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Leslie Howard

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Biography

Australian pianist Leslie Howard is known as the only person to have recorded Franz Liszt's entire piano repertoire. The project, carried out between 1986 and 1999 and spread over 99 CDs, has earned him the honors of the Guinness Book of Records and the admiration of specialists. In addition to this imposing corpus, the star of the Liszt Year in 2011, Leslie Howard has composed a number of pieces, written and published specialist books and scores, and recorded many other Romantic and modern works.
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  2.   Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S. 427 (After Themes by Schubert): Valse-caprice No. 6 in A Minor (2nd "Menter" Version)
  3.   Liszt: Mélodies hongroises d'après Schubert, S. 425: II. Marche hongroise (1879 3rd Edition, Alternative Text)
  4.   Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558a (1879 Cranz Edition): No. 11, Der Wanderer (3rd Version, After D. 489)
  5.   Liszt: Winterreise, S. 561a (After Schubert, D. 911): XII. Im Dorfe
  6.   Liszt: Meeresstille, S. 558 No. 5a (After Schubert, D. 216)
  7.   Liszt: Tarentella di bravura d'après la tarentelle de La muette de Portici, S. 386 (3rd Version, After Auber)
  8.   Liszt: I puritani. Introduction et Polonaise de l'opéra de Bellini, S. 391
  9.   Liszt: Réminiscences des Huguenots de Meyerbeer, Grande fantaisie dramatique, S. 412 (3rd Version)
  10.   Liszt: Am stillen Herd – Lied aus Richard Wagners Meistersinger, S. 448
  11.   Liszt: Tyrolean Melody from "La fiancée" by Auber, S. 385a
  12.   Liszt: Salve Maria de Jérusalem, S. 431 (1st Version, After I Lombardi by Verdi)
  13.   Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558a (1879 Cranz Edition): No. 4, Erlkönig (3rd Version, After D. 328)
  14.   Liszt: Finale de Don Carlos. Coro di festa e marcia funebre, S. 435 (After Verdi)
  15.   Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 3, S. 215a (1st Version)
  16.   Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S. 427: Valse-caprice No. 6 in A Minor. Allegro con strepito (After Schubert, D. 969/9)
  17.   Réminiscences de l'opéra "La Wally" de Catalani, Op. 24a
  18.   Grainger: Blithe Bells (Arr. of "Sheep May Safely Graze" from J.S. Bach, BWV 208)
  19.   Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 4, S. 215/4
  20.   Liszt: Introduction & Coda to Raff's Waltz in D-Flat Major, S. 551a
  21.   Moszkowski: Chanson Bohème from Bizet's Carmen
  22.   Petit caprice "Style Offenbach"
  23.   Liszt: Freischütz Fantasie, S. 451
  24.   Liszt: Prière d'un enfant à son réveil, S. 171c
  25.   Liszt: Réminiscences de La Scala, S. 458 (After Mercadante etc.)
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