Jace Whitmarsh ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>This was the first version I heard and still holds a place in my
>affections.  kentner was a wonderful Lisztian.  I particularly enjoyed
>Feux Follets, and for me Chasses Neiges had a curious apocalyptic quality.
>For the historically minded there is a Kentner recording of Liapunov
>"Transcendental Etudes".  These frankly Lisztian imitations include a
>striking musical portrait of the river Terek.  The same river that the
>Russians may be about to cross in Chechnya.

Lyapunov was completing Liszt's tonal scheme, wasn't he? I presume
Kentner's performance - not the complete set I suppose - are better
than the worthy but dull Malcolm Binns on Pearl?

Deryk Barker
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