APR's Liszt: The Hungarian Rhapsody Recordings assembles for the first time on compact disc one of the most audacious recording projects taken on by a classical artist in the era of "electrical" 78 rpm records, Russian pianist Mark Hambourg's cycle of the then generally known 15 Hungarian Rhapsodies of Liszt. According to annotator Bryan Crimp, HMV probably had no idea when it recorded Hambourg in the common Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in 1926 that he was going to give it, and its successor company EMI, the 14 remaining ...
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APR's Liszt: The Hungarian Rhapsody Recordings assembles for the first time on compact disc one of the most audacious recording projects taken on by a classical artist in the era of "electrical" 78 rpm records, Russian pianist Mark Hambourg's cycle of the then generally known 15 Hungarian Rhapsodies of Liszt. According to annotator Bryan Crimp, HMV probably had no idea when it recorded Hambourg in the common Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in 1926 that he was going to give it, and its successor company EMI, the 14 remaining rhapsodies, as well. In the end, EMI rejected Hambourg's versions of No. 1 and No. 3, opting not to carry through with the whole cycle. Nonetheless, the rejected performances have been discovered and are included here, along with alternate recordings of Hambourg in the Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2 and No. 14. The additional Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 16-19 were little known at the time, and the resulting EMI cycle, which originally involved some 27 issued 78 rpm sides, was as complete...
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