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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Idil Biret Solo Edition 2 - Liszt
“Idil Biret’s new Liszt album prompts a reappraisal of her extraordinary talent… In her Liszt Sonata… you will hear playing of a formidable power and assurance… There is no mistaking her lightning refl exes in the second of the Paganini Etudes and her vivo in the imitation sautillé bowing of No. 4 would make even Heifetz envious. Biret’s brilliant, iron-clad Steinway is well recorded and… in her Liszt, there is stunning profi ciency and a forbidding manner very much her own.” Gramophone, 2011 “Biret sweeps through the set [of Etudes] with unfaltering assurance and in No. 9, the prototype for 'La ricordanza'...she is as affectionate as she is dextrous. Elsewhere there are suspicions of a 'play the notes and the rest will look after itself' philosophy...Biret rides [Il Lamento's] storms with an thunder-and-lightening virtuosity.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Liszt: His Life and Music
Liszt: | Ouverture de l'opéra Guillaume Tell (Rossini) S552 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, S558 No. 2 (from Schubert D774) Ave Maria, S. 20/1 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Années de pèlerinage, 1ère année, Suisse (9 pieces), S. 160 Années de pèlerinage, 2ème année, Italie (7 pieces), S. 161 Etude en douze exercises, S136/R1 Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (10), S. 173 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Legendes (2) for piano, S. 175 Urbi et orbi - benediction papale, S184/R69 Via Crucis (The 14 Stations of the Cross), S53 excerpts In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, S188/R74 Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 17 in D minor Nuages gris, S199 |
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth, this new format title (2 CDs + 50,000 word biography) explores the fascinating world of LIZST: HIS LIFE AND MUSIC. Perhaps the greatest pianist who has ever lived, Liszt was one of the titanic musical figures of the Romantic age. Abandoning his spectacular career as a travelling virtuoso in his mid-thirties, this passionate lover and fond father dedicated himself instead to a life of composing, conducting, teaching and, increasingly, religious devotion, eventually taking minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church. This biography explores an enthralling life lived for long periods in France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the composer’s native Hungary – a kaleidoscope of cultural worlds whose folk music, literature and landscapes richly coloured Liszt’s own music. The 2 CDs feature music spanning Liszt’s career, and the free website www.naxosaudiobooks/lisztlifeandmusic offers hours of extra music and other bonus material. | | | (also available to download from $12.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 20
“One of the hardest working pianists in the business, William Wolfram is nothing if not a consummate professional--an artist whose world-class technique, beautifully modulated sonority, and good taste inform everything he touches, including Liszt's oft-recorded concert etudes that open this release.” Classics Today | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Idil Biret Franz Liszt 200th Anniversary Edition
Liszt: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125 Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov Totentanz, S126 for piano & orchestra Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Etude en douze exercises, S136/R1 Douze Grandes Etudes, S137 (1837) Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141 Three Concert Studies, S144/R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro Two Concert Studies, S145/R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen Symphonie Fantastique, S470 (from Berlioz, Op. 14) Harold en Italie, transcription for viola & piano (after Berlioz), S. 472 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Ouvertüre zu R Wagners Tannhäuser S442 Piano Transcriptions of Schubert Songs |
plus transcriptions of slow movements from the Beethoven Symphonies.
9 CDs and Bonus DVD for the price of 8 A stunning boxed set from the Idil Biret Archive comprising some of Liszt’s most loved pieces and transcriptions for piano. Includes a bonus DVD. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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