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Topic: [Vid] Saint-Saëns-Liszt Danse Macabre S. 555 from my all-Liszt album  (Read 1720 times)

Offline furiouzpianist

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I find this transcription to be far superior to the later 1942 Horowitz revision….

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My 2021 album "Michael Kaykov plays Liszt: Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust and Other Piano Works" is now available on CD, streaming and download:

https://michaelkaykov.bandcamp.com/releases

Also on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/57CbS0XY3yEO6G1uekyDNw?si=KjLqYWgURnOZFbkUq_G7uA

Offline lelle

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Listened to this one today, it's also totally fabulous! Pretty surprising to hear Saint-Saens write something macabre and dark.

Offline furiouzpianist

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Indeed. Liszt actually expanded that Saint-Saëns original considerably.... have you heard the original version for orchestra?

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this was the album which started me on my all-Liszt recording journey.... 3rd volume coming out on Odradek records soon!
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