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Symphonies on a Steinway / Konstantin Scherbakov

Release Date: 09/21/2010
Label: Steinway & Sons Catalog #: 30002 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Franz Liszt Performer:  Konstantin Scherbakov Number of Discs: 5
Recorded in: Stereo Length: 5 Hours 48 Mins.

A pianistic perspective on the greatest symphonic cycle of them all - from Steinway & Sons

Limited edition package available exclusively at ArkivMusic.

"Scherbakov plays with a white-hot intensity that makes for thrilling listening and the result is that Liszt’s work on transcribing these symphonies is allowed to stand on its own without any comparison with the original works being made, even unwittingly... you are in for a treat" -- Steve Arloff, MusicWeb International

SYMPHONIES 2 AND 5

Franz Liszt viewed his solo piano transcriptions of the Beethoven Symphonies as a means to disseminate these works and make them accessible
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