Album guide
Romantic Swing (Eugen Cicero Plays Franz Liszt)
- Composer
- Liszt
- Released
- 1968
- Label
- SABA
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Eugen Cicero, Peter Witte, Charly Antolini
Cicero’s affinity with Liszt was not simply a convenient album theme: his teacher Ana Pitiș had trained him in the virtuoso tradition Liszt embodied.
He recorded these seven pieces with Peter Witte and Charly Antolini over two December 1967 sessions.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Paganini Étude No. 2Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 2
- La campanellaGrandes études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3
- LiebestraumLiebesträume No. 3
- La chasseGrandes études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 5
- Consolation No. 1Consolations, S. 172 No. 1
- Sogni d’amoreHohe Liebe, S. 307