The list is cronological with respect to date of recording. I welcome any additions or corrections.
Discography of incomplete recordings and important recordings of a single étude is found here.
Concertography of performances of the complete set is found here.
Many thanks to Yuan Huang for suggesting numerous additions and corrections to earlier versions of this discography and for continuing support and input.
Many thanks also to curator Donald Manildi, International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM) for providing and confirming many details. Thanks also to
Farhan Malik and Joe Patrych.
"Imagine yourself, an aesthete, seated in a candlelit salon circa 1838. You are familiar with the works of Rossini, Mozart, Meyerbeer, some Beethoven;
Berlioz appalls you, Paganini frightens you, but Chopin, ah, there was a fine composer. You have never heard Der Ring des Nibelungen and have no
knowledge of phonographs or Freud. Out walks a tall, slender, very handsome figure. He is about to play an entire recital alone, without other musicians,
and most astoundingly, from memory. No one has dared these things before. The stranger seats himself at the piano and you wonder if his "Grand Etudes"
will be anything like those nasty exercises by Moscheles, Hummel, Clementi...." (Janice Weber)
"I have not seen any musician in whom musical feeling ran, as in Liszt, into the very tips of the fingers and there streamed out immediately." (Mendelssohn)
"The remembrance of Liszt's playing consoles me for no longer being young." (Saint-Saëns)
|
Year |
Date |
Pianist |
Cover |
Label |
Reference |
Comments |
| 2022 |
10 June |
Yunchan Lim |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Live video recording from the semifinals at the 2022
Van Cliburn competition where Yunchan Lim was gold
medalist.
"Did I just witness the most technically proficient,
pianistically colourful and artistically expressive integral
live performance of these etudes in recent times?"
(Jed Distler, International Piano, September 2022) |
| 2022 |
25-27 April |
Alim Beisembayev |
 |
Warner |
5054197296451 |
Winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano
Competition |
| 2021 |
27 November |
Yunchan Lim |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording, Tongyeong
Concert Hall, South Korea.
Date is YouTube publication date. |
| 2021 |
15-17 November |
Manuel Cini |
 |
Odradek Records |
ODRCD380 |
|
| 2021 |
5-6 June |
Jacopo Fulimeni |
 |
OnClassical |
OC21128B |
|
| 2021 |
14-17 May |
Gabriel Stern |
 |
Mirare |
MIR596 |
|
| 2021 |
30 March |
Mihyun Kim |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commertical live video recording. |
| 2020 |
24 April |
Maxim Lando |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Maxim Lando's
house, Long Island, USA.
The video is a recording of a streamed performance of
the program scheduled for the 2020 Gilmore Festival.
Lando is the recipient of the 2020 Gilmore Young Artist
Award. |
| 2020 |
1 March |
Théo Ranganathan |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live recording at Aula Nova of
Academy of Music, Poznan, Poland. |
| 2020 |
5 February |
Eunhye Anna Hong |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording, South Korea.
Date is YouTube publication date. |
| 2019 |
20 April |
Dmitry Yudin |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Saratov
Conservatory, Russia. |
| 2019 |
13 March |
Dmitry Yudin |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Organ Hall
of Gnessin School of Music, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2019 |
23 February |
Corbin Beisner |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Schmiedenhof
Zunftsaal, Basel, Switzerland. |
| 2019 |
14 January |
Pavel Artemiev |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Mazeppa, S.138
Non-commercial live video recording.
Date is YouTube publication date. |
| 2018 |
n/a |
Andrés Maupoint |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
Nos. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 |
Non-commercial recording.
Year of recording stated in notes to recording of nos. 9-12. |
| 2018 |
27, 28, 30 December |
Amir Katz |
 |
Orfeo |
C 990202 |
Besides S.139 the 2-CD set includes the Grandes Études
de Paganini S.141, Ab Irato S.143, Trois Études de concert
S.144 and Zwei Konzertetüden S.145, i.e. the complete 24
Liszt études in their final versions. |
| 2018 |
28-30 August |
Sheng Cai |
 |
ATMA Classique |
ACD 22783 |
|
| 2018 |
July |
Gwhyneth Chen |
 |
Chimei Museum |
4 712918 045726 |
|
| 2018 |
Summer |
Mordecai Shehori |
 |
Cembal d'amour |
CD 191 |
|
| 2018 |
Summer |
Mordecai Shehori |
|
Cembal d'amour |
CD 191 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| 2018 |
25-27 June |
Boris Giltburg |
 |
Naxos |
8.573981 |
|
| 2018 |
16 June |
Boris Giltburg |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Liszt Festival,
Raiding, Austria. |
| 2018 |
6 April |
Bertand Chamayou |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. |
| 2018 |
2, 3 February |
Andrey Gugnin |
 |
Piano Classics |
PCL10158 |
|
| 2018 |
20-23 January |
Konstantin Scherbakov |
 |
Steinway & Sons |
30098 |
Liszt's S.139 is paired with Lyapunov's Douze
études d'exécution transcendante op. 11, which
completes the cycle of the 24 major and minor
keys that Liszt had intended but never realised.
