Jon Lewis:

>...  It really bugs me that there's not another Heroide Funebre on disc
>anywhere besides Masur's somewhat boring one and Haitink's excellent but
>oh-so-very-very-slow one.  I know Halasz will eventually do it for Naxos,
>and his last Liszt outing for them was wonderful, but jeez, I don't wanna
>wait. ...

There is the Hungaroton recording (Arpad Joo) of the complete Symphonic
poems including 2 pieces from Lenau's Faust, Second Mephisto Waltzer (in
Eb-flat, but introduction and coda ends with a B-F interval (tritonus)
and "Szozat und Hymnus".

Forget Masur. I don't like his "Prometheus" at all, it does more harm than
good.

A recommendation: "Trois Ode Funebre" coupled with "Tasso" on Koch
(Rickenbacker).If you like "Heroide Funebre" they are a must (Written
around 1860-1866)./

Mikael
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