Pioneering Liszt Recordings Vol.2 | APR APR5614

Pioneering Liszt Recordings Vol.2

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Label: APR

Cat No: APR5614

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 1st June 2009

Contents

Works

Liszt, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year (supplement), Venezia e Napoli, S162
» no.1 Gondoliera
» no.3 Tarantella
Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.2 Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
Csardas macabre, S224
En reve - Nocturne, S207
Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.5 in B flat major 'Feux follets'
Grandes Etudes (6) de Paganini, S141
» no.2 in E flat major
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
» no.5 in E major 'La chasse'
Illustrations du Prophete (Meyerbeer), S414
» no.2 Les patineurs
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
RW - Venezia, S201
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor

Artists

Louis Kentner (piano)

Works

Liszt, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year (supplement), Venezia e Napoli, S162
» no.1 Gondoliera
» no.3 Tarantella
Concert Etudes (2), S145
» no.2 Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
Csardas macabre, S224
En reve - Nocturne, S207
Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.5 in B flat major 'Feux follets'
Grandes Etudes (6) de Paganini, S141
» no.2 in E flat major
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
» no.5 in E major 'La chasse'
Illustrations du Prophete (Meyerbeer), S414
» no.2 Les patineurs
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
RW - Venezia, S201
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor

Artists

Louis Kentner (piano)

About

Though Hungarian by birth, and having studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Louis Kentner, like so many others of Jewish origin, emigrated to London in the mid 1930s, aware that central Europe was not the best place to be at that time for someone of his race. He was to remain in London for the rest of his life, becoming very much part of British musical life both as pianist and, later, as teacher.

His somewhat sensational London debut took place in the Aeolian Hall in October 1936 where he gave an all-Liszt recital. As a direct result he was signed up by HMV and over the next fifteen years, in addition to much other repertoire, he made a large number of Liszt recordings which featured not only the often recorded etudes and Hungarian Rhapsodies but also premiere recordings of many of Liszt's more important, though then less well-known, larger works.

On this disc, in addition to a number of the well known aforementioned etudes, we find a group of late pieces, including the bizarre Czárdás Macabre, which was only published in the year of its recording, and the Meyerbeer/Liszt 'Les Patineurs' scherzo. This later piece is one of Liszt's most brilliant operatic transcriptions, but is strangely little known. It is perhaps Kentner's most stunning recording and a fitting way to end this fascinating recital.

Contents:
Schubert/Liszt:
1. Soirée de Vienne
Recorded on 17 July 1939

Liszt:
Grandes Études de Paganini S141:
2. No.2 Octave
Recorded on 27 January 1942
3. No.3 La campanella
4. No.5 La chasse
Recorded on 9 & 13 September 1946

5. La leggierezza S144/2
Recorded on 10 July 1939
6. Gnomenreigen S145/2
Recorded on 3 September 1941
7. Liebestraüm No.3 S541
Recorded on 3 September 1941
8. Feux-follets S139/5 (Transcendental Etude No.5)
Recorded on 23 March 1937

Venezia e Napoli S162 Année de pčlerinage 2 supplement:
9. Gondoliera
10. Tarantella
Recorded on 30 March 1938

11. R.W.-Venezia S201
Recorded on 10 November 1951
12. En reve—nocturne S207
Recorded on 10 November 1951
13. Czárdás macabre S224
Recorded on 10 November 1951

Meyerbeer/Liszt:
14. Illustrations du Prophčte: No.2 Les Patineurs—scherzo S414/2
Recorded on 7 March 1939

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