Discography of Liszt's Douze études d'exécution transcendante
Incomplete versions and important recordings of a single étude

The list is cronological with respect to date of recording. I welcome any additions or corrections.

Discography of complete recordings is found here.
Concertography of performances of the complete set is found here.

Year Date Pianist Cover Label Reference Comments
1905 November Emil von Sauer Pierian 0039 Étude no. 4, Mazeppa.

Originally published as a Welte-Mignon piano roll.

First recording of an étude.
1912 1 July Arthur Friedheim Pearl 9972 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.

Originally published on Columbia 517/30931.

First acoustic recording of an étude.

Between 1915 and 1926 Friedheim recorded étude no.
11, Harmonies du soir, on a piano roll transferred to CD
on Dal Segno DSPRCD052.
1915 Oktober Ferruccio Busoni Nimbus NI 8810 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.

Originally published on piano roll Duo-Art 5686.
1929 4 February Frederic Lamond Pearl GEMM CD 9911 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1929
1935 		n/a Egon Petri APR APR7023 2 études, nos. 4 and 9.

Étude no. 9, Ricordanza, recorded 1929;
Étude no. 4, Mazeppa, recorded 1935.

First recordings (disregarding the 1905 Sauer piano roll).
1936 27 May Anatole Kitain APR APR6017 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1937 23 March Louis Kentner APR APR5614 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1937 19 July Claudio Arrau Music & Arts MACD1060 Étude no. 11, Harmonies du soir.

First recording (disregarding the Friedheim piano roll).
c. 1941 n/a Emil von Sauer Marston 53002-2 Étude no. 9, Ricordanza.
1945 8 March Frederic Lamond Marston 52071-2 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1946 n/a Yakov Flier Vista Vera VVCD-00237 2 études, nos. 10 and 12.

First recordings.
1946
1947 		n/a Jeanne-Marie Darré VAI Audio 1065-2 2 études, nos. 5 and 11.
1948
  or
1951 		n/a Sviatoslav Richter Naxos 8.558107-10 Live recording, Moscow.

Étude no. 10.
1949 26 April Moura Lympany APR APR6011 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1950
1953 		18 November
22 October 		Lazar Berman Piano Classics PCLD0022 Live recording.

3 études, nos. 6, 11 and 12.

Étude no. 6, Vision, recorded 1950;
Études nos. 11 and 12 recorded 1953.

First recording of Vision.
1953
  or
1954 		n/a Julian von Karolyi Arkadia CDGI 908.1 Live recording.

Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1954 21 October Georges Cziffra Hungaroton HCD 32131 3 études, nos. 4, 5 and 10.
1955 1 September Rudolph Kehrer Akkord 33D-07891 (LP) Étude no. 10.
1955 n/a Georges Cziffra APR 5545 Live recording, Budapest.

Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1956 26 April Lazar Berman Piano Classics PCLD0022 Live recording.

4 études, nos. 1, 3, 5 and 10.
1956 10 June Sviatoslav Richter Praga PR254057 Live recording, Prague.

5 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 11.
1956 22 June
15 August 		Georges Cziffra
Hungaroton HCD 31569
HCD 32131 		8 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11.

Études nos. 2, 8 and 11 recorded in June;
Études nos. 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9 recorded in August.

Études nos. 1, 2, 8 and 9 are on HCD 31569.
Études nos. 3, 6, 7 and 11 are on HCD 32131.
1956 2, 15 October Lazar Berman Hungaroton HCD 31685 2 études, nos. 8 and 11.

Étude no. 8, Wilde Jagd, recorded 2 October;
Étude no. 11, Harmonies du soir, recorded 15 October.
1956 n/a Sviatoslav Richter Palexa CD-0537 Live recording, Moscow.

8 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
1956 n/a Samson François EMI 5 099964 610627 Live recording.

2 études, nos. 7 and 8.
1956 n/a Liu Shikun Apprelevka
Factory 		D-4308-9 (10" LP) Published 1956. No recording date information.

Étude no. 4, Mazeppa.

Shikun won second price, jointly with Lev Vlassenko, at the
1958 Tchaikovsky Competition, where Van Cliburn so
famously took first price.
1957 8 April Sviatoslav Richter SMC CD 0056 Live recording at Moscow Conservatory (Grand Hall)

8 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
1957 25, 26 October Vladimir Ashkenazy Testament SBT 1047 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1957 October Ruth Slenczynska Ivory Classics 72010 Étude no. 5, Feux follets.

"When I was about eleven, I asked Rachmaninoff what he
considered the most technically difficult piece written for
for piano. He deliberated for a few minutes then said: "Well,
I suppose that one of the most difficult compositions is the
Liszt étude "Feux follets". I said: "I want to play it"."
1958 21-23, 27-29
January 		Jorge Bolet RCA Victor LM-2291 9 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Also part of the 10-CD set Sony 88843014722.
1958 5 February Sviatoslav Richter Revelation RV 10011 Live recording, Moscow.

Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1958 25 February Sviatoslav Richter Philips 456 946 2 Live recording, Sofia.

2 études, nos. 5 and 11.
1958 10 July Sergio Fiorentino Saga XID 5008 (LP) Live recording, Hamburg.

Étude no. 6, Vision.

