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 [log in to unmask]