Anyone looking for a collection of Liszt's complete works for piano and orchestra performed with power, panache, and aplomb and recorded in clear, colorful sound need look no further. This 2006 compilation of recordings made between 2000 and 2002 by Canadian virtuoso Louis Lortie with George Pehlivanian leading the Residentie Orchestra The Hague contains essentially every work the Hungarian pianist/composer wrote for the combination, from his extremely well-known First and Second piano concertos and Totentanz through his ...
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Anyone looking for a collection of Liszt's complete works for piano and orchestra performed with power, panache, and aplomb and recorded in clear, colorful sound need look no further. This 2006 compilation of recordings made between 2000 and 2002 by Canadian virtuoso Louis Lortie with George Pehlivanian leading the Residentie Orchestra The Hague contains essentially every work the Hungarian pianist/composer wrote for the combination, from his extremely well-known First and Second piano concertos and Totentanz through his far less well-known Malédiction for piano and string orchestra and transcription of Schubert's Wandererfantasie for piano and orchestra to his nearly unknown Concerto pathetique and Grande fantaisie symphonique on themes from Berlioz's Lélio, plus five other lesser known works. From the sound of his playing on this recording, Lortie is a muscular pianist with a super-virtuoso technique, a commanding personality, and a gift for floating a long legato line, all prerequisites for a...
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