jim et al
I am in full agreement with your comments about Liszt, also Rachmaninoff.
I have too many recordings of both to list here.
For Schubert, I love Rada Lupu. The Complete Decca Solo Recordings(2010) is 10 cds, about half is Schubert.
I read a story about Rachmaninoff, as composer and pianist.
His piano teach Nikolai Zverev told Rachmaninoff that he should concentrate on becoming a concert pianist because he had so much talent;
and that he should not waste his time studying composition or composing.
Eventually Rachmaninoff won a gold medal at his conservatory for his composition of a one act opera, "Aleko", and Zverev was on the examination committee. Zverev gave Rachmaninoff his gold watch.
Tchaikovsky attended and praised Rachmaninoff.
I am in full agreement with your comments about Liszt, also Rachmaninoff.
I have too many recordings of both to list here.
For Schubert, I love Rada Lupu. The Complete Decca Solo Recordings(2010) is 10 cds, about half is Schubert.
I read a story about Rachmaninoff, as composer and pianist.
His piano teach Nikolai Zverev told Rachmaninoff that he should concentrate on becoming a concert pianist because he had so much talent;
and that he should not waste his time studying composition or composing.
Eventually Rachmaninoff won a gold medal at his conservatory for his composition of a one act opera, "Aleko", and Zverev was on the examination committee. Zverev gave Rachmaninoff his gold watch.
Tchaikovsky attended and praised Rachmaninoff.