DVD – Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos – Daniel Barenboim – Pierre Boulez – Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Franz Liszt:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Consolation No. 3
Valse oubliée No. 1

Richard Wagner:
A Faust Overture
Siegfried Idyll

Recorded live at Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2011

Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch

Produced by Paul Smaczny

For the very first time Daniel Barenboim tackled Franz Liszt’s two highly virtuosic piano concertos in a single concert. With Pierre Boulez, his friend and esteemed colleague of many years, conducting Barenboim’s own orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, they were showered with praise on their tour across Europe. For both musicians, Liszt was one of the most important pioneers of modern music, as composer, conductor and pianist. He influenced revolutionary contemporaries such as Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner. Two examples of the latter’s magnificent orchestral work round off this concert programme celebrating Liszt’s bicentenary.

Disc Formats: DVD-9, BD 25
Picture Formats: FULL HD (BD); 16:9 NTSC (DVD)
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio (BD); PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 (DVD)
Running time: 76:24 minutes
Release Dates: 02/2012 (Worldwide)
EAN Codes: 42 6023483 024 8 (BD); 42 6023483 023 1 (DVD)