Artist: Franz Liszt
Title: 100 Best Liszt
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Total Time: 7:40:45

To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer, this 6-CD set contains a diverse collection of the 100 best-loved masterpieces of Franz Liszt. The first CD begins with complete performances of Liszt's two piano concertos, both firmly established as staples of the concerto repertoire. They are followed by extracts from a number of Liszt's other works for piano and orchestra including Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes and Malédiction. The next three CDs cover Liszt's huge output of works for solo piano, from miniatures like `La campanella' (`The little bell') using a melody by Paganini and `Un sospiro' (`A sigh'), to the massive Sonata in B minor that was used so poignantly by Sir Frederic Ashton in his memorable ballet Marguerite and Armand created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. CD 5 is a collection of Liszt's songs, including the beautiful love song `O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst!', otherwise known as Liebestraume No. 3. Liszt invented the term `Symphonic Poem', which he applied to a number of orchestral works that did not obey traditional musical forms and were based generally on a literary or pictorial idea. CD 6 includes extracts from several of these, such as Prometheus, Festklänge and Les Préludes. Also represented here are other orchestral works such as Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and A Faust Symphony as well as several of Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsodies, originally written for solo piano but performed here in spectacular orchestral versions that have achieved enormous popularity.

TRACKLIST:

001. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso –
002. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio –
003. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: III. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato –
004. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: IV. Allegro marziale animato
005. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: I. (a) Adagio sostenuto assai –
006. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: I. (b) Allegro agitato assai – Un poco più mosso – Tempo del andante –
007. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: II. Allegro moderato –
008. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: III. (a) Allegro deciso –
009. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: III. (b) Marziale un poco meno allegro – Un poco animato – Un poco meno mosso –
010. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: IV. Allegro animato
011. Polonaise brillante, for Piano and Orchestra, S. 367 (Arr. from Weber, Op. 79)
012. Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, for Piano and Orchestra, S. 123
013. Fantasia on Themes from Beethoven's The
014. Malédiction in E Minor, for Piano and Orchestra, S. 121
015. Totentanz (Paraphrase über Dies Irae), S. 126
016. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 1, Lento assai – Allegro energico –
017. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 2, Grandioso –
018. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 3, Recitativo –
019. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 4, Andante sostenuto – Quasi adagio –
020. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 5, Allegro energico – Più mosso –
021. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 6, Stretta quasi Presto – Presto – Prestissimo –
022. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: No. 7, Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Lento assai
023. Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S. 434: Preludio (Allegro) – Andante
024. Miserere du Trovatore (Paraphrase de concert), S. 433
025. Tristan und Isolde, Act 3, Final Scene: Isoldes Liebestod Mild
026. 6 Consolations, S. 172: I. Andante con moto in E Major
027. 6 Consolations, S. 172: II. Un poco più mosso in E Major
028. 6 Consolations, S. 172: III. Lento placido in D-Flat Major
029. 6 Consolations, S. 172: IV. Quasi adagio in D-Flat Major
030. 6 Consolations, S. 172: V. Andantino in E Major
031. 6 Consolations, S. 172: VI. Allegretto sempre cantabile in E Major
032. 2 Konzertetüden, S. 145: No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Waldesrauschen
033. 2 Konzertetüden, S. 145: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Gnomenreigen
034. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: I. Preludio (Presto)
035. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: II. Fusées (Molto vivace)
036. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: III. Paysage (Poco adagio)
037. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: IV. Mazeppa (Allegro)
038. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: V. Feux follets (Allegretto)
039. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: VI. Vision (Lento)
040. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: VII. Eroica (Allegro)
041. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: VIII. Wilde Jagd (Presto furioso)
042. Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: XI. Harmonies du soir (Andantino)
043. Valses oubliée No. 1, S. 215/1
044. Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major (Poco allegro con affetto)
045. Nuages gris, S. 199
046. En rêve, S. 207: Nocturne in B Major (Andantino)
047. Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, La
048. Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 4 in E Major, Arpeggio
049. Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 5 in E Major, La
050. Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 6 in A Minor, Theme
051. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160, Suisse: II. Au lac de Wallenstadt
052. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160, Suisse: III. Pastorale
053. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160, Suisse: IV. Au bord d'une source
054. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160, Suisse: V. Orage
055. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160, Suisse: VII. Eglogue
056. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161, Italie: II. Il Pensieroso
057. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161, Italie: III. Canzonetta del Salvatore Rosa
058. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161, Italie: IV. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
059. Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161, Italie: VI. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
060. Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S. 162, Venezia
061. Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163: IV. Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
062. Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163: VII. Sursum corda, Erhebet eure Herzen
063. 3 Études de concert, S. 144: No. 3 in D-Flat Major, Un
064. 3 Études de concert, S. 144: No. 2 in F Minor, La
065. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: V. Pater Noster
066. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: VIII. Miserere d'après Palestrina
067. Finale de Don Carlos (Paraphrase de concert), S. 435 : Coro di festa e marcia funebre
068. Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424: IX. La Danza
069. Grand galop chromatique in E-Flat Major, S. 219
070. Die drei Zigeuner, S. 320: Drei
071. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314: Es
072. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam II, S. 309: Ein
073. Ihr Auge, S. 310: Nimm
074. Die Vätergruft, S. 281: Es
075. Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen, S. 311/2: Anfangs
076. Lasst mich ruhen, S. 317: Lasst
077. Morgens steh ich auf und frage, S. 290/2: Morgens
078. Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S. 306/2: Über
079. Der du von dem Himmel bist, S. 279/2: Der
080. Der du von dem Himmel bist, S. 279/2: In
081. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass, S. 297/2: Wer
082. Die Fischerstochter, S. 325: Die
083. 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270b: I. Sonetto 47 di Petrarca, Benedetto
084. 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270b: II. Sonetto 104 di Petrarca, Pace
085. 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270b: III. Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, I
086. S'il est un charmant gazon, S. 284:
087. O lieb so lang du lieben kannst, S. 298 Liebesträum
088. Die Loreley, S. 273: Ich
089. Die stille Wasserrose, S. 321: Die
090. Kling leise, mein Lied, S. 301: Kling
091. 2 Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S. 110: II. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto-Waltz)
092. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/2 (Arr. in C Minor for Orchestra by Karl Müller-Berghaus)
093. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S. 244/6 (Arr. in D Major for Orchestra by Liszt and Doppler, S. 359/3)
094. Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3 for Orchestra), S. 97
095. A Faust Symphony, S. 108: III. Mephistofeles (Allegro vivace ironico – Andante mistico)
096. Prometheus (Symphonic Poem No. 5), S. 99
097. Orpheus (Symphonic Poem No. 4 for Orchestra), S. 98
098. Festklänge (Symphonic Poem No. 7 for Orchestra), S. 101
099. Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (Symphonic Poem No. 13), S. 107: II. Der Kampf um's Dasein (Agitato rapido)
100. Marche de Rákóczy, S. 244c (Orchestral Version by Liszt, S. 117)