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Liszt: Works For Piano & Orchestra / Lortie
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Liszt: Works For Piano & Orchestra / Lortie

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Composer
LISZT, FRANZ
Artist
Lortie, Pehlivanian
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
May 01, 2006
Catalog #
CHAN 10371(3) X
UPC
095115137123

About

Reviews of some of the original recordings that make up this set.

Fantasia on a Theme from Beethoven's Ruins of Athens, Grande Fantasie symphonique on Themes from Berlioz's Lelio
These are exuberant performances, overflowing with arch character and impish brio. Lortie doesn't merely phrase responsively; he deftly teases and articulates, so that even routine passage-work lifts into scintillant repartee, wittily met by Pehiavanian and The Hague Residentie Orchestra. For salient instance, this is the first time I've heard the young Liszt's hilariously slapdash, formally sprawling Lelio Fantasy actually . . . fantasticated. Leslie Howard's fine, sympathetic go at it with Karl Anton Rickenbacher and the Budapest Symphony (Hyperion CDA67401/2, 22:5), to take perhaps the most challenging comparison, seems literal and earnest after this nuance-rife take, couching coruscating roguery in feathery exquisiteness. Nor do Howard's broader tempos—timing in at 29:44 against Lortie's fleet 24:06—help to put this overlong jeu across. Chez Lortie and Pehiavanian, on the other hand, it is no longer a mere curiosity but a grandly empurpled Byronic narrative. Similar comparisons could be drawn piece by piece, but suffice it to say that in brilliant contrast to the workmanlike note-spinning that too often overtakes such ambitious intégrales, these artists approach music-making as a form of merrymaking, animating everything with irresistible verve. Sound is transparently immediate in a spacious aural frame. Enthusiastically recommended.

Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare [9/2000]

Piano Concertos
Volume 3 triumphantly concludes Louis Lortie's Chandos cycle of Liszt's works for piano and orchestra. Once again his mastery is as fluent as it is scintillating. Less heartstopping or intense than his finest rivals in the two concertos (Richter and Zimerman, and Argerich in No 1 only) his occasional distance lends enchantment, and his aristocratic brilliance brings a special distinction to pages inviting heaviness and theatricality. Listen to him unbending winsomely at 1.24" in the First Concerto or tossing aside the Allegro vivace with an almost winged bravura, and at 045" in the cadenza from the Second Concerto he shows a poetry and inwardness rarely achieved in such overt showpieces.

He does all that is humanly possible with the Third Concerto, which received its premiere in 1990, yet even he, alive to moments of authentic Lisztian rhetoric, can do little to erase one's sense of music in urgent need of revision. Likewise the Concerto Pathetique, judiciously arranged from a variety of sources, storms and rants with the sort of self-conscious drama that often came too easily to Liszt; never more so than in the allguns-blazing Allegro trionfante conclusion. But again, the performance is exemplary, the recordings of demonstration quality with a sensible rather than spectacular balance, and George Pehlivanian and The Hague Residentie Orchestra prove themselves admirable partners, even when they are hardly maestoso at the start of the First Concerto. Altogether this has been a most distinguished series.

-- Bryce Morrison, Gramophone [5/2002]

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Malediction, S121/R452 15:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Malediction, S121/R452
    Duration
    15:40
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  3. 2 I. Lento - 12:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Lento -
    Duration
    12:19
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  4. 3 II. Allegro vivace 07:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:56
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  5. 4 III. Andantino, senza interruzione - Vivace animato 03:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Andantino, senza interruzione - Vivace animato
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  6. 5 Andante - 22:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Andante -
    Duration
    22:00
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  7. 6 Allegro moderato - 04:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Allegro moderato -
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  8. 7 [—] - Tempo I - Allegro - Allegro marziale 06:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    [—] - Tempo I - Allegro - Allegro marziale
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto - 05:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto -
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  11. 2 Quasi adagio - 04:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Quasi adagio -
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  12. 3 Allegretto vivace - 04:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Allegretto vivace -
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  13. 4 Allegro marziale animato 03:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Allegro marziale animato
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  14. 5 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, S125a 12:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, S125a
    Duration
    12:48
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  15. 6 Adagio sostenuto assai - 05:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Adagio sostenuto assai -
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  16. 7 Allegro agitato assai - Un poco meno mosso - 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Allegro agitato assai - Un poco meno mosso -
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  17. 8 Allegro moderato - 04:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    Allegro moderato -
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  18. 9 Allegro deciso - 03:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    Allegro deciso -
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  19. 10 Marziale un poco meno allegro - Un poco animato - 01:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    Marziale un poco meno allegro - Un poco animato -
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  20. 11 Un poco meno mosso - 02:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Un poco meno mosso -
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  21. 12 Allegro animato 01:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Allegro animato
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  22. 13 Totentanz, S126/R457 15:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Totentanz, S126/R457
    Duration
    15:26
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  23. Disc 3
  24. 1 Fantasie on Motive from Beethoven's Ruinen von Athen, S122/R454 10:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasie on Motive from Beethoven's Ruinen von Athen, S122/R454
    Duration
    10:47
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  25. 2 Weber - Polonaise brillante, S367/R460 09:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    Weber - Polonaise brillante, S367/R460
    Duration
    09:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  26. 3 Concerto pathétique, S365a 16:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    Concerto pathétique, S365a
    Duration
    16:19
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  27. 4 Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, S123/R458, "Hungarian Fantasy" 14:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, S123/R458, "Hungarian Fantasy"
    Duration
    14:43
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  28. 5 Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo - 06:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo -
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  29. 6 Adagio - 06:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Adagio -
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  30. 7 Presto - 04:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Presto -
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian
  31. 8 Allegro 03:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Allegro
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Louis Lortie
    Ensemble
    The Hague Residentie Orkest
    Conductor
    George Pehlivanian