Scherbakov's second recording of Lyapunov; the
first is Marco Polo 8.223491, recorded July 1992. |
| 2018 |
20 January |
Sheng Cai |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Hiway
Pentecostal Church, Barrie, Canada. |
| 2017 |
August |
Kuan-Ting Lin |
 |
HOVE |
XZ001 |
|
| 2017 |
10 August |
Dinara Klinton |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at 72nd Chopin
Festival, Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland. |
| 2017 |
10 March |
John Khouri |
 |
CD Baby |
n/a |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Khouri performs on a German grand from c1820. |
| 2017 |
2 or 3 March |
Nikita Volov |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
Part 1, part 2 |
Non-commercial live video recording at Yaroslavl College
of Music named after L.V. Sobinova, Russia.
The cut between part 1 and 2 is in étude no. 8 Wilde Jagd. |
| 2017 |
11 January |
Andrey Gugnin |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Great Hall of Lithuanian
National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| 2016 |
3 November |
Minkyu Kim |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Concert Hall of
National University Art Center, Seoul, South Korea. |
| 2016 |
August |
Randall Harlow, organ |
 |
Pro Organo |
CD 7278 |
Harlow's transcription for organ.
Performed on the 1927 Casavant organ at St. Andrew's
Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, USA. |
| 2016 |
24 July |
Mūza Rubackytė |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Salle Pasteur,
Montpellier, France. |
| 2016 |
22 April |
Marianna Kapsetaki |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Parnassos
Concert Hall, Athens, Greece.
Performed at round three at the 3rd Alkan-Zimmerman
International Piano Competition. The competition was
held between 19-23 April; probably this performance
was on 22 April. Kapsetaki was awarded third price. |
| 2016 |
March |
Simone Jennarelli |
 |
CD Baby /
SmartCgArt |
FLAC/MP3
download
190394489854 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137 |
| 2015 |
December |
Kirill Gerstein |
 |
Myrios |
MYR019 |
|
| 2015 |
16 December |
Andrey Gugnin |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Great Hall of
Kostroma Philharmonic, Russia. |
| 2015 |
6 December |
Andrey Gugnin |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Pavel Slobodkin
Theatre and Concert Centre, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2015 |
September |
Daniil Trifonov |
 |
Deutsche
Grammophon |
00289 479 5529 |
Besides S.139 the 2-CD set includes the Grandes Études
de Paganini S.141, Trois Études de concert S.144 and
Zwei Konzertetüden S.145. |
| 2015 |
June-September |
Jean-Jacques Schmid |
 |
Moniton |
n/a |
Recorded at four sessions between June and
September 2015.
Thanks to the pianist for this information. |
| 2015 |
27 August |
Tuomas Kyyhkynen |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Camerata Hall,
Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland. |
| 2015 |
17 August |
Kirill Gerstein |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at City Recital Hall,
Sydney, Australia. |
| 2015 |
4 August |
Amaral Vieira |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Non-commercial studio recording
Date is YouTube publication date |
| 2015 |
25 July |
Daniil Trifonov |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Verbier Festival,
Switzerland. |
| 2015 |
9-12 June |
Wenbin Jin |
 |
Naxos |
8.573709 |
1837 version
Douze grandes études, S.137 |
| 2015 |
2-4 June |
Dinara Klinton |
 |
Genuin |
16409 |
Earlier Klinton interpretation of étude no. 5, Feux follets,
is found on Delos DE1041, recorded April 2006 at age 16. |
| 2015 |
28 May - 4 June |
Daniel Wayenberg |
 |
Lyrinx |
LYR 2297 |
Recorded at age 85. |
| 2015 |
April |
Simone Jennarelli |
 |
CD Baby /
SmartCgArt |
FLAC/MP3
download
889211571390 |
|
| 2015 |
17 April |
David Ezra Okonşar |
 |
LMO-Records |
2015-04-19 |
Date is publication date. Recorded 1-2 months earlier.
Thanks to the pianist for this information.
