Liszt Recital

6 Paganini Etudes
3 Sonetti del Petrarca
2 Legends

Catalog: CACD 9202-2 • Status: Partially Identified

CD Covers

Fiorentino cover — Concert Artist 9202-2 • Sergio Fiorentino

Kuleshov cover — Philips 438 906-2 • Valery Kuleshov

Raekallio cover — Ondine ODE 777-2 • Matti Raekallio

Nissman cover — Newport Classic NPD 85538 • Barbara Nissman

Capsule Summary

The Paganini Etudes draw from recordings by three pianists. Etudes 1, 3, 5 and 6 are composites assembled from recordings by Kuleshov, Nissman, and Raekallio. Etudes 2 and 4 combine only Kuleshov and Raekallio. In Etude4, bars 27-28 are inadvertently repeated due to an error when splicing Raekallio and Kuleshov together. In Variation 7 of Etude 6, the first four bars are copied and duplicated to create an artificial repeat not present in Kuleshov’s original recording. The remainder of the disc has not yet been identified.

Thanks to Yuan Huang for identifying the Paganini Etudes and making the wav file comparison images.

Sources

Valery Kuleshov — Philips 438 906-2 (Portions of Paganini Etudes 1-6)
Matti Raekallio — Ondine ODE 777-2 (Portions of Paganini Etudes 1-6)
Barbara Nissman — Newport Classic NPD 85538 (Portions of Paganini Etudes 1, 3, 5 and 6)