Avan Yu, the pianist on this album, is a Canadian musician who won the Gold Medal at the Canadian Chopin Competition at age seventeen.
Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert's songs were a popular feature of his concert programs during his career as a touring virtuoso.
The piano used for this recording is a Steinway, with technician Phil Kennedy credited.
Franz Liszt, the composer, held a special fondness for Franz Schubert's music, considering him 'the most poetic musician who ever lived'.
This album was recorded at Wyastone Concert Hall in Monmouth, UK, on December 3-4, 2013.
Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert's Winterreise and Schwanengesang are arranged by key relationships rather than the original song narrative.
