The popularity of Franz Liszt's music comes and goes in cycles, usually according to critical tastes and academic approval; such variability of establishment opinions may indicate that this arch Romantic's work can still stir controversy. Even so, Sony's Liszt: Greatest Hits provides a consensus view of the pieces most widely accepted as his best, and few would argue that anything on this 2010 release does not really belong there. Certainly, his most popular works , such as the tone poem Les Préludes, the Hungarian Rhapsody ...
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The popularity of Franz Liszt's music comes and goes in cycles, usually according to critical tastes and academic approval; such variability of establishment opinions may indicate that this arch Romantic's work can still stir controversy. Even so, Sony's Liszt: Greatest Hits provides a consensus view of the pieces most widely accepted as his best, and few would argue that anything on this 2010 release does not really belong there. Certainly, his most popular works , such as the tone poem Les Préludes, the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major, are as secure in Liszt's canon as any other piece, though the Mephisto Waltz has always held a more esteemed place in its piano version than in the orchestral arrangement heard here. The rest of the program is by no means obscure, but because listeners can pick and choose among so many of Liszt's keyboard works, settling on the Étude No. 3 in G sharp minor, the third of the Trois Études de Concert, or even the Sonetto del Petrarca 104...
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