Liszt — Opera Transcriptions Volume 2

Catalog: CACD 9111-2 • Status: Identified

CD Covers

Hatto cover — Concert Artist 9111-2 • Joyce Hatto

Hegedüs cover — Hungaroton HCD 31299 • Endre Hegedüs

Nicolosi cover — Nuova Era 6880 • Francesco Nicolosi

Marshev cover — Danacord DACO 530 • Oleg Marshev

Bloch cover — Accord 201 722 • Boris Bloch

Capsule Summary

This album features one of the most elaborate patchworks in the Hatto catalogue. Hatto’s Hexameron is divided among 3 pianists. It begins with Endre Hegedüs and switches to Francesco Nicolosi at measure 37. Nicolosi continues until the penultimate measure of variation 3. Oleg Marshev takes over on the final chord of variation 3 and plays through most of variation 5. Hegedüs then returns and takes us part way into the finale. A sped up Nicolosi takes us from there to the end.

The slowed down Réminiscences de Norma and the Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor derive from Boris Bloch’s Accord disc, while Réminiscences des Puritains is by Endre Hegedüs.

Sources

Endre Hegedüs — Hungaroton HCD 31299 (Hexameron, Réminiscences des Puritains)
Francesco Nicolosi — Nuova Era 6880 (Hexameron)
Oleg Marshev — Danacord DACO 530 (Hexameron)
Boris Bloch — Accord 201 722 (Réminiscences de Norma; Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor)

Track Evidence

Track 1 — Hexameron (Liszt after Bellini)

Measures 1–37

Endre Hegedüs (2:02)

Joyce Hatto (2:02)

Measures 38–194

Francesco Nicolosi (10:13)

Joyce Hatto (10:13)

Measures 193–271

Oleg Marshev (3:44)

Joyce Hatto (3:44)
Marshev does not repeat the second half of variation 4, but Hatto does. A repeat has been digitally inserted into Marshev to demonstrate the match.