JUNE 2026 NEW ON NAXOS
Franz LISZT (1811–1886) Complete Piano Music, Vol. 69 Choral Transcriptions Michael Kaykov, Piano
A central expression of Franz Liszt’s multifaceted creativity was his lifelong engagement with transcription and transformation, using the piano as a medium capable of absorbing the sonorities, gestures and emotional weight of voices and orchestras alike. From the declamatory strength and driving rhythms of the earlier Schnitterchor aus dem Entfesselten Prometheus to various late meditations on An die Künstler , these works trace Liszt’s artistic evolution from the assertive rhetoric of his early maturity to the compressed, exploratory language of his final years. Key features: • Our ongoing Franz Liszt Piano Edition is already an internationally recognised reference for his greatest works as well as for less frequently performed early versions, transcriptions and other rarities. International Piano declared that ‘scholars will pounce on this release’ with regard to Vol. 53 (Naxos 8.573773), which was also considered ‘first-rate’ and with ‘excellent sound’ by MusicWeb International . • Vol. 54 (8.574059) was singled out as ‘particularly interesting’ by Gramophone , and ‘excellent’ by the American Record Guide , which also recommended the Opera Transcriptions of Vol. 61 (8.574545), remarking that, ‘despite the piano being a percussion instrument, [Martin Cousin] brings out the singing tone of these vocal melodies’.
8.574714 Release date: 12 Jun 2026
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Tracklist
1 Schnitterchor aus dem
9 Schlummerlied von C.M. von Weber mit Arabesken, S454/R287 (1848) 0 Fanfare zur Enthüllung des Carl-Augusts Monument, S542b (1875) ! La Charité de Rossini, S552a (1847) (first version) @ La carità di Rossini, S552b (after 1848) (facilitated version) # Album-Leaf in D flat major, S167q ‘Schlusschor des Entfesselten Prometheus ’ (1883) $ – * Album-Leaf in B major, S166t/1–5 ‘An die Künstler’ (c. 1870) * ( Album-Leaf, S167c (1860s)
Entfesselten Prometheus , S507a (1850) (first version of S508) Entfesselten Prometheus ), S508/R199 (1861)
2 Pastorale (Schnitterchor aus dem
3 Gaudeamus igitur, Humoreske, S509/R200 (1869–70) 4 Marche héroïque, S510/R201 (1848) 5 – 7 Trois Chansons, S510a (1852) 8 Heroide für das Pianoforte von F. Liszt nach C.M. von Webers Leier und Schwert , S452/R285 (1848)
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