Scherzo for piano No. 4 in E major, Op. 54, CT. 200

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference for a Great Tradition, March 2, 2003

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This review is from: The Pupils of Liszt (Audio CD)

Sauer once gave a list of Liszt's worthy pupils. Many of them are here; but among them, Hofmann said only Sauer was "a real great virtuoso", and he went on to say, "Friedheim was so-so and Lammond didn't impress me..."etc.

Sauer is impressing indeed and in terms of musicality and interpretaion, he compared favourably even with Hofmann. Equally interesting was Rosenthal. Unlike Sauer, he lost his power to thunder in his old age, but he made it up in all the nuances and colours whihc are quite well captured here. D'albert was probably the greatest of all Lizst pupils, something we don't want to miss, same for de Greef and indeed all others here.

But the transfer here leaves much to be desired, even for those who are not new to (mono) archive records: surface noise is too heavy for general enjoyment. But it is definitely better than Busoni's recording for sure. We don't have much choice, do we?