Liszt, Franz

Marc-André Hamelin’s recording features fantasias on Italian opera by Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg, who faced off onstage in 1837. Source

The American Symphony Orchestra, led by Leon Botstein and joined by the pianist Lucas Debargue, programmed Spohr, Ustvolskaya, Liszt and Reger. Source

Playing transcriptions of symphonies or ballets used to seem gimmicky. Younger pianists see it differently. Source


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