COMPOSERS: Liszt
LABELS: Virgin Classics
WORKS: Mephisto Waltz plus opera transcriptions and paraphrases
PERFORMER: François-René Duchâble (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: Virgin Classics 096 3592 (1996)
Commanding accomplishment doesn’t compensate for interpretations that are under-characterised, insistently uninvolving, and often over-pedalled and gracelessly rushed. Malcolm Hayes