Composer(s): Liszt, Franz
Artist(s): Titova, Kateryna
Label: Gramola Records
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: Gramola99354
Barcode: 9003643993549
Release Date: 09/2025

LISZT, F.: Piano Music (Le concert c'est moi) (Titova)

Rome 1839, Palazzo Poli: one of Liszt’s Roman concerts has gained significance in the history of music. A prominent audience of high ecclesiastical and secular dignitaries listened to Liszt’s performances. Strangely enough, it was at this concert that Liszt took the risk of introducing a new type of program, as he decided for the first time to dispense with the participation of other artists and to conduct the evening entirely on his own. This was the first “solo piano recital” or, as Liszt jokingly put it: “The first of my boring musical monologues, which I now want to give everywhere in future. Le Concert c’est moi!” This album by Kateryna Titova presents live recordings as well as recordings made as part of an eponymous exhibition at the museum at Liszt’s birthplace Raiding, featuring, among others, the so-called Dante Sonata, Liebesträume Nos. 2 & 3, two Paganini Études as well as the first Mephisto Waltz.

Tracklist

Liszt, Franz
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
1 Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b: No. 7. Après une lecture du Dante, Fantasia quasi Sonata (After Reading Dante) 17:11
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
2 Consolations, S172/R12, "Pensées poétiques" (2nd version): No. 3 in D-Flat Major: Lento placido 04:34
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
3 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 10 in E Major, "Preludio" 05:55
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
4 No. 2. Nocturne in E-Flat Major 03:46
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
5 No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major 04:26
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
6 No. 2 in E-Flat Major 05:19
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
7 No. 6 in A Minor, "Theme and Variations" 05:44
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
Titova, Kateryna (piano)
8 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514/R181, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1" 11:29
Titova, Kateryna (piano)

Total Playing Time: 58:24