Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E Flat Major; Concerto for Piano No. 2 in A Major; Totentanz (Danse macabre) (1988)
Cover Front Album
Composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Conductor Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble I Boston Symphony Orchestra
Length 55:44
Format CD
Genre Concerto; Piano Concerto
Index 285
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Zimerman
Credits
Producer Hanno Rinke
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Track List
01 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E Flat Major: I. Allegro maestoso 05:32
02 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E Flat Major: II. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato 08:54
03 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E Flat Major: III. Allegro marziale animato - Presto 04:08
04 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A Major: Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai - 07:26
05 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A Major: Allegro moderato - Allegro deciso - 08:19
06 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A Major: Marziale un poco meno allegro - 04:22
07 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A Major: Allegro animato - Stretto (molto accelerando) 01:51
08 Totentanz (Danse macabre) Paraphrase on "Dies Irae" for Piano and Orchestra 15:12
Personal
Purchase Date 11/7/1998
Value $16.50
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Nationality Hungarian
Premiere Weimar, February 17, 1855
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Symphony Hall, Boston
Catalog Number 423 571-2
Live No
Recording Date 4/1/1987
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Krystian Simerman: Piano

Piano Concerti drafted in 1839-1840, and completed in Weimar in 1849. Revised in 1853.
Both were composed with the collaboration of his pupil Joachim Raff.
Liszt was the soloist at the premiere of the E Flat Major concerto which was conducted by Berlioz.

Essay: John Williamson