Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Osaka 1994
Recorded live in concert with the Osaka Symphony Orchestra.
The late, great pianist Geoffrey Tozer plays Mozart's piano concerto No. 20 in D minor and a selection of masterworks by Franz Liszt.
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Artist
Geoffrey Tozer
Geoffrey Tozer was an artist of the first rank, a consummate musician, a concert pianist and recitalist with few peers, possessing perfect pitch, a boundless musical memory, the ability to improvise, to transpose instantly into any key or to create on the piano a richly textured reduction of an orchestral score at sight.
Audio previews
Track Listing
- Allegro 13:34
- Romance 6:40
- Rondo. Allegro assai 7:17
- Russian Folk Song Franz Liszt 2:55
- Rigoletto Franz Liszt 6:44
- Nightingale Franz Liszt 4:04
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C minor, No. 21, K. 467 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers
Composers
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School").
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.
Where to listen
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Osaka 1994 is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Geoffrey Tozer in Concert: Osaka 1994 is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3386
- List price
- $20.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 41 minutes 14 seconds
- Release date
- 11 Dec 2014
- Musical work
copyright - © 2014 Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2014 Move Records
- Category
- Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574338621
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