Ed Zubrow wrote: >I am doing some reading on Liszt right now and realizing that my piano >collection is small and my collection of other things is downright >pitiful. I'd welcome recomendations of discs that are essential. > >A more specific question. I have not heard too many good things about >Leslie Howard's survey. Perhaps that is why so many are available at >low prices. Which if any of these demand hearing either because of >the performance or the repertory? I can offer plenty of Liszt recommendations, but I think you have to be more specific. Howard has recorded something like 95 CDs in total. Personally I think that he has found many little known gems. As for Leslie Howard, I can recommend his recordings in general. One or two reviewers in Gramophone seem to hold a grudge against the Liszt/Howard recordings, but you should ignore these reviewers (I can not remember their initials). IMO they have lost their credability, because I think they are way off the mark in their judgements. You can mail me in private if you prefer that. "Mikael Rasmusson" <[log in to unmask]>