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As I mentioned the other night , I was horrified to discover that in last Sunday's post on Liszt's works for piano and orchestra, the audio clip of Sviatoslav Richter's 1961 live performance in London was missing the thrilling climax I wrote about -- in terms of both a mess of dropped notes and an irresistible hurricane-like force. A corrected file is in place for the original post, but I thought the least we could do was to hear it here -- along with some bonus compensation goodies.I considered mentioning on Sunday that the musical materials of thewere recycled by Liszt into theNo. 14 -- which achieved yet a third incarnation when it was orchestrated (i.e., dispensing with the piano entirely). Here's the solo-piano version.Besides the, Liszt wrote another fairly frequently performed work for piano and orchestra, the), a paraphrase on the tune of the(which we last heard underpinning the concluding "Dream of a night of witches' sabbath" of Berlioz'). I had thought about including it too last week. Now here it is.

Labels: Liszt, Sunday Classics, Sviatoslav Richter