Franz Liszt, his circle, and his elusive oratorio / by Puslowski, Xavier Jon

Table of Contents: “…Romanticism and the musical background -- Youth and the prodigy -- Béranger and the revolutions -- Paganini and his crucial influence -- Liszt and the Polish pianist -- Chopin and the Polish bowman -- Chopin and Polish romanticism -- Liszt and the great virtuosity -- Chopin and his letters -- The Princess and settlement at Weimar -- Liszt and his three lives -- Wieniawski and the hard-earned years -- Liszt and the Polish oratorio -- The survivor and his friends -- The decline and end.…”

Recital gems from Chautauqua.

Table of Contents: “…15 Hungarian Peasant Songs / Béla Bartók (11:06) -- Sonata in C Major K. 330 - Allegro moderato / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (6:20) -- Sonata in C Major K. 330 - Andante cantabile / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (6:26) -- Sonata in C Major K. 330 - Allegretto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (5:24) -- Four Mazurkas - F minor, Op. 63, No. 2 / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1:45) -- Four Mazurkas - C# minor, Op. 63, No. 3 / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (2:05) -- Four Mazurkas - G minor, Op. 67, No. 2 / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (2:03) -- Four Mazurkas - D major, Op. 33, No. 2 / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (2:33) -- Polonaise Fantasie in A-Flat, Op. 61 / Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (12:43) -- Suite Bergamasque - Prelude - Moderato / Claude Debussy (4:00) -- Suite Bergamasque - Minuet - Andantino / Claude Debussy (3:55) -- Suite Bergamasque - Clair de lune - Andante tres expressif / Claude Debussy (4:42) -- Suite Bergamasque - Allegretto ma non troppo / Claude Debussy (3:26) -- Old Adam - from The Garden of Eden / William Bolcom (2:07) -- Sleepwalker's Shuffle - from The Dream Rags / William A. …”
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Exiles' cafe

Cannons & flowers : the memoirs of Georges Cziffra / by Cziffra, Georges, 1921-1994

Table of Contents: “…Couperin (2:40) -- Etude in C sharp minor op. 10/4 / Chopin (1:50) -- Tea for two / Youmans ; [arr.] Cziffra (3:43) -- The nightingale / Alyabiev ; [arr.] …”

Escaping Extermination Hungarian Prodigy to American Musician, Feminist, and Activist / by Jambor, Agi, 1909-1997

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