Late-Night Liszt

After a wild and crazy day at the office, what better way to relax than with some gentle piano music from the master of the keyboard whose 200th anniversary we celebrate this year? Played by present-day and past masters of the keyboard, here is the ideal follow-up and complement to our Wild and Crazy Liszt compilation. On Late-night Liszt, we take the tempo down a bit, and offer the nearest equivalent to a Liszt chill-out album (the concept of "chill-out" was unknown in Liszt's time). We have Horowitz and Barenboim in the Consolations, Horowitz again in his unforgettable interpretation of the Schubert-Liszt Ständchen, some works inspired by romantic Venice and rarities from France Clidat, ending with "Sleepless, Question and Answer" - it wasn't all sweet dreams in the 19th century. Works on This Recording 1. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 3 in D flat major, Lento placido by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 2. Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S 173: no 3, Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1845-1852; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 8 Minutes 10 Secs. 3. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 4 in D flat major, Quasi adagio by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs. 4. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 2 in E major, Un poco più mosso by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 5. Venezia e Napoli, S 162: no 1, Gondoliera by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1859; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 5 Minutes 25 Secs. 6. La lugubre gondola for Piano, S 200 (2nd version) by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: France Clidat (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1882; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 8 Minutes 29 Secs. 7. R. W. - Venezia, S 201 by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: France Clidat (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1883; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. 8. Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 1, Hohe liebe by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 7 Minutes 34 Secs. 9. Impromptu for Piano in F sharp major, S 191 "Nocturne" by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1872; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs. 10. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 2, Au lac de Wallenstadt by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Lazar Berman (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 11. Schwanengesang (Schubert), S 560: no 7, Ständchen "Leise flehen" by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1838-1839; Geneva, Switzerland ■ Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 12. Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 2, Gestorben war ich by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs. 13. Recueillement for Piano, S 204 by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: France Clidat (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1880s; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs. 14. Nocturne for Piano, S 207 "En rêve" by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: France Clidat (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1885; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. 15. Nocturne for Piano, S 203 "Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort" by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: France Clidat (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1883; Rome, Italy ■ Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs. 16. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 6 in E major, Allegretto sempre cantabile by Franz Liszt ■ Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano) ■ Period: Romantic ■ Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany ■ Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.