This 2-Disc revelatory compilation features Liszt's most daring and virtuosic 
piano music with just occasional moments of relaxation. The album starts the way it means to continue with the startling first strumming chords of the Mephisto Waltz. It proceeds through the spooky harmonies of La lugubre gondola and ventures on to the obsessiveness of Totentanz.
Immerse yourself with the genius that is Franz Liszt! This is the perfect 2-Disc set that will highly impress your friends while at the same time enriching your own personal self with the incredible culture of classical music.
With artists of the calibre of Géza Anda, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky, Vladimir Horowitz, Zoltán Kocsis, Lang Lang, Alice Sara Ott, Mikhail Pletnev, Sviatoslav Richter and Yundi Li, listeners are assured of some unmatchable recorded performances that capture the spirit and sheer awesomeness of LISZT!
| Track | Title | Artist |
| 1 | Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3 - nach einem Gedicht von Ferdinand Freiligrath: Notturno III: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst Poco Allegro, con affetto | Daniel Barenboim |
| 2 | Grandes etudes da Paganini, S141: No. 3 in G sharp minor ("La Campanella") | Yundi Li |
| 3 | Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat, S.244 | Martha Argerich |
| 4 | Widmung, S.566 after Schumann | Yundi Li |
| 5 | La Lugubre Gondola, S.200 No.1 | Jean-Rodolphe Kars |
| 6 | Soirées de Vienne: 9 Valses-Caprices after Schubert: Soirées de Vienne: 9 Valses-Caprices after Schubert | Vladimir Horowitz |
| 7 | 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139: No.8 Wilde Jagd (Presto furioso) | Alice Sara Ott |
| 8 | 2 Etudes de Concert, S.145: No.2 Gnomenreigen | Mikhail Pletnev |
| 9 | Années de pèlerinage: 2ème année: Italie, S.161: 2. Il Penseroso (Lento) | Wilhelm Kempff |
| 10 | 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139: No.5 Feux follets (Allegretto) | Sviatoslav Richter |
| 11 | Nuages gris, S.199 | Jean-Rodolphe Kars |
| 12 | 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 1 in E major (Andante con moto) | Daniel Barenboim |
| 13 | 10 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173: No. 7 Funérailles | Mikhail Pletnev |
| 14 | Totentanz, S.126. Paraphrase on "Dies Irae"for piano and orchestra | Jorge Bolet, London Symphony Orchestra & Iván Fischer |
| 15 | 2 Etudes de Concert, S.145: No.1 Waldesrauschen | Géza Anda |
| 16 | Années de pèlerinage: 3ème année, S.163: 4. Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este | Zoltán Kocsis |
| 17 | Paraphrase on "Wedding March" and "Elfin Chorus" from Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream" | Egon Petri |
| 18 | Fantasy on two themes from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", S.697 - edited and completed by F. Busoni: Fantasie on two motives from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", S.697 - edited and completed by F. Busoni | Egon Petri |
| 19 | Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514 | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| 20 | Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - Arr. Vladimir Horowitz | Lang Lang |
| 21 | Fantasia on Hungarian Folk tunes, S.123 | Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan |
| 22 | Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera: Preludio. Allegro - Andante - Presto | Daniel Barenboim |
Image of Alice Sara Ott courtesy of Esther Haase. Image of DanielBarenboim and Yundi Li are courtesy of © Felix Broede / DG
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