While it is not often played, Franz Liszt's tidy but tasty output for violin has not been altogether neglected. Endre Granat recorded what was then thought to be the complete cycle for Orion Records in 1975, followed by Barnabás Kelemen in 2000 for Hungaraton; Rachel Barton Pine recorded a selection in 1997 for Dorian that was warmly reviewed at the time. German violinist Friedemann Eichhorn joins this small fraternity with his Franz Liszt: Works for Violin and Piano for Hänssler Classic. All of this music belongs to Liszt ...
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While it is not often played, Franz Liszt's tidy but tasty output for violin has not been altogether neglected. Endre Granat recorded what was then thought to be the complete cycle for Orion Records in 1975, followed by Barnabás Kelemen in 2000 for Hungaraton; Rachel Barton Pine recorded a selection in 1997 for Dorian that was warmly reviewed at the time. German violinist Friedemann Eichhorn joins this small fraternity with his Franz Liszt: Works for Violin and Piano for Hänssler Classic. All of this music belongs to Liszt's late period except for the glitzy Grand Duo Concertante (1835, revised 1849) and the popularly oriented, Gypsy-accented Die drei Zigeuner (1864), tending toward the reflective, mysterious, and emotionally deep side of the composer. As he enjoyed productive contact with a number of violinists -- including Joseph Joachim and Ede Reményi -- Liszt's violin writing is idiomatic and gracious to the instrument, and his violinist friends likely helped Liszt prepare some of these scores....
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