COMPOSERS: Liszt
LABELS: EMI Studio Plus
WORKS: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Rákóczy March; Hungarian Battle March
PERFORMER: Philharmonia Hungarica/LPO Willi Boskovsky
CATALOGUE NO: CDM 7 64627 2 ADD (1976/77)
These are the usual adaptations of six of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, freely transposed and extensively revised and orchestrated, mostly by Franz Doppler. Liszt was working on the traditional Rákóczy March long before Berlioz’s more famous version appeared. The Hungarian Battle March is the perfect final item. All this music, full-blooded as it is, needs assured handling, and it certainly receives it on this enjoyable disc, helped by EMI’s well-focused sound.Wadham Sutton
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Rákóczy March; Hungarian Battle March
These are the usual adaptations of six of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, freely transposed and extensively revised and orchestrated, mostly by Franz Doppler. Liszt was working on the traditional Rákóczy March long before Berlioz’s more famous version appeared. The Hungarian Battle March is the perfect final item. All this music, full-blooded as it is, needs assured handling, and it certainly receives it on this enjoyable disc, helped by EMI’s well-focused sound.Wadham Sutton
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:35 pm