John Neschling - Liszt: Totentanz Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

A mercurial performer, conductor and composer, Franz Liszt epitomizes the Romantic genius, and his chosen instrument, the piano, was the emblematic instrument of the Romantic era. This disc brings together the composer's three mature works for piano and orchestra. All three originate in Liszt's period as a touring virtuoso, when his visits to various cities all over Europe would cause as much publicity, not to say hysteria, as the great arena concerts of any modern-day rock or pop star: It was with good reason that the poet Heinrich Heine coined the word "Lisztomania."