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the purchase I made today might be interesting to those who are sharing a current interest in Liszt's Piano Music as a consequnce of his 200th Anniversary... this set is both highly regarded and very reasonably priced:

Jared wrote:As an alternative boxset... maybe some of you might be interested in the recently re-released, famous Budapest set on RCA at a bargain budget price... these are classic performances, reputedly not to be missed for those wanting a variety of different versions of the Beethoven SQs..

I actually am considering that one Jared....I think that Seán bought it.

Jared wrote:the purchase I made today might be interesting to those who are sharing a current interest in Liszt's Piano Music as a consequnce of his 200th Anniversary... this set is both highly regarded and very reasonably priced:

I know that you like the music of Liszt Jared so would you have any recommendations for his Tone Poems?

fergus wrote: I know that you like the music of Liszt Jared so would you have any recommendations for his Tone Poems?

I really don't think there is any competition here Fergus... without any doubt, one of Kurt Masur's finest accomplishments... the complete set at a very reasonable price:



all I will say is tread lightly... these tend to be BOMBASTIC!!!!!! so, you might want to work your way through the symphonic poems a couple of disks at a time, play some Bach and return to them for further consideration at a later date. They are all exhillarating and good fun but to be fair, not all are great music. They were nevertheless ground breaking in their inception; Liszt was the father of the Nationalistic Tone Poem, a wonderful invention in the hands of Sibelius, Dvorak, Smetana, Tchaikovsky & Rimsky among others, so for that alone, we have a great deal to thank Liszt for...

fergus wrote:

Jared wrote:As an alternative boxset... maybe some of you might be interested in the recently re-released, famous Budapest set on RCA at a bargain budget price... these are classic performances, reputedly not to be missed for those wanting a variety of different versions of the Beethoven SQs..

I actually am considering that one Jared....I think that Seán bought it.

Yes I did and I LOVE it!

Jared wrote:the purchase I made today might be interesting to those who are sharing a current interest in Liszt's Piano Music as a consequnce of his 200th Anniversary... this set is both highly regarded and very reasonably priced:

I have his Debussy solo piano set on EMI and it's very good indeed, say nothing Jared...be good now!

Seán wrote:I have his Debussy solo piano set on EMI and it's very good indeed, say nothing Jared...be good now!

I expect I'll become a member of the Debussy appreciation society eventually... and if I ever do, I think it will be through his piano works, rather than Orchestral...

Jared wrote:

Seán wrote:I have his Debussy solo piano set on EMI and it's very good indeed, say nothing Jared...be good now!

I expect I'll become a member of the Debussy appreciation society eventually... and if I ever do, I think it will be through his piano works, rather than Orchestral...

Ah Debussy's music is wonderful, yep start on his solo piano works..

Seán wrote:Ah Debussy's music is wonderful, yep start on his solo piano works..

The BBC disks have been very fond of his music over the past 19 volumes; I think I'll dig some of that out in due course, before spending any more of my hard earned on the likes of La Mer & Prelude L'apres Midi.... :-//

Jared wrote:

Thank you for that one Jared....duly noted. I do not have much of Masur's conducting.