Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic era. His vast output reshaped piano technique, invented the symphonic poem and pushed harmony toward the twentieth century.
His keyboard writing still defines the outer reach of Romantic pianism: the Hungarian Rhapsodies, Années de pèlerinage, the Transcendental Études, Liebestraum and the Sonata in B minor remain central to the repertoire, alongside organ works, songs and a huge body of transcriptions and paraphrases.
On this catalogue that music is heard in full cycles and single jewels alike—the Italian book of the pilgrimage and the Deux légendes on Liszt’s Italian Pilgrimage (MCD 593), the Petrarch sonnets, Funérailles, Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and the B-minor Sonata on A Liszt Recital (MD 3215), and further readings of the rhapsodies, consolations, legends and study pieces across solo piano, organ and song programmes.
Franz Liszt is featured on the following titles
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Takapuna 1996
A live 1996 concert from Takapuna captures Geoffrey Tozer with the Auckland Sinfonietta in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27, framed by Chopin, Medtner, Schnabel, Gluck, Liszt and Bach.
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Osaka 1994
Live from Osaka in 1994, Geoffrey Tozer partners the Osaka Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, then turns to three Liszt piano works.
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Auckland 1990
Recorded live with the Auckland Symphonia under Vladimir Verbitsky, Geoffrey Tozer plays Rachmaninov’s complete Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Canberra 1987
This live recording of pianist Geoffrey Tozer was made in June 1987, during a series of four recitals marking his twenty-fifth anniversary as a performer.
Veiled Virtuosity
Amir Farid’s debut solo recording, made after his win at the 2006 Australian National Piano Award, ranges from Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata and works by Brahms, Liszt and Prokofiev to Australian scores by Stuart Greenbaum and Carl Vine, with two pieces by Iranian composer Javad Maroufi.
Pictures at an Exhibition
Stephen Savage’s first Move release pairs Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with Liszt’s Two Legends and three Debussy piano works, including the less often heard Masques and … d’un cahier d’esquisses … beside L’isle joyeuse.
A Liszt Recital
Ian Holtham's acclaimed recital showcases works by the great, enigmatic, and quintessentially romantic pianist and composer Franz Liszt. The programme centres on Holtham's masterful reading of the monumental Sonata in B minor.
A Recital of organ music from St. Paul's Cathedral Melbourne
The works on this recording span some eighty years of organ writing. Three come from the latter half of the nineteenth century; the remaining three were written in the first half of the twentieth.
Liszt's Italian Pilgrimage
Pianist Tristan Lee performs nine works by Franz Liszt shaped by Italian art and literature: the seven pieces of Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, and the two Légendes.
Kevin Kanisius Suherman presents Schimmel Konzert 219
Kevin Kanisius Suherman presents the new Schimmel Konzert 219 concert grand in a recital that sets Romantic and early twentieth-century piano works beside his own arrangements of Indonesian song.
Kevin Kanisius Suherman plays Schimmel Konzert 280
Young pianist Kevin Kanisius Suherman presents a full recital of Schumann’s Carnaval, Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven, recorded on the new Schimmel Konzert 280 concert grand.
Kevin Kanisius Suherman plays Schimmel Konzert 213
For more than a century Schimmel pianos have delighted pianists and listeners. Here young pianist Kevin Suherman presents a recital of well-loved works chosen to display the Schimmel Konzert 213 concert grand.
Compositions by Franz Liszt also appear on
Carpe Diem: Piano Music from Italy
This recording celebrates Italy, and Rome above all, as a lasting place of artistic pilgrimage and inspiration. Italian-themed solo piano works frame the premiere of Michael Kieran Harvey’s Carpe Diem (2015).
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Hobart 1991
Live solo piano recital by Geoffrey Tozer, recorded at the University Centre, Hobart, on 18 May 1991. Bach’s Italian Concerto and Schumann’s Carnaval open a programme that also takes in Medtner, Liszt, Beethoven and Elgar.
Hymne à l’amour
Hymne à l’amour is an exquisite collection of art songs from soprano Siobhán Stagg and pianist Amir Farid. The programme traces the frailty of the human condition through flirtation, deep love and heartbreaking truths.
Tensile Flame
Michael Kieran Harvey’s two-disc piano programme pairs Liszt’s B minor Sonata and its early twentieth-century echoes in Skryabin, Rachmaninov and Ravel with a second disc of Stravinsky, Carter, Graham Hair and Carl Vine’s 1990 Piano Sonata.
With Tenderness, With Fire
Ronald Farren-Price encores his hugely popular Reflections with this solo recital, ranging from the sublime beauty of a Beethoven Adagio to the thundering splendour of Prokofiev’s Toccata.
Reflections
Internationally acclaimed pianist Ronald Farren-Price offers superb performances of some of the greatest music written for the piano, in a wide-ranging recital of favourite short works.
Jinker Ride
A recital collection celebrating the modern pianoforte, drawing on its full range of colour and touch across repertoire from Scarlatti and Clementi to Liszt, with special place given to Australian works by Dorian Le Gallienne and Raymond Hanson.
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ
Historic recordings from the 1979 inaugural recital series that launched the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ, Ronald Sharp’s vast mechanical-action instrument.
Bach Piano 2
More Bach keyboard works on piano from Judith Lambden. Of her first volume, Toby Wong praised ‘[Lambden’s] exceptional artistry … creates a compelling and vibrant musical narrative.’
Hamilton
The Team of Pianists present a programme of excellent piano works for solo, duo and two pianos, spanning popular classics and Australian repertoire.