Daniel Paul Horn ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>There have been a few recordings of Liszt on period instruments, the
>details of which escape me, in addition to a recent boomlet in Chopin on
>19th-century pianos.
Including a CD on Hungaroton of Jeno Jando playing on some of Liszt's own
pianos, including a Chickering. Not a bad disc at all. I only picked this
up a couple of weeks ago and already I can't find it to give you the
catalogue no...
>(Emanuel Ax is only the best-known pianist to explore Chopin this way
>on disc.) Period Liszt isn't really such a silly notion; I've practiced
>some Liszt (the Fantasy on "A Midsummer Night's Dream") on an 1850's
>Erard grand, and been greatly struck by how truly orchestral those
>old instruments could be -- even more so than our current grands.
Victoria pianist Bruce Vogt gave a recital Liszt 5 or 6 years back on a
restored Erard, from the 1860s or 70s I think. Wonderful. You should have
heard the Weinen, Klagen....
Deryk Barker
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