Liszt
Brahms & Liszt: Piano Sonatas (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating disc from a pianist whose career is most definitely worth following [CC]
Malcolm Binns (piano) A 90th Birthday Tribute (APR)
An exceptional tribute to an exceptional pianist [RCh]
Liszt: Piano Concertos & Totentanz (Forgotten Records)
Thoroughly professional, historical performances of Liszt [RMas]
Liszt: Demonic and Divine (Prima Facie)
Liszt’s Demonic and Divine, uncannily played [JF]
Liszt: Le Concert c’est Moi (Gramola)
Heroic, demonic, passion and lyricism; Liszt’s whirlwind of imaginative ideas given full rein by Titova [RCh]
Claudio Arrau (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)
A finely produced and consistently enlightening set [JW]
Rudolph Ganz: Complete St. Louis Symphony Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Forgettable conducting, but superb piano playing [RMas]
The Eule Organ: Magdalen College, Oxford (Convivium Records)
Magdalen’s Eule organ: a monument to musical continuity and change [JF]
Liszt: Liszt Abroad (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) Should be heard by every lover of songs [GF]
Joseph Moog (piano): Belle Époque (Naïve)
A dizzying array of piano treasures in effortlessly marvellous performances [RCh]
Julius Katchen (piano) Concert Tours 1951-1965
Katchen in fine fettle in his favourites as well as an excellent rarity [RCh]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 24 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) One senses Andaloro’s complete involvement with the significant demands of Liszt’s challenging music [MC]
Samson François (piano): Concert Tours 1956-62 (Meloclassic)
François in fine form in these often fiery performances [RCh]
Dualities: Arrangements for piano duo (Divine Art)
Highly effective and inventive works, neatly expanding the repertoire for two pianists [RCh]
R & C Schumann & Liszt: Piano Works (Danacord)
A thought-provoking recording of Schumann and Liszt on an 1856 Erard [RMas]
Poldi Mildner (piano) German Broadcast Recordings (Meloclassic)
The treasures keep on coming in this third packed volume of Poldi Mildner’s dynamic and exciting playing [RCh]
Liszt: Piano Works on Hungarian Themes (Naxos)
Wonderfully assured, atmospheric and musical playing of rarely recorded Liszt [JWe]
Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)
These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]
Chiaroscuro (Blue Griffin Records)
A fascinating programme, capable of weaving a magic all of its own [SA]
Sergio Fiorentino: The Complete SAGA Album Collection (Rhine Classics)
A pleasure to have Fiorentino’s complete Saga Recordings under one roof [SG]











































