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Living Like a Lord

Donald Macleod discusses Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso. With Hexameron Variations (finale). Etudes d'execution transcendante 8-10. Hungarian Rhapsody No 13.

Lisztomania swept Europe in the early 1840s - wherever he performed his reception was hysterical. It all began in Berlin, with a sensational series of concerts in the Singakademie. The only performer in his concerts, he invented the modern recital, and became a huge star. When he left Berlin he was driven out of the city in a coach drawn by six white horses, in a stately procession, as if a reigning monarch were taking leave of his people. Donald Macleod looks at Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso.

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Mon 25 Jul 2011 18:30

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  • Franz Liszt

    Hexameron - variations on the march from I Puritani S.392 for 6 pianos [or pf solo] [with

    Performer: Leslie HOWARD - Piano

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-66433.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano [based on S.137-8]

    Performer: Boris BEREZOVSKY - Piano

    • TELDEC.
    • 4509-98415-2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian rhapsody no.13

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano) - Main Artist

    • Vanguard Classics.
    • 08402471.
  • Franz Liszt

    Concerto no. 1 in E flat major S.124 for piano and orchestra

    Conductor: Esa-Pekka SALONEN Performer: Emanuel AX - Piano Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Sony Classical.
    • SK53289.

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