Liszt: Transcendental Etudes

Catalog: CACD 9201-2 • Status: Mostly Identified

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Capsule Summary

Transcendental Etude 5 remains unidentified. Etudes 1, 2, and 6 are taken from Michele Campanella’s recording. Etude 10 is mostly by Kazune Shimizu but switches to Vladimir Ovchinikov for the last part. The remaining Etudes are composites created using the recordings by Nelson Goerner, Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Ovchinikov, Michele Campanella, and Evgeny Kissin with 2-4 of these pianists being used for each Etude.

Thanks to Yuan Huang for all identifications and waveform comparisons.

Sources

• Michele Campanella — Nuova Era 6736 (Etudes 1, 2 & 6; portions of Etudes 4, 7, 8, 9, 11)
• Boris Berezovsky — Teldec 4509-98415-2 (portions of Etudes 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12)
• Nelson Goerner — Cascavelle VEL 3029 (portions of Etudes 3, 7, 8)
• Vladimir Ovchinikov — EMI CDC 7 49821 2 (portions of Etudes 4, 7, 11, 12)
• Kazune Shimizu — CBS 32DC544 (most of Etude 10)
• Evgeny Kissin — RCA 9026 68262-2 (portion of Etude 12)

Track Evidence