Ignaz Friedman was an immensely creative pianist who constantly experimented with rubato, accents, phrasing, pauses and pedal effects. The less than six hours of his playing captured on electrical recording represent only a fraction of a large performing repertoire. This collection includes his legendary recording of nine of Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, in which Friedman’s bel canto style creates the impression that he is shaping the phrases as a singer would. The recording of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody is a larger than life, barnstorming performance. Also included is his only chamber music recording, made in 1930 with tbe violinist Bronislaw Huberman.