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Naxos

Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 69

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Details

Composer
Franz Liszt
Artist
Michael Kaykov
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jun 12, 2026
Catalog #
8574714
UPC
747313471478

About

From the 1830s onward, Liszt's compositions increasingly acknowledged poetic, literary and philosophical impulses, often signaled through titles, epigraphs or extra-musical associations. This stimulus would later crystallise in his codification of the symphonic poem, but it was equally present in his keyboard music, where narrative, rhetoric and symbolism frequently replace abstract formal logic. A central expression of this aesthetic is Liszt's lifelong engagement with transcription and transformation. For him, the piano was not simply a self-contained instrument but a medium capable of absorbing the sonorities, gestures and emotional weight of voices and orchestras alike. His transcriptions were acts of interpretation rather than replication - creative reimaginings that sought the core meaning of a work and translated it into a pianistic language of heightened intensity. Choral music posed a particularly compelling challenge: the task of condensing collective utterance into the hands of a single performer allowed Liszt to explore the boundary between shared musical identity and individual contemplation. The works recorded here trace Liszt's artistic evolution from the assertive rhetoric of his early maturity to the compressed, exploratory language of his final years. Michael Kaykov's selection of repertoire brings together pieces that illuminate Liszt's habit of revisiting and reworking material across decades. Heard in this context, these works emerge not as peripheral by-products of Liszt's workshop, but as self-contained musical statements - compact, vivid, and eloquent - whose significance lies in their interconnections as much as in their distinctive voices.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Schnitterchor aus dem Entfesselten Prometheus, S507a 05:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Schnitterchor aus dem Entfesselten Prometheus, S507a
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  2. 2 Pastorale (Schnitterchor aus dem Entfesselten Prometheus), S508/R199 04:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    Pastorale (Schnitterchor aus dem Entfesselten Prometheus), S508/R199
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  3. 3 Gaudeamus igitur, Humoreske, S509/R200 07:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gaudeamus igitur, Humoreske, S509/R200
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  4. 4 Marche héroïque, S510/R201 08:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Marche héroïque, S510/R201
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  5. 5 No. 1. La consolation 02:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. La consolation
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  6. 6 No. 2. Avant la bataille 03:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Avant la bataille
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  7. 7 No. 3. L'espérance 01:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. L'espérance
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  8. 8 Weber - Leyer und Schwert, S452/R285, "Heroide" 07:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Weber - Leyer und Schwert, S452/R285, "Heroide"
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  9. 9 Weber - Schlummerlied mit Arabesken, S454/R287 05:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Weber - Schlummerlied mit Arabesken, S454/R287
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  10. 10 Fanfare zur Enthüllung des Carl-Augusts Monument, S542b 00:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fanfare zur Enthüllung des Carl-Augusts Monument, S542b
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  11. 11 Rossini - La caritá (La charité), S552a 06:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    Rossini - La caritá (La charité), S552a
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  12. 12 Rossini - La caritá (La charité), S552b 02:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Rossini - La caritá (La charité), S552b
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  13. 13 Album-Leaf in D-Flat Major, S167q, "Schlusschor des Entfesselten Prometheus" 00:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Album-Leaf in D-Flat Major, S167q, "Schlusschor des Entfesselten Prometheus"
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  14. 14 Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/1, "An die Künstler" 00:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/1, "An die Künstler"
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  15. 15 Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/2, "An die Künstler" 00:31
    Track
    15
    Title
    Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/2, "An die Künstler"
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  16. 16 Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/3, "An die Künstler" 00:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/3, "An die Künstler"
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  17. 17 Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/4, "An die Künstler" 00:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/4, "An die Künstler"
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  18. 18 Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/5, "An die Künstler" 00:53
    Track
    18
    Title
    Album-Leaf in B Major, S166t/5, "An die Künstler"
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov
  19. 19 Album-Leaf, S167c 00:56
    Track
    19
    Title
    Album-Leaf, S167c
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Michael Kaykov