Available as CD and DVD. |
| 2014 |
19-23 December |
Sebastian Di Bin |
 |
Centaur |
CRC 3479 |
|
| 2014 |
9 December |
Daniil Trifonov |
 |
n/a |
Medici |
Non-commercial live video recording at Carnegie Hall,
New York City, USA. |
| 2014 |
17-21 November |
Claude Kahn |
 |
Epidaure |
EPI 10059 |
|
| 2014 |
8 November |
Daniil Trifonov |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. |
| 2014 |
7 November |
Daniil Trifonov |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Auditorum
Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France. |
| 2014 |
7 November
30 Sep - 2 Oct |
József Balog |
 |
Hungaroton |
HCD 32736 |
|
| 2014 |
October |
Simone Jennarelli |
 |
CD Baby /
SmartCgArt |
FLAC/MP3
download
889211196166 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| 2014 |
22 October |
Gergely Bogányi |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Béla Bartók
National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2013 |
n/a |
Wolfgang Weller |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Non-commercial studio recording. |
| 2013 |
15 December |
Nada Loutfi |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Clifton Center,
Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
| 2013 |
1-3 August |
Barbara Nissman |
 |
Three Oranges
Recordings |
3OR-22 |
|
| 2013 |
5-8 July |
Jean Muller |
 |
JCH-Productions |
JCH 2014/01 |
Earlier Muller interpretation of étude no. 11, Harmonies
du soir, is found on Fondamenta FON0901003, recorded
July 2008. |
2013
2008 |
3 June
n/a |
Vadym Kholodenko |
 |
Harmonia Mundi |
HMU907605 |
Live recording from the semifinals at the 2013 Van
Cliburn competition where Kholodenko was gold medalist.
Étude no. 9, however, is a 2008 Moscow studio recording.
A DVD of the semifinal's eleven études was published by
the Cliburn organisation. |
| 2013 |
30 March |
Sejin Yoon |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Non-commercial live video recording at Kumho Art Hall,
Seoul, South Korea. |
| 2013 |
January |
Victor Krasovskiy |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Kiev's Music
School, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2012 |
July |
Digital realisation |
 |
CD Baby /
SmartCgArt |
FLAC/MP3
download
700261809014 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137
Digital realisation by Simone Jennarelli/SmartCgArt.
Musicological edition based on a philological
interpretation. Date is publication date. |
| 2012 |
25 April |
Denis Kuzhukhin |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live video recording at Auditorium
du Louvre, Paris, France. |
| 2011 |
6 November |
Midori Arima |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Sonorium,
Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 2011 |
22 October |
Zhihua Jiang |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Xi'an Concert Hall,
China. |
| 2011 |
16 October |
Midori Arima |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Hyogo Performing
Arts Center, Nishinomiya, Japan. |
| 2011 |
12 October |
Mélodie Zhao |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at Victoria Hall,
Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 2011 |
8 October |
Diego Suárez |
 |
Cougar Classics |
CC 1005 |
Live recording at Recital Hall of College of Charleston,
South Carolina, USA. |
| 2011 |
7 October |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Opera City Recital
Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Full concert program listed here. |
| 2011 |
6 October |
Csaba Király |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Marble Hall,
Hungarian Radio, Budapest, Hungary.
Thanks to the pianist for the venue information. |
| 2011 |
24 September |
Gwhyneth Chen |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at National
Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 2011 |
13 September |
Michael Kieran Harvey |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Ian Hanger
Recital Hall, Brisbane, Australia. |
| 2011 |
July |
Chong Park |
 |
Ruby's Polka
Warner Music Korea |
VDCD-6356 |
|
| 2011 |
2 July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Thüringen Festival,
Eisenach, Germany.
|
| 2011 |
27 May |
Dmytro Sukhovienko |
 |
Amiata Emozioni |
ae 1061 |
Live recording at Salle Paderewski, Lausanne,
Switzerland. |
| 2011 |
22-25 May |
Mélodie Zhao |
 |
Claves |
CD 50-1110 |
|
| 2011 |
April |
Idil Biret |
 |
IBA |
8.571287 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137 |
| 2011 |
April |
Idil Biret |
 |
IBA |
8.571286 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| 2011 |
15 February |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live recording at Great Hall of Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
As at his 2009 Moscow performance, extremely fast
tempi are applied. Feux follets, for instance, is executed
in only 3:04. |
| 2010 |
17 July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Montpellier Festival,
France.
Full concert program listed here. |
| 2010 |
1-3 June |
Mariangela Vacatello |
 |
Brilliant Classics |
94250 |
|
| 2010 |
27 May |
Maurizio Baglini |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Non-commercial live video recording at Salle Gaveau,
Paris, France. |
| 2010 |
19-22 January |
Maurizio Baglini |
 |
Decca |
476 3882 |
Baglini also includes the 1837 version of nos. 4 and 5. |
| 2010 |
4-6 January |
Vesselin Stanev |
 |
RCA Red Seal |
88697 65844 2 |
|
| 2009 |
22 October |
Gergely Bogányi |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Béla Bartók
National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary. |
| 2009 |
29 August |
Stefania Passamonte |
 |
Master Chord
Records |
1003 |
Live recording of private concert at Master Chord
Studio, London, England.
Thanks to Sean Rainey for this information. |
| 2009 |
June |
Nansong Huang |
 |
Beijing Global
Audio-Visual
Publishing House |
ISBN number:
978-7-88072-483-7 |
Published June 2009. No recording date information.
Each étude video recorded without editing. |
| 2009 |
9 June |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
Video, audio |
Non-commercial live video recording at Tchaikovsky
Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia.
This may be the fastest recorded performance, last
chord is at 51:52.
