FRANZ LISZT : Liszt at the Opera III (Leslie Howard) 2CD (1998) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This third gathering of Liszt’s many piano works based upon operas is largely related to operas which remain in the modern mainstream repertoire, yet includes a number of rarities as far as Liszt’s pieces are concerned. As in the previous offerings under the aegis of ‘Liszt at the Opera’, the works range from assiduous bar-for-bar transcriptions to the most elaborate and original fantasies.
The transcription of the overture to Weber’s Oberon is, like that of the Freischütz Overture, a literal piano version of the original, but Liszt offers a number of passages in alternative pianistic garb which actually convey a better sense of the spirit of the orchestra—and this is among the most spirited of Weber’s pieces.
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