Liszt
was the greatest transcriber for the piano and in the 1830's paraphrased two sections
of Berlioz's Lelio with all his customary virtuosity for piano and orchestra.
This is coupled with Liszt's mature masterpiece of the macabre, Totentanz. This
exciting CD is unique on two counts, firstly in that it presents the absolute
World Premiere Recording of a magnificent major work for piano and orchestra by
Liszt - long unknown to performers and record companies alike because it remained
unpublished until 1981 - and secondly in that represents an artistic collaboration
made possible only by the new spirit of friendship which is now so happily developing
between East and West. |