Étude no. 10 was performed at same condert but remains
unpublished.
1958 n/a Van Cliburn Moscow State
Conservatoire 		n/a Live recording at the Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow.

Étude no. 4, Mazeppa.
1959 22 January Georges Cziffra Arkadia CDGI 905 Live recording, Torino.

2 études, nos. 5 and 10.
195? n/a Egon Petri Allegro Royale 1618 (LP) Étude no. 9, Ricordanza.
1962 1 April - 7 May Vladimir Ashkenazy Russian Disc RDCD 00374 Live recording at the Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow.

Étude no. 5, Feux follets.
1965 August Dino Ciani Dynamic CDS 413 Live recording, Genua.

2 études, nos. 11 and 12.

A studio recording of étude no. 12, Chasse-neige, is
found on Karim KLP 16 (LP), recorded October 1965.
1966 n/a Siegfried Stöckigt CCC 00812CCC Published 1966. No recording date information.

2 études, nos. 7 and 9.
1967 29 September Georges Cziffra Ermitage ERM 152 Live recording, Ascona.

Étude no. 10.
1969 14 November Vladimir Ashkenazy n/a n/a Non-commercial live recording, New York.

7 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11.
1969 n/a Georges Cziffra Ermitage ERM 103 Live recording.

Étude no. 10.
196? n/a Alexei Nasedkin Melodya CM-02397-8 (LP) 2 études, nos 10 and 11.
1970 20 January John Ogdon BBC Music BBCL 4089-2 Étude no. 11.

1837 version, S.137.

First recording of an 1837 version étude. This studio
broadcast also included 1837 versions of two or three
other études.
1970 15 February Claudio Arrau Music and Arts CD-1205 Live recording, New York.

Étude no. 10.
1970 May, October Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca UCCD-9655 7 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11.
1971 21 May Lazar Berman Arkadia CDGI 922.1 Live recording, Bergamo.

3 études, nos. 8, 11 and 12.
1971 27 September -
9 October 		Gabriella Torma Hungaroton LPX 11572 (LP) 5 études, nos. 4, 6, 10, 11 and 12.
1972 11, 12 June John Ogdon RCA Victor SX-2037 2 études, nos. 4 and 5.

Also part of the 6-CD set Sony 888430390720.
1973 3-5 July Earl Wild EMI 586507-2 2 études, nos. 5 and 9.
1973 n/a Earl Wild Ivory Classics CD-73002 Live recording, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

2 études, nos. 3 and 9.
1974 19, 20 June
3 October
6 December 		François-René Duchâble EMI 7243 5 72356 2 4 2 études, nos. 5 and 10.
1974 n/a Josef Bulva Telefunken TK 11557/1-2 (LP) 2 études, nos. 8 and 11.
1974 n/a Dmitri Alexeev Melodya C10-05771-2 (LP) Live recording, Moscow.

Étude no 5, Feux follets.
1975 3 August John Ogdon n/a n/a Non-commercial live recording at University of Maryland.

6 études, nos. 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12.
1976 n/a Robert Silverman Marquis 83122 2 études, nos. 10 and 11.
1976 n/a Janina Fialkowska RCA FRL1 0142 (LP) Publised 1976. No recording date information.

2 études, nos. 5 and 12.
1977-
1978 		n/a Georges Cziffra EMI CDM 4 78972-2 Étude no. 10.
1978 5 November Georges Cziffra APR 5554 Live recording, Senlis.

Étude no. 10.
1981 November Georges Cziffra EMI CZS 7 62880-2 Étude no. 10.
1981 n/a Lev Vlassenko Moscow State
Conservatoire 		n/a Étude no. 10.

Vlassenko won first price and gold medal at the 1956
Liszt Competition in Budapest and second price, jointly
with Liu Shikun, at the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition.

Some sources mentions a 1956 live recording of étude
no. 4, Mazeppa.
1983 28 March Lev Vlassenko Melodya MELCD1001088 Étude no. 6, Vision.
1984 3, 9, 10 January Pierre-Alain Volondat EMI 173199 1 (LP) 2 études, nos. 5 and 10.
1984 23 May Evgeny Kissin Revelation RV 10031 Live recording.

Étude no. 10.

Recorded at age 12.
1984 June Dimitris Sgouros EMI CDC 7 49004 2 7 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11.

Recorded at age 14.
1984 n/a Vladimir Ovchinikov Melodya C10 22853 006 9 études, nos. 1-9.
1985 January Earl Wild Etcetera ETC 2010 (LP) 5 études, nos. 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10.
1985 June Livia Rév Hyperion CDA66185 2 études, nos. 1 and 2.

1826 version, S.136.
1985 December Earl Wild Ivory Classics CD-70901 3 études, nos. 2, 7 and 10.
1985
1986 		20, 22, 24 May
17, 19, 20 Feb 		Georges Cziffra EMI CDC 7 47562 2 2 études, nos. 9 and 12.
1986 17, 18 December Minoru Nojima Reference
Recordings 		RR25 2 études, nos. 5 and 11.

A live recording from the 1969 Van Cliburn Competition of
étude no. 5, Feux follets, is found on VAI Audio VAIA 1147.
Nojima was awarded second price; Christina Ortiz first price.
1987 n/a Joseph Villa Dante HPC 172/173 Live