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F r a n z Li s z t

~ D a m e J o a n S u t h e r l a n d

~ G u s t a v H ol s t

LIS How he changed the course of music And how, 200 years on, the ‘super icial charlatan’

is still underestimated

~ eviewed Superb ‘new’ Joan Sutherland

“ Li s z t in l u e n c e s e v e r y t hi n g a pi a ni s t d o e s ”

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opera set One of La Stupenda’s greatest performances emerges on disc

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ot just he lanets How recording Holst’s masterpiece has inspired Sir Andrew Davis to rediscover his other works

Est 1923 . February 2011

( Liszt list) He made audiences faint ~ The most sculpted artist of his century ~ Inspired Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Strauss Read Jeremy Nicholas, page 34

“Domingo sings as Domingo... This is a tribute to his achievement” Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra, page 95 +140REVIEWS

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