Full concert program listed here. |
| 2008 |
June |
Alice Sara Ott |
 |
Deutsche
Grammophon |
00289 477 8362 |
|
| 2008 |
14 March |
Miroslav Kultyshev |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Non-commercial live video recording at Lithuanian
National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| 2008 |
18 February |
Cunmo Yin |
 |
Shanghai Music
Publishing House |
CD08034 |
Recorded at the age of 14.
Dimitris Sgouros was also 14 years old when he
recorded seven études (nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11)
in June 1984 on EMI CDC 7 49004 2. |
| 2007 |
12-14, 17, 18 March |
Miroslav Kultyshev |
 |
Orfeo |
C 759 081 A |
|
| 2007 |
February |
Natalia Strelchenko |
 |
Arena |
AR 07018 |
|
| 2007 |
23 January |
Alice Sara Ott |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Herkulessaal, Munich,
Germany. |
| 2005 |
n/a |
Attr. Joyce Hatto |
 |
Concert Artist |
CACD-9084-2
CACD-9259-2 |
This "recording" is a hoax, refer www.farhanmalik.com:
Joyce Hatto's husband prepared at least three versions
of the Hatto Liszt Études d'exécution transcendante on
the basis of László Simon's complete recording and Minoru
Nojima's recording of no. 5, Feux follets. CACD-9084-2
exists in two versions.
|
| 2005 |
n/a |
Serouj Kradjian |
 |
Warner Music Spain |
5046774992 |
Published 2005. No recording date information. |
| 2005 |
9, 10 December |
Bertrand Chamayou |
 |
Sony |
88697 007082 |
|
| 2005 |
24 April |
Marco Pasini |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at La Sala Verdi,
Conservatorio di Milano, Italy. |
| 2005 |
17-21 March |
Paolo Restani |
 |
Amadeus |
AM 188-2 |
|
| 2004 |
29 July |
Bertand Chamayou |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, Montpellier, France. |
| 2004 |
23 June |
Russell Sherman |
 |
Avie |
DVD AV2174 |
Live video recording at Angel Orensanz Center,
New York City, USA. |
| 2004 |
1-3 March |
Massimo Gon |
 |
Velut Luna |
CVLD 092 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137 |
| 2003 |
16, 17 August |
Makoto Ueno |
 |
Octavia Records
SPEX |
OVCX-00010 |
|
| 2003 |
29 May |
Dmytro Sukhovienko |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Non-commercial live video recording at Kiev's
Philharmonic Hall, Kiev, Ukraine. |
| 2003 |
30 January -
2 February |
William Wolfram |
 |
Naxos |
8.557014 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Wolfram also includes the 1840 version of no. 4,
i.e. Mazeppa, S.138. |
| 2002 |
n/a |
Attr. Sergio Fiorentino |
 |
Concert Artist |
CACD 9201-2 |
Allegedly recorded on 14 February 1955 and 16
February 1966 this disc, published 2002, is a
hoax, as is the 2005 Hatto disc.
As per Yuan Huang's research, the sources for 10
of the études are the recordings by Campanella,
Berezovsky, Goerner, Ovchinikov and Kissin.
Some of the études are a mix of these recordings.
Études nos. 5 and 10 are yet to be identified. |
| 2002 |
October |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Society for
Ethical Culture, New York City, USA.
Full concert program listed here. |
| 2002 |
September |
Christopher Taylor |
 |
Liszt Digital |
LD005 |
|
| 2002 |
27 September |
Alessandro Ambrosoli |
 |
KNS Classical |
KNS A/006 |
|
| 2002 |
3-6 August |
Yu Kosuge |
 |
Sony |
SK 87315 |
A 2005 live Carnegie Hall recording of étude no. 5,
Feux follets, is found on Sony SICC 545-6. |
| 2002 |
4 August |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
Naïve |
DR 2104 AV 103 |
Live video recording at La Roque d'Anthéron, France.
The film reminds of the famous anecdote about
Emperor Franz Joseph speaking to pianist Alexander
Dreyschock after a concert: "I have heard all the
great players. But I never, never, never saw anybody
perspire as you do." |
| 2002 |
23 July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at La Roque d'Anthéron's
outdoor venue "Parc du Château de Florans".
This concert was the official La Roque d'Anthéron concert;
the one on 4 August 2002 was filmed at a temporarily
set-up stage made for DVD recording purposes. Eight
pianists gave two concerts with same program, one for the
official concert series and one for DVD recording. |
| 2001 |
19-21 September |
Kazurou Ohi |
 |
Deutsche
Schallplatten |
TKCC-15230 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Ohi also includes the 1837 version of nos. 6, 7, 9
and 11 as well as the 1851 version of no. 10. |
| 2001 |
January, August |
Freddy Kempf |
 |
BIS |
BIS-CD-1210 |
|
| 2001 |
16 or 17 July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Montpellier Festival,
France. |
| 2001 |
10 or 12 July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Cheltenham Town Hall,
Cheltenham, England.
Full concert program listed here. |
2001
1998 |
January
January |
Peter Ritzen |
 |
RMS |
2101RE01-2 |
|
| 2000 |
15 September |
Mikhail Lidsky |
 |
Wakabayashi Kobo |
WKLC-7005 |
Live recording at Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory,
Moscow, Russia. |
| 2000 |
2-4 August |
Janina Fialkowska |
 |
Opening Day
Recordings |
ODR 9322 |
Earlier Fialkowska interpretations of three études are found
on CBC MVCD 2-1035 (nos. 5, 9 and 12, published 1990)
and RCA FRL1 0142 (nos. 5 and 12, published 1976). |
| 2000 |
21 July |
Nelson Goerner |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording at La Roque
d'Anthéron Festival, France. |
| 2000 |
7 February |
Stanislav Yovanovitch |
 |
Voyager Legends |
VL CD 09 |
Live recording at St John's Smith Square, London,
England.
Thanks to Stuart Johnson at Voyager Legends for
recording date and venue information. |
| 1999 |
n/a |
Daniel Rivera |
 |
Estudios Cosentino
Buenos Aires |
IRCO 282 |
The re-issue Irco Video S.R.L was published 2007.
Original release and date as per Wikipedia's site
for Daniel Rivera.
Thanks to Simone Jennarelli for drawing attention
to this recording. |
| 1999 |
14 December |
Nelson Goerner |
 |
Cascavelle |
VEL 3029 |
Live recording at Studio Ansermet, Geneva,
Switzerland. |
| 1999 |
2-4 November
12 July
31 May - 2 June |
Alfredo Perl |
 |
Arte Nova |
74321 71768 2 |
|
| 1999 |
8 March |
Gergely Bogányi |
 |
AVISO Studio |
GB1105 |
Live recording at Academy of Music, Budapest,
Hungary. |
| 1998 |
3, 5-7 April |
François-René Duchâble |
 |
EMI |
7243 5 56684 2 4 |
Earlier Duchâble interpretations of two études are
found on EMI 7243 5 72356 2 4 (nos. 5 and 10,
recorded 1974). |
| 1998 |
23-25 March |
Yukio Yokoyama |
 |
Sony |
SRCR 2295 |
|
| 1998 |
20-22 February |
Marco Pasini |
 |
Phoenix Classics |
PH 98405 |
|
| 1997 |
n/a |
Paolo Restani |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live video recording, Madrid, Spain. |
1995
1996 |
April -
July |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
Teldec |
4509-98415-2 |
A commercial live recording of étude no. 11, Harmonies
du soir, is found on Mirare MIR099, recorded 26 June 2009. |
| 1996 |
4 May |
Boris Berezovsky |
 |
n/a |
YouTube
No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Non-commercial live video recording, Budapest, Hungary.
Audio of the complete set here. |
| 1995 |
14-16 October |
Massimiliano Génot |
 |
Phoenix Classics |
PH 96207 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| 1995 |
21-23 March |
Roswitha Lohmer |
 |
PMP |
95 95 - 2 |
|
| 1995 |
16-18 February |
Jeffrey Swann |
 |
Agora |
AG 015.1 |
|
| c. 1994 |
n/a |
Alexander Paley |
 |
Naxos |
Unpublished |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137 |
| 1994 |
December |
Claire-Marie Le Guay |
 |
Auvers |
FAE001 |
|
| 1994 |
17-19 October |
Leslie Howard |
 |
Hyperion |
CDA66973 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137 |
| 1994 |
18-21 July |
Jenö Jandó |
 |
Naxos |
8.553119 |
|
| 1994 |
3 February |
Alexander Paley |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137
Non-commercial live video recording at Miller Theatre,
New York City, USA.
Thanks to Joe Patrych for recording date information. |
| 1993 |
20 November |
Victor Eresko |
 |
CVE |
15 11 95 003 |
Live recording at Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, Paris.
Thanks to Leo Schmetterer for drawing attention to
this recording. |
| 1992 |
5, 9, 10 October |
Leslie Howard |
 |
Hyperion |
CDA66771/2 |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| 1992 |
11, 12 July |
Kemal Gekić |
 |
JVC |
JVCC-6505-2 |
Gekić dedicates the recording to Alan Walker, author
of the three-volume Liszt biography - "the definitive
work to which all subsequent Liszt biographers will
aspire" (Schonberg) and which "goes beyond all norms
in the realm of musical biography" (Edmund Fuller). |
| 1992 |
March, June, July |
Aquiles Delle-Vigne |
 |
Arcobaleno |
AAOC-93602 |
|
| 1990 |
September |
Fred Oldenburg |
 |
Brilliant Classics |
92457 |
Oldenburg performs on an 1842 Erard. |
| 1989 |
26-28 September |
Russell Sherman |
 |
Albany Records |
TROY028-2 |
|
| 1989 |
23 September |
Michael Ponti |
 |
Klavins Music |
KM 004 |
Live recording at Klavierhaus Klavins, Bonn, Germany.
