The album closes with the famous 1947 Tom & Jerry cartoon, The Cat Concerto, which incorporates Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
Cultural Impact
This album includes music by Franz Liszt from a performance called Tom and Jerry in the Garden of Earthly Delights, which aims to introduce classical piano music to a younger audience.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt, the composer featured on this album, was renowned as a virtuoso child prodigy, but only gained recognition as a composer later in life.
Instruments
Erard grand pianos, like the one used for this recording, feature a parallel stringing system, where strings are strung parallel from low to high, resulting in a more transparent sound.
Instruments
This CD was recorded using an original Erard grand piano from 1846, which was Franz Liszt's favorite instrument and the leading manufacturer of grand pianos in the 19th century.
Instruments
Erard grand pianos are known for their unique double repetition mechanism, developed in 1821, which allows pianists to repeat notes much faster than previously possible.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's monumental Sonata in B minor, a piece on this album, uses musical themes to characterize the figures of Mephisto, Gretchen, and Faust.
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