This is definitely one of the best piano concerto CDs I own. Several factors contribute to this: There is tons of music crammed onto one CD. You can listen to both piano concertos, Totentanz, and the second Hungarian Rhapsody. Second, this is a compilation CD, meaning that RCA Victor chose the BEST Liszt recordings they could find and put them on this CD. Both Barry Douglas and Byron Janis are wonderful. They create a full, projectile, clear sound, and their voicing is supreme. Nothing like those horrible recordings in which you hear every bit of Liszt's dissonance equally. The recordings are full of energy and the orchestras (London and Chicago Symphonies) are terrific. I highly recommend this CD, especially considering the price. IT is up there in quality with your typical $17.99 records, but it is only $10! This gets my vote.

Byron Janis recorded the most superb version that we have listened until this date of this clever work of Franz Liszt.

Lively inventiveness, monumental phrasing and exceptional treatment of the dramatic motifs, plus an acidic musical support make of this recording a cult recording, beloved for connoisseurs.