Ponti performs on the unique Klavins-Piano Model
370, an "upright grand piano"; probably the world's
biggest piano. Refer www.klavins-pianos.com. |
| 1989 |
14 August |
Tzimon Barto |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at the Salzburg Festival,
Austria.
Commercially Barto recorded études nos. 4 and 11 in
June 1988 on EMI CDC 7 49566 2. |
| 1989 |
5-9 January |
Leslie Howard |
 |
Hyperion |
CDA66357 |
Howard was the first pianist to record all three versions.
Further, on CDA67193 Howard has recorded the 1840
version of no. 4, i.e. Mazeppa, S.138. |
| 1988 |
n/a |
Robert Leonardy |
 |
TGFrecords |
97.021 |
Published 1988. No recording date information. |
| 1988 |
September |
Michele Campanella |
 |
Nuova Era |
6736 |
This recording is also published on Revista Clásica CDC
0043 on which the recording date is stated as September
1983. However September 1988 is the correct date,
confirmed by the pianist. |
| 1988 |
August |
Janice Weber |
 |
MCA |
MCAD 25890 |
1837 version
Douze Grandes études, S.137
Weber plays the 1840 version of no. 4, i.e. Mazeppa, S.138.
On 19 May 1988 Weber performed the complete Douze
Grandes études at Longy School of Music, Boston. Also
performances in London August 1988 and September 1989. |
| 1988 |
August |
Vladimir Ovchinikov |
 |
EMI |
CDC 7 49821 2 |
Earlier Ovchinikov interpretations of nine études are
found on Melodya C10 22853 006 (LP) (nos. 1-9,
recorded 1984). |
| 1988 |
27 May |
Jouni Somero |
 |
Iton |
60197 |
Concert performance at Robert Schumann Hochschule,
Düsseldorf, Germany, however without audience. |
| 1986 |
End of that year |
Michel Dalberto |
 |
Erato |
0190295612085 |
Released 2018.
In 1986, Dalberto did not approve this recording for
release. However, in 2018 he reconsidered and has
now approved its release. |
| 1986 |
23, 24, 26 September |
Daniel Wayenberg |
 |
Technosonic |
TSLP 8 (LP) |
|
| 1986 |
August |
László Simon |
 |
BIS |
BIS-CD-369 |
|
| 1986 |
19 January |
Roberto Cappello |
 |
ItalCable |
ITC 9205 |
Live recording at Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy. |
| 1985 |
March |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
Decca |
414 601-2 |
|
| 1983 |
June |
Jerome Rose |
 |
Monarch Classics |
M20032 |
Originally published as a two-LP set on Vox.
First CD transfer was on Vox VU 9022.
Some editions state 1985 as recording year (e.g. Vox VU
9022) and others state 1983 without month indication (e.g.
Vox Cum Laude 2D-VCL 9082). June 1983 is stated on
Vox Cum Laude 2D VCL (3)9082. |
| 1983 |
February |
Josef Bulva |
 |
Orfeo |
S 083831 (LP) |
Earlier Bulva interpretations of two études are found on
Telefunken TK 11557/1-2 (nos. 8 and 11, recorded 1974).
Études nos. 5 and 11 from Orfeo are available on RCA
Red Seal 88875073052. Same recording includes étude
no. 8 (privately recorded 1983) and no. 9 (recorded 2014). |
| 1982 |
n/a |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live recording, Cincinnati, USA. |
| 1982 |
26 April |
Michael Ponti |
 |
Leo Records |
LEO 8204 (LP) |
Live recording at Konzertsaal der Deutschen Bank,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. |
| 1981 |
10-13 June |
Michael Ponti |
 |
Marco Polo |
8.223126 |
|
| 1981 |
7 May |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, Cologne, Germany. |
| 1980 |
n/a |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Xavier University,
Cincinnati, USA. |
| 1980 |
n/a |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, Warsaw, Poland. |
| 1980 |
4 June |
Michael Ponti |
 |
Dante |
PSG9766 |
Live recording at Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall,
Poland. |
| 1980 |
12, 13 May |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, Milan, Italy.
Performed at two recitals, eight études on 12 May
and four études on 13 May. |
| c. 1979 |
n/a |
Michael Ponti |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, France.
Full concert program here. |
| 1979 |
2 November |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording, Freiburg, Germany.
Audio cassette recorded by the American collector
"The Classical Pianist" (TCP). The cassette is dated
11/2/1979 and assuming this is American date
notation, the date of recording is 2 November and not
11 February 1979. |
| 1978 |
Autumn |
John Ogdon |
 |
Enigma Classics |
n/a |
The recording was scheduled, but was never realised
due to Ogdon's illness.
Ogdon had all 12 études in his performance repertoire
and usually included various groupings of three or four
in his programs. |
| 1978 |
4-6 October
20-22 September
5-7 September |
Thomas Rajna |
 |
CRD |
1058/9 (LP) |
The first of the three sessions included nos. 1-4 of both
sets S.136 and S.139, second session nos. 5-8, third
session nos. 9-12.
