FREDERIC LAMOND The Liszt recordings & HMV & Electrola electrical recordings

APR7310

3CDs

The complete Liszt recordings  1919–1941 & HMV & Electrola electrical recordings 1926–1936 
COMPACT DISC 1 (79’08) 
1. SCHUBERT/LISZT Erlkönig S558/4, 5 September 1919
2. LISZT Gnomenreigen S145/2, 7 November 1921 
3-5. LISZT Un sospiro S144/3 (three versions), 7 November 1921, 23 November 1925 & 29 March 1927 
6. LISZT Gnomenreigen S145/2 29 March 1927   7. SCHUBERT/LISZT Erlkönig S558/4, 29 March 1927
8. ROSSINI/LISZT Cujus animam S553/1, 4 February 1929   
9. LISZT Sonetto 104 del Petrarca S161/5, 4 February 1929 
10. LISZT Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli, S162, 4 February 1929  
11. LISZT Valse-Impromptu S213, 4 February 1929 
12. AUBER/LISZT Tarantella from ‘La muette de Portici’ S386, 5 February & 12 June 1929  
13. LISZT Feux follets S139/5, 5 February 1929 
14. LISZT Gnomenreigen S145/2, 6 December 1935 15. LISZT Waldesrauschen S145/1, 6 May 1936  
16. LISZT Liebesträume No 3 S541/3, 6 May 1936 17. LISZT Un sospiro S144/3, 6 May 1936  
 
COMPACT DISC 2 (79’21) 
1. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13 ‘Pathétique’, 20 October 1926   
4. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 12 in A flat major Op 26 ‘Funeral March’, 8 March 1928   
8. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor Op 27 No 2 ‘Moonlight’, 20 October 1926  
11. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31 No 2 ‘Tempest’, 14 December 1927 & 8 March 1928  
14. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 23 in F minor Op 57 ‘Appassionata’, 29 March 1927
 
COMPACT DISC 3 (79’43) 
1. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 21 in C major Op 53 ‘Waldstein’, 5 March 1930   
4. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 31 in A flat major Op 110, 14 December 1927 & 8 March 1928   
8. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 6 in F major Op 10 No 2 – ii. Allegretto, 29 March 1927  
9. BEETHOVEN Sonata No 18 in E flat major Op 31 No 3 – ii. Scherzo, 5 March 1930 & – iii. Menuetto, 29 March 1927  
11. BEETHOVEN Rondo in G major Op 51 No 2, 6 May 1936 
12. BRAHMS Capriccio in B minor Op 76 No 2, 8 March 1928  
13. CHOPIN Nocturne in A flat major Op 32 No 2, 12 June 1929 
14. RUBINSTEIN Barcarolle No 3 in G minor Op 50 No 3bis, 4 February 1929  
15. GLINKA/BALAKIREV L ’Alouette, 29 March 1927  
16. LISZT Un sospiro S144/3, 16 May 1941 (Decca recording) 

17. LISZT Gnomenreigen S145/2, 16 May 1941 (Decca recording)

This set is a tribute to the great Scottish pianist and Liszt pupil, Frederic Lamond (1868–1948), whose 150th anniversary falls in 2018. He was renowned as a Beethoven interpreter, perhaps the greatest before Schnabel, and his Liszt performances bear the imprimatur of the composer. All the published electrical studio recordings he made, plus the remaining Liszt acoustic ones, are included.

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