Franz Liszt [1811-1886]

New Liszt Discoveries – 1

Leslie Howard piano

Liszt was a Very Prolific Composer. Having already recorded 95 CDs of his 'complete' piano music, the indefatigable Leslie Howard, after deep burrowings in the Goethe- und Schiller Archiv in Weimar has found more - enough in fact to fill this supplementary disc, including the Album of Princess Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, the Zigeuner-Epos, the original La lugubre gondolaand other rare pieces. Needless to say all are first recordings.

From the Album of Princess Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1847): [1] Album-Leaf - Freudvoll und leidvoll, S166n;

[2] Lilie, S166m/1;

[3] Hryc, S166m/2;

[4] Mazurek, S166m/3;

[5] Krakowiak, S166m/4; Zigeuner-Epos, S695b (c1848);

[6] No. 1 in C minor;

[7] No. 2 in C major;

[8] No. 3 in D flat major;

[9] No. 4 in C sharp major;

[10] No. 5 in D flat major;

[11] No. 6 in G minor;

[12] No. 7 in A minor - Rakuczi-Marsch;

[13] No. 8 in D major;

[14] No. 9 in E flat major;

[15] No. 10 in F major;

[16] No. 11 in A minor;

[17] Celebre melodie hongroise, S243a; Three early drafts of pieces in the Troisieme annee de pelerinage:

[18] Aux anges gardiens (Den Schutz-Engeln), S162a/1bis [2nd draft of 1st version of Angelus!];

[19] Sunt lacrymae rerum, S162d [intermediate version];

[20] Postludium - Nachspiel - Sursum corda!, S162f [first version of Sursum corda];

[21] La lugubre gondola, S199a [the first Venice manuscript]; Three Album-Leaves:

[22] Album-Leaf in F sharp minor, S163a/1;

[23] Album-Leaf in A major: Friska, S166k;

[24] Album-Leaf in G major [Dante-Symphony progression], S167f;

[25] O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst!, S540b [version in A major of the song transcription, later Liebestraume no. 3]

'This CD was a revelation - this is great music played with impeccable artistry and flawlessly recorded, one of the best solo piano records I've heard in the past ten years' ( CD Review- CDA66388 - Vol 8)

'Howard brings his customary technical wizardry to bear on this outrageously difficult music in an arresting virtuoso display' ( Gramophone- CDA66973 - Vol 34)

'As a guide to this cornucopia Leslie Howard could hardly be bettered' ( BBC Music Magazine- CDA67414/7 - Vol 56)

Hyperion CDA67346