Information provided by the pianist.
The two-LP set was re-issued on Rajna's own label
Amarantha Records as a two-CD set, AR 901-2. |
| 1978 |
4-6 October
20-22 September
5-7 September |
Thomas Rajna |
|
CRD |
1058/9 (LP) |
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
1976
1975
1974
|
3-7 November
20-23 June
1-4 November
2-4 May
21-22 March |
Claudio Arrau |
 |
Philips |
416 458-2 |
Recording date information is inconsistent across
the many re-issues of this recording on various labels.
Philips' "Duo" 456 339-2 does not include 1975, despite
being very accurate in stating when each étude was
recorded. Decca's 80-CD Complete Arrau box states
November 1976 only. Philips' Arrau Collection 432 667-2
states the months of 1974, 1975 and 1976, and Philips
PHCP-24044 includes dates of each month.
Earlier Arrau interpretations of two études are found on
Piano Classics PCLD 0015 (nos. 10 and 11, recorded
1970 and 1937). |
| 1976 |
3 November |
Lazar Berman |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Carnegie Hall,
New York City, USA.
Some sources suggest that the concert took place on
11 February 1976. |
| 1976 |
29 April |
Lazar Berman |
 |
IDIS |
6497/98 |
Live recording at Conservatorio Guiseppe Verdi,
Milan, Italy. |
| 1974 |
n/a |
Russell Sherman |
 |
Vanguard |
ATM-CD-1488 |
First published by Advent on cassette D 1010 in 1974.
Also as a two-LP set on Vanguard SRV 354/5 SD in 1976.
Some internet sources indicate that the year of recording
is 1973; however this needs to be verified. |
| 1973 |
n/a |
France Clidat |
 |
Decca |
476 4035 |
The original two-LP set Vega 8025/8026 was
published 1973. No recording date information. |
| 1972 |
8, 9 November |
Roman Rudnytsky |
 |
Muza |
SXL 0940-0941 (LP) |
Live recording at Warsaw Conservatory, Poland.
Two recitals with six études in mixed order at each recital.
Information provided by the pianist. |
| 1972 |
1 November |
Roman Rudnytsky |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Youngstown State
University, Ohio, USA. |
| 1971 |
n/a |
Joseph Banowetz |
 |
Educo |
3084/3085 (LP) |
Live recording.
The year of 1971 as per Igor Chernyshev: An historical
and analytical survey of the transcendental etudes by
Sergei Liapunov, August 2007; the thesis is approved by
Banowetz. My copy of Educo 3084 is signed and dated
21 October 1971 by Banowetz. This could indicate date of
performance; however, is probably just date of signature. |
| 1971 |
n/a |
Joseph Banowetz |
 |
Educo |
3084/3085 (LP) |
Live recording.
1826 version
Étude en douze exercices, S.136
Educo 3084 includes études nos. 1-7 in both versions;
Educo 3085 the remaining five études in both versions. |
| 1971 |
24 February |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Stuttgart Villa,
Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 1970 |
n/a |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
Ensayo |
3401 |
Earlier Bolet interpretations of nine études are found
on RCA Victor LM-2291 (nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and
11, recorded January 1958). Both recordings are part
of the 10-CD set Sony 88843014722. |
| 1970 |
11 October |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
n/a |
n/a |
Non-commercial live recording at Indiana University,
Bloomington, USA. |
| 1970 |
10, 11 October |
Thomas McIntosh |
 |
Minstrel |
n/a |
Originally published as a two-LP set on Unicorn
UNS 228 (nos. 1-9) and UNS 229 (nos. 10-12). |
| 1970 |
May, October |
Vladimir Ashkenazy |
 |
Decca |
UCCD-9655 |
Regrettably, Ashkenazy only recorded seven études
(nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11).
Earlier, stunning recordings of no. 5, Feux follets,
are found on Testament SBT 1047 (recorded 1957)
and Russian Disc RDCD 00374 (recorded live at the
1962 Tchaikovsky competition where he went on to
win first price, jointly with John Ogdon). |
| 1968 |
February |
Louis Kentner |
 |
Carlton |
30371 00562 |
The original two-LP set Vox Turnabout TV 34224-25
was listed as a new release in the February 1968
issue of the Schwann catalogue. No recording date
information.
Earlier Kentner interpretation of étude no. 5, Feux
follets, is found on APR5614, recorded 1937. |
| 1964 |
4 August |
Jorge Bolet |
 |
n/a |
YouTube |
Non-commercial live recording at Tanglewood Music
Festival, Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA. |
| 1963 |
n/a |
Lazar Berman |
 |
Victor |
VDC-1132
VICC-2022 |
Originally published as a two-LP set on Melodya
C 10-04931-4 this recording was also licenced
by e.g. Deutsche Grammophon and EMI. Only
year of recording is indicated. |
| 1959 |
8 April
25, 27 March
27 February |
Lazar Berman |
 |
BMG / Melodya |
74321 25180 2 |
Originally published as a two-10" set on Melodya
D 5318/21.
Earlier Berman interpretations of eight études are
found on Piano Classics PCLD0022 (nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 10,
11, 12 recorded 1950, 1953, 1956) and Hungaroton
HCD 31685 (nos. 8 and 11 recorded 1956). |
1958
1957 |
26 June
30 May
25, 27 February
19 December
26, 27 November |
Georges Cziffra |
 |
EMI |
CDM 7 69111 2 |
Recording dates as per EMI LP 2909861 and EMI
40-CD box (which only lists months). The CD re-issue
EMI CDM 7 69111 2 uses "IX" for September, but
this seems to be a typo for "XI" November.
Earlier Cziffra interpretations of eleven études are
found on Hungaroton HCD 31569 (nos. 1, 2, 8, 9
recorded 1956) and Hungaroton HCD 32131 (nos.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 recorded 1954, 1956). As such,
an alternative complete Cziffra set can be obtained
combining these Hungaroton recordings with his
1985/86 recording of no. 12 on EMI CDC 7 47562 2. |
| 1958 |
May |
Gunnar Johansen |
 |
Artist Direct |
The piano music
of Liszt, album 4
(LP) |
Thanks to James P. Colias for advising the date
of recording on the basis of examination of the
master tape.
Études nos. 5, 6 and 10 are available on Marston
52065-2. |
| 1956 |
n/a |
Sviatoslav Richter |
 |
Palexa |
CD-0537 |
Live recording, Moscow, Russia.
Although not complete (Richter performs nos. 1, 2,
3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11), this is one of the exciting
performances one would wish to have attended.
Same eight études was recorded live in 1957 (SMC
CD 0056) and 1988 (Decca 475 8637). |
| 1956 |
n/a |
Alexander Borovsky |
 |
Sakuraphon |
SKRP33035 |
Originally published on Vox PL 9690 (LP) in 1956.
No recording date information on the original LP,
but the 2021 Sakuraphon CD release states
recording year 1956.
Includes a substantial cut in étude no. 9. |
Liszt himself never performed the complete set in concert, nor did his students. However, on 18 April and 2 May 1838 Liszt performed nos. 6 and 9 in Vienna. Clara Schumann (1819-1896), severe critic of
Liszt, also learned, if not performed, no. 9 in the 1837 version. As per Yuan Huang's research, the world premiere performance of the complete set in both the 1837 and the 1851 versions could be by
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924): On 7 February 1903 Busoni gave a recital at Beethoven-Saal, Berlin; the concert programme reads "24 Grandes études d'exécution transcendante" which is a combination
of the titles of the 1837 and 1851 versions. As editor of Liszt's complete études (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1910-1911), Busoni was well aware of the different titles of the three versions; however while the concert
programme to another Busoni recital, on 31 October 1911, reads "Grandes études d'exécution transcendante" and thus indicating the 1837 version, it was actually the 1851 version that was performed on
that occasion. However, since Liszt used the prefix "24" exclusively for the 1837 version, this may support that Busoni did indeed perform the complete 1837 version on 7 February 1903 at Beethoven-Saal,
Berlin. The following year Busoni gave three all-Liszt recitals at same venue. The first recital on 15 December 1904 included the complete 1851 version as well as the complete Paganini-Études, also in
their 1851 version (the concert programme reads "12 Études d'exécution transcendante" and "Grandes études d'après les caprices de Paganini"). Alas, Busoni only recorded étude no. 5, Feux follets, and
regrettably it was recorded by the problematic reproducing piano roll system. The Duo-Art 5686 recording was released in October 1915 and is reproduced on Nimbus Records NI 8810. After Busoni, the
next complete performance of the 1851 version was probably by Swiss pianist Gottfried Staub (1861–1937) on 5 November 1907 at Stadt-Casino, Basel, Switzerland. Although Claudio Arrau (1903-1991)
stated in 1976 that the 1837 version "would not be able to be played in concert by anyone", Busoni's feat was followed by Janice Weber in 1988 and Alexander Paley in 1994, refer details above. Also Ian
Hobson has performed the complete 1837 version on at least two occasions, on 14 June 2002 in London and on 1 March 2011 in Illinois. The first recording of an 1837 version étude was probably by John
Ogdon (1937-1989), who on 20 January 1970 recorded no. 11, available on BBC Music BBCL 4089-2. First acoustic recording of an 1851 version étude was by Liszt student Arthur Friedheim (1859-1932),
who on 1 July 1912 recorded no. 5, Feux follets, originally published on Columbia 517/30931 and transferred to CD on Pearl 9972. First piano roll of an 1851 version étude was by Emil von Sauer (1862-1942),
also a Liszt student, who in November 1905 recorded a Welte-Mignon piano roll of no. 4, Mazeppa, transferred to CD on Pierian 0039.
Established 26 November 2011. Latest update 8 April 2023.