Liszt, F.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Totentanz
11/17/2009, 12 Tracks, 1:00:32
Featuring
Emil Tabakov
Idil Biret
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Franz Liszt
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Performer Biography
Idil Biret has made over eighty records since the 1960s, including the first recordings of Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies for EMI.
Composition History
Liszt began his Totentanz for piano and orchestra in 1849, inspired by Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, and completed it in 1853, though he revised it for another six years.
Performer Biography
Emil Tabakov, the conductor, served as Minister of Culture for Bulgaria in 1997.
Compositional Technique
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major was nicknamed 'The Triangle Concerto' by critic Eduard Hanslick, a name that pleased the composer.
Recording & Production
The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, is Turkey's first private, international, and academic artistic ensemble, founded in 1993.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this album, began playing piano at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire at fifteen with three first prizes.
Composition History
Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 was first performed on February 17, 1855, in Weimar, with Liszt himself as the soloist and Hector Berlioz conducting.
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