The piano used for this recording is a Bösendorfer Concert Grand 280VC.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann, whose songs Liszt transcribed, was generally not a fan of song transcriptions and found some of Liszt's arrangements "a true anathema."
Performer Biography
Aleksandra Mikulska, the pianist on this album, received the Special Prize for Best Female Polish Pianist at the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.
Composition History
Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 is based on his own song "O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst" (O love, as long as you can love), which he wrote in 1843.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn-Saal, in Leipzig, Germany, from February 28 to March 3, 2017.
Album & Artwork
The album title "Souvenirs" refers to mementos of people and countries that were significant to Franz Liszt in the 1830s and 40s.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt's Glanes de Woronince recalls his stay in Woronince, where he met and fell in love with his second partner, Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, in 1847.
