Kit Armstrong - Liszt: Symphonic Scenes (2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

As an eagerly anticipated follow-up to his debut album, which featured works by Bach, Ligeti and a piece of his own composition, Kit Armstrong has now recorded works by Franz Liszt for his second CD for Sony Classical. Kit Armstrong has long been in love with Liszt's music had a desire to champion works by the composer that are not all that well known, especially among his orchestral works, for which a number of these incredible pieces of music also exist in piano transcriptions that Liszt himself prepared. Armstrong's aim was to record the “Symphonic Scenes” in their entirety. Individual pieces such as “Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse” and the “Salve Polonia” were also to be included, as were the Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust and the Mephisto Waltzes.

TRACKLIST

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

from Lernau´s Faust
1 Midnight Procession, S. 513a 14:48

Dance in der Village Inn (Lernau´s Faust)
2 Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 10:43

Funeral Triumph of Tasso (Epilogue to the Symphonic Poem Tasso)
3 Funeral Triumph of Tasso, S. 517 11:35

4 Mephisto Waltz No. 2. S. 515 11:08

Salve Polonia, S. 113, No. 2 (From St. Stanislaus)
5 Salve Polonia, S. 113, No. 2 11:33

6 Mephisto Waltz No. 3, S. 216 (S. 215a) 09:58

PERSONNEL
Kit Armstrong, piano