Leslie Howard - Franz Liszt: The Complete Piano Music (2011) [98CD Box Set]

'This 99 CD box, from the hands of a master, is without question the main event of Liszt's centenary year' (The Independent)

'Liszt, one of music's greatest innovators, tends to be known by a tiny fraction of his work. Here's a chance to see the fuller picture' (The Guardian)

'Almost any way you choose to look at it, this is a staggering achievement. Pianistically, very few professionals are capable of getting this amount of music under their fingers; when the composer also happens to be, in historical terms, the foremost executant of the instrument, the number dwindles further. From a musicological point of few, Howard and his colleague Michael Short have unearthed a good deal of music that heretofore has been virtually unknown, not to mention unrecorded … the grand scope of this project gives us the chance, as listeners, to experience the almost incomprehensible breadth and depth of Liszt's imagination' (International Record Review)

'Leslie Howard, with his gigantic 99-CD box set on Hyperion, has surely served up the biggest birthday cake any composer could wish for. Of all the Liszt performers … Howard often offers the most musical version of any given Liszt piece … do treat yourself to this monumental offering' (Pianist)

'No music library or serious Liszt aficionado will wish to be without these treasurable recordings' (International Piano)

'Howard certainly has the incredible techinique the task required; his playing is often both splendid and enchanting, and consistency of vision is worth a great deal on such an epic journey … there is charm, invention and delight on every disc, and plenty of genius too' (The Age, Melbourne)



Tracks:

CD 1: The Young Liszt 1 of 2
▶CD 2: The Young Liszt 2 of 2
▶CD 3: Douze Grandes Études
▶CD 4: Études d'exécution transcendante
▶CD 5: Complete Paganini Études
▶CD 6: Préludes, Concert Études and Episodes from Faust
▶CD 7: Album d'un voyageur
▶CD 8: Album d'un voyageur 2 of 2
▶CD 9: Années de pélerinage I
▶CD 10: Années de pèlerinage II
▶CD 11: Années de pèlerinage III
▶CD 12: Ballades, Legends and Polonaises
▶CD 13: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses 1 of 2
▶CD 14: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses 2 of 2
▶CD 15: Litanies de Marie
▶CD 16: Fantasy, Variations, Funeral Odes and Concert Solo
▶CD 17: Sonata, Elegies, Consolations, Gretchen, Totentanz
▶CD 18: Christmas Tree, Chorales and Via Crucis
▶CD 19: Late Pieces
▶CD 20: Waltzes
▶CD 21: Dances & Marches 1 of 2
▶CD 22: Dances & Marches 2 of 2
▶CD 23: St Elizabeth, Christus and St Stanislaus
▶CD 24: Liebesträume and the Songbooks
▶CD 25: Canticle of the Sun, From the Cradle to the Grave
▶CD 26: Excelsior!
▶CD 27: Responsories and Antiphons 1 of 2
▶CD 28: Responsories and Antiphons 2 of 2
▶CD 29: Gaudeamus igitur and Pièces d'occasion
▶CD 30: Fantasies on National Songs & Anthems
▶CD 31: Magyar Dalok & Magyar Rapszódiák 1 of 2
▶CD 32: Magyar Dalok & Magyar Rapszódiák 2 of 2
▶CD 33: Rapsodies Hongroises 1 of 2
▶CD 34: Rapsodies Hongroises 2 of 2
▶CD 35: Ungarischer Romanzero
▶CD 36: Rapsodie espagnole
▶CD 37: Liszt at the Opera 1 of 12
▶CD 38: Liszt at the Opera 2 of 12
▶CD 39: Liszt at the Opera 3 of 12
▶CD 40: Liszt at the Opera 4 of 12
▶CD 41: Liszt at the Opera 5 of 12
▶CD 42: Liszt at the Opera 6 of 12
▶CD 43: Liszt at the Opera 7 of 12
▶CD 44: Liszt at the Opera 8 of 12
▶CD 45: Liszt at the Opera 9 of 12
▶CD 46: Liszt at the Opera 10 of 12
▶CD 47: Liszt at the Opera 11 of 12
▶CD 48: Liszt at the Opera 12 of 12
▶CD 49: Liszt at the Theatre
▶CD 50: A la Chapelle Sixtine & Bach Transcriptions
▶CD 51: Hexaméron & Symphonie fantastique
▶CD 52: Saint-Saëns, Chopin & Berlioz Transcriptions
▶CD 53: Arabesques
▶CD 54: Beethoven Septet
▶CD 55: Hummel Septet No. 1
▶CD 56: Ferdinand David's Bunte Reihe
▶CD 57: Tanzmomente
▶CD 58: Songs without Words 1 of 2
▶CD 59: Songs without Words 2 of 2
▶CD 60: Soirées musicales & Soirées italiennes 1 of 2
▶CD 61: Soirées musicales & Soirées italiennes 2 of 2
▶CD 62: Symphonies de Beethoven - Partitions de piano 1 of 5
▶CD 63: Symphonies de Beethoven - Partitions de piano 2 of 5
▶CD 64: Symphonies de Beethoven - Partitions de piano 3 of 5
▶CD 65: Symphonies de Beethoven - Partitions de piano 4 of 5
▶CD 66: Symphonies de Beethoven - Partitions de piano 5 of 5
▶CD 67: The Early Beethoven Transcriptions 1 of 3
▶CD 68: The Early Beethoven Transcriptions 2 of 3
▶CD 69: The Early Beethoven Transcriptions 3 of 3
▶CD 70: The Schubert Transcriptions 1 of 9
▶CD 71: The Schubert Transcriptions 2 of 9
▶CD 72: The Schubert Transcriptions 3 of 9
▶CD 73: The Schubert Transcriptions 4 of 9
▶CD 74: The Schubert Transcriptions 5 of 9
▶CD 75: The Schubert Transcriptions 6 of 9
▶CD 76: The Schubert Transcriptions 7 of 9
▶CD 77: The Schubert Transcriptions 8 of 9
▶CD 78: The Schubert Transcriptions 9 of 9
▶CD 79: Schubert and Weber Transcriptions
▶CD 80: First Thoughts and Second Drafts 1 of 5
▶CD 81: First Thoughts and Second Drafts 2 of 5
▶CD 82: First Thoughts and Second Drafts 3 of 5
▶CD 83: First Thoughts and Second Drafts 4 of 5
▶CD 84: First Thoughts and Second Drafts 5 of 5
▶CD 85: Rarities, Curiosities, album-Leaves and Fragments 1 of 4
▶CD 86: Rarities, Curiosities, album-Leaves and Fragments 2 of 4
▶CD 87: Rarities, Curiosities, Album-Leaves and Fragments 3 of 4
▶CD 88: Rarities, Curiosities, Album-Leaves and Fragments 4 of 4
▶CD 89: New Discoveries 1 of 4
▶CD 90: New Discoveries 2 of 4
▶CD 91: New Discoveries 3 of 4
▶CD 92: New Discoveries 4 of 4
▶CD 93: The Recitations with Pianoforte
▶CD 94: Harold in Italy
▶CD 95: Music for Piano and Orchestra 1 of 4
▶CD 96: Music for Piano and Orchestra 2 of 4
▶CD 97: Music for Piano and Orchestra 3 of 4
▶CD 98: Music for Piano and Orchestra 4 of 4
▶CD 99: Music for Piano and Orchestra, bonus disk