Liszt: Faust Symphony, Dante Symphony / Beethoven: Symphony 9 - arranged for 2 pianos (3CD)

Franz Liszt 1811-1886

Faust Symphony · Dante Symphony · Beethoven Symphony No.9

In Liszt’s own versions for two pianofortes

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                66’00

Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe) S647 (1854)

1. I. Faust 25’56
2. II. Gretchen 16’50
3. III. Mephistopheles und Schlußchor 22’02
4. IV. Zweiter Schluß 1’00

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                50’47

Eine Symphonie zu Dantes Divina Commedia S648 (1855-56)

1. I. Inferno 19’21
2. II. Purgatorio — 14’18
3. III. Magnificat — 5’25

4. Zweiter Schluß 0’48

5. Rákóczi-Marsch S652b (1839) 1 0’45

version for two pianofortes, eight hands

with Leonora Armellini and Igor Roma

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                75’33

Beethovens 9te. Sinfonie Op.125

für 2 Pianoforte gesetzt von F. Liszt, S657

1. I. Allegro ma non troppo un poco maestoso 17’52
2. II. Molto vivace – Presto 17’12
3. III. Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante moderato 15’15
4. IV. Presto – Allegro ma non troppo – Tempo 1º – Vivace – Tempo 1º – Adagio cantabile – Allegro assai – Tempo 1º Allegro – Allegro assai – Poco Adagio – Tempo 1º – Presto – Recitativo – Allegro – Allegro assai vivace alla Marcia – Andante maestoso – Allegro energico – Allegro ma non tanto – Poco Adagio – Tempo 1º – Poco Adagio – Poco Allegro stringendo il tempo sempre più Allegro – Prestissimo – Maestoso – Prestissimo 25’05

Leslie Howard · Mattia Ometto 2 pianos