Nyiregyhazi's recordings 1972-1984

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Live/Studio recordings（1972-84)

This page is composed of unpublished materials and his discography during LP/CD period.

Liszt, Au lac De Wallenstadt
R. Antolinoli, 7/29/1973

Liszt: "Il Penseroso"
R. Antolinoli, 7/29/1973

Liszt, "Dante Sonata"
R. Antolinoli, 7/29/1973

Liszt: Faust symphony, the 2nd movement "Gretchen"(*)
Ronald Antonioli's home, 4/30/1978
(The pitch was corrected on 9/13/2014)
*Circulated versions of this recording are a half-note higher (A major) than the original key (A-flat major). Other movements are also "transposed". The question is whether the transposition is originated from EN's intention, or due to problems in the recording device. I have no evidence to support either theory. Since I don't really see why he would make the entire piece a half-note higher, and personally feel that at least "Getchen" would sound better in the original key, I've decided to "correct" the pitch. You can still listen to the A major version on Youtube if you desire.

Discography (ƒ=Discs we recommend)

LP: Nyiregyházi Plays Liszt (International Piano Archive / Desmar, IPA111)

(Side A)

Franz Liszt

1. En Rêve - Nocturne
2. Ballade No. 2, B Minor
3. Sunt Lacrymae Rerum, En Mode Hongrois, (From The 3rd Year, Années De Pèlerinage)
4. Abschied

Recorded in September, 1974

(Side B)

Franz Liszt

Deux légendes
1, St. François D'Assise (La Prédication Aux Oiseaux)
2. St. François De Paule Marchant Sur Les Flots

Recorded on May 6, 1973

Released in 1977

LP: Nyiregyházi Plays Liszt (Columbia Masterworks, M2 34598)

(Side A)

Franz Liszt
1. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3
2. Mosonyi's Funeral Procession

(Side B)
Franz Liszt
1. Weihnachtsbaum
a. Abendglocken
b. Polnisch
c. Nuages Gris

(Side C)
Franz Liszt
1. Hamlet
2. Miserere After Palestrina

(Side D)
Franz Liszt
1. March Of The Three Holy Kings From "Christus"
2 Aux Cypres De La Villa D'Este No.1 From Annee De Pelerinage, Troisieme Annee

Released in 1978

LP: Nyiregyházi (Columbia Masterworks, M35125)

(Side A)

1. Grieg: Sie Tantz, Op. 57, No. 5
2. Grieg: Der Hirtenknabe, Op. 54, No. 1
3. Grieg: Waltz In A Minor, Op. 12, No. 2
4. Grieg: Heimwärts, Op. 62, No. 6
5. Tchaikovsky: Warum?, Op. 6, No. 5
6. Blanchet: Au Jardin du vieux serail

(Side B)
1. Tchaikovsky: Waltz In A-Flat Major
2. Tchaikovsky: Romance In F Major, Op. 5
3. Bortkiewicz: Travel Pictures (Poland / Venetian Gondola Song / In Spain)

Released in 1979

LP: The Messengers Of Peace -Part 1 (Toshiba EMI, IRS-770-771)

(Album 1)

1. Liszt: Christus Sheperds Song
2. Grieg: Days of Youth
3. Liszt: March of the Crusaders, Elizabeth
4. Schubert: Heidenroslein
5. Liszt: Les Jeux D'Eaux A La Villa Deste
6. Debussy: Pagodes (Estampes No 1)

(Album 2)
1. Tchaikovsky: Aria Eugene Onegin
2. Blanchet: Au Jardin Du Vieux Serail
3. Wagner: Rienzi and Lohengrin
4. Tchaikovsky: Romance in F Minor
5. Liszt: Sunt Lacrymae Rerum

Recorded on May 31 & June 1, 1980
Released in 1982

CD: Nyiregyházi At The Opera (VAI Audio, VAI/IPA 1003)

1. Wagner: Rienzi and Lohengrin
2. Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera
3. Verdi: Il Trovatore
4. Verdi: Otello (With Interpolated Pagliacci)
5. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
6. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Released in 1992

CD: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies (VAI Audio, IPA 1066-2)

(Disc 1)

3 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3
(This recording is Identical to the one in M2 34598)
Released in 1994

CD: Ervin Nyiregyházi in Performance (Music and Arts, CD1202)

(Disc 1)

1. Liszt: Legendes: No. 1, "St. Francois d'Assise: la predication aux oiseaux"
Old First Church, San Francisco, 6 May 1973
2. Liszt: Legendes: No. 2, "St. Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots"
Old First Church, San Francisco, 6 May 1973
3. Liszt: Excerpts from No. 5 ("Elizabeth") of the oratorio Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth (arr. Nyiregyhazi)
4. Zwei KonzertetudenL No. 1, "Waldesrauschen"
Home of Ronald Antonioli, Novato, California, 29 July 1973
5. Liszt: Annees de pelerinage, deuxieme annee, Italie: No. 6, "Sonetto 123 Petrarca"
Home of Ronald Antonioli, Novato, California, 29 July 1973
6. Liszt: Annees de pelerinage, troisieme annee: No. 2, "Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este" (No. 1, 3/4)
Century Club of California, San Francisco, 17 December 1972
7. Liszt: Annees de pelerinage, premiere annee, Suisse: No. 2, "Au lac de Wallenstadt"
Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Tokyo, 21 January 1982
8: Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat Minor, Op. 118/No. 6 [6:23]
Home of Ronald Antonioli, Novato, California, 29 July 1973
9: Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30 (two linked movements
Forest Hill neighborhood association clubhouse, San Francisco, 24 May 1973
10: GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: No. 4, "Notturno" [5:42]
Forest Hill neighborhood association clubhouse, San Francisco, 24 May 1973

CD 2 ]
1. TCHAIKOVSKY: Douze morceaux, Op. 40: No. 8, "Valse" in A-flat Major
Forest Hill neighborhood association clubhouse, San Francisco, 24 May 1973
2. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romance in F Minor, Op. 5
Takasaki College of Music, Takasaki, Japan, 1 June 1980
3. DEBUSSY: Estampes: No. 1, "Pagodes"
Forest Hill neighborhood association clubhouse, San Francisco, 24 May 1973
4. DEBUSSY: La plus que lente
Forest Hill neighborhood association clubhouse, San Francisco, 24 May 1973
5: CHOPIN: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 6/No. 2
Century Club of California, San Francisco, 17 December 1972
6: CHOPIN: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28/No. 10
Century Club of California, San Francisco, 17 December 1972
7: CHOPIN: Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 63/No. 2
Century Club of California, San Francisco, 17 December 1972
8: CHOPIN: Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33/No. 4 [6:09]
Century Club of California, San Francisco, 17 December 1972
9: CHOPIN: Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55/No. 1
Old First Church, San Francisco, 6 May 1973
10: RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, II: Adagio sostenuto (arr. Nyiregyhazi)
Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Tokyo, 21 January 1982
11: SCHUBERT: "Der Wanderer" (arr. Nyiregyhazi)
Takasaki College of Music, Takasaki, Japan, 31 May 1980
12: SCHUBERT: "Heidenroslein"(arr. Nyiregyhazi)
Takasaki College of Music, Takasaki, Japan, 1 June 1980
13: MACPHERSON: "Before the Dawn" from Deserted Garden
Los Angeles Federal Symphony Orchestra/Modest Altschuler
Federal Music Project, Program No. 76, 1936

Released in 2007

CD: Nyiregyházi Live Vol. 1: Century Club of California (Sonetto Classics, SONCLA002)

Disc 1

1-5. Brahms: Sonata No. 3

Disc 2

1. Liszt; Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année No. 2, "Aux Cyprès de la Villa D'Este, Thrénodie" (No. 1: Andante)
2. Liszt: No. 4, "Les Jeux D'eaux à la Villa D'Este."
3. Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, Suisse: No. 7, "Églogue."
4. Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer (Der Tanz In Der Dorfschenke): Episode Aus Lenau's Faust.
5. Chopin: Mazurka In C-sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2.
6. Chopin: Prelude In C-sharp Minor, Op. 28 No. 10.
7. Chopin: Mazurka In F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2.
8. Chopin: Mazurka In B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4.
9. Brahms. Intermezzo In E-flat Minor, Op. 118 No. 6.
10. Debussy: Estampes: No. 1, "Pagodes."
11. Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Seconde Année, Supplément: Venezia E Napoli: No. 3, Tarantella Da Guillaume Louis Cottrau (Presto E Canzone Napolitana).
12. Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, Suisse: No. 2, "Au Lac de Wallenstadt."
13. Liszt: Zwei Konzertetüden: No. 1, "Waldesrauschen."

Recorded on December 17, 1972
Released in 2017

CD: Landmarks Of Recorded Pianism, Volume 1 (Marston, 52073-2)

17. Mässig, No. 2 from Three Pieces, Op. 11 (Schönberg)

Recorded on March 28, 1978
Released in 2019

CD: Nyiregyházi Live Vol. 2: Forest Hill Clubhouse, 1973 / Last recordings, 1984
& Photobook: Nyiregyházi in Japan, 1982
(Sonetto Classics, SONCLA005)

Disc 1: Forest Hill Clubhouse, San Francisco, 1973

1. Liszt: “Sunt lacrymae rerum: En mode hongrois”
2. Liszt: La lugubre gondola (Dritter Elegie), second version
3. Brahms: Clavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsody in E-flat Major
4. Debussy : Estampes: No. 1, “Pagodes”
5. Debussy : La plus que lente: Valse
6. Liszt : Années de pèlerinage, troisième année: No. 6, “Marche funèbre: En mémoire de Maximilien I, Empereur du Mexique"
7. Tchaikovsky : Valse in A-flat Major , Op. 40: No. 8
8. Scriabin : Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30, I, Andante.
9. Scriabin : Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, Op. 30, II, Prestissimo volando.
10. Grieg : Lyrische Stücke, Vol. 5, Op. 54: No. 4, “Notturno” in C Major.
11. Scriabin: Poème tragique in B-flat Major, Op. 34

Disc 2: Private recordings, San Francisco, 1984
1. Liszt : Années de pèlerinage, troisième année: No. 3, “Aux cyprès de la Villa d’Este: Thrénodie (II).”
2. Liszt : Christus: Part 1, “Weihnachts-Oratorium”/No. 4, “Hirtengesang an der Krippe.”

Recorded: May 24, 1973 (Disc 1) : 1984 (Disc 2)
Released in 2020

CD: Nyiregyházi Live Vol. 3: Old First Church, 1973
(Sonetto Classics, SONCLA007)

Disc 1
Franz Schubert: “Wanderer” Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760
1. I, Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
2. II, Adagio
3. III, Presto
4. IV, Allegro

Franz Liszt: Deux légendes
5. No. 1, St. François d’Assise: la prédication aux oiseaux
6. No. 2, St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots

Disc 2 Frédéric Chopin
1. Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 6/No. 2
2. Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55/No. 1

Claude Debussy
3. Estampes: No. 1, “Pagodes”
4. La plus que lente Johannes

Brahms
5. Rhapsody in E-flat Major, Op. 119/No. 4

(Encores)

Theodor Leschetizky
6. Étude héroïque, Op. 48/No. 3 Schubert-Liszt
7. Schwanengesang: No. 4, “Am Meer”

Recorded: May 6, 1973
Released in 2023

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