Liszt van Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies for Solo Piano

"These are the greatest works for the piano, tremendous works...every note of those symphonies is in these Liszt works."
~Vladimir Horowitz

"The name of Beethoven is sacred in art. His symphonies are nowadays universally recognized to be masterpieces. No one who seriously desires to extend his knowledge, or create something new himself, can ever devote sufficient thought to them, or ever study them enough.”
~Franz Liszt, preface to Breitkopf & Härtel's 1865 edition of the symphony transcriptions (translated by Alan Walker)

Pianist Richard Fountain presents Liszt’s magnificent transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies in nine separate programs. Fountain introduces each symphony (except the Ninth) with a Beethoven sonata in the same key, creating concise hour-long programs suitable for the concert stage, in-home performances, or educational settings. Originally conceived as a trio of trilogies performed in three-concert sets, the nine programs may of course be presented in any order or combination.

Program pairs for solo recitals:

Sonata in C major, Op. 2, no. 3 | Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
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Sonata in F major, Op. 54 | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
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Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27, no. 1 | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
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Sonata in A major, Op. 101 | Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
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Andante favori, WoO 57; Sonata in F major, Op. 10, no. 2 | Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
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Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, no. 1 | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 -
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Sonata in D major, Op. 10, no. 3 | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 ~
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Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 22 | Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
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      Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic