Liszt — Opera Transcriptions Volume 1

Catalog: CACD 9133-2 • Status: Mostly Identified

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This disc draws from several commercial recordings of Liszt’s operatic paraphrases, with material by at least four different pianists. The two Verdi paraphrases from Il Lombardi and Simon Boccanegra are taken from Alberto Reyes’s Connoisseur Society album; three additional tracks (Aida, Rigoletto, and Il Trovatore) come from Boris Bloch’s Accord recital. The Ernani Paraphrase matches Herbert du Plessis on Pavane ADW 7275, while the Don Carlos Coro di festo e Marcia funebre corresponds to Giovanni Bellucci’s Assai 222172. Only the concluding Valse de l’opéra Faust remains unidentified. The tracks by Reyes and du Plessis have been markedly slowed down.

Thanks to Norihiko Nagata for assistance with source verification.

Sources

• Alberto Reyes — Connoisseur Society 4187 (Il Lombardi – Salve Maria de Jérusalem, Réminiscences de Simon Boccanegra)
• Herbert du Plessis — Pavane ADW 7275 (Ernani – Paraphrase de Concert)
• Giovanni Bellucci — Assai 222172 (Don Carlos – Coro di festo e Marcia funebre)
• Boris Bloch — Accord 201 722 (Aida – Danza sacra e duetto finale; Rigoletto – Paraphrase de Concert; Trovatore – Miserere)
• Valse de l’opéra Faust unidentified

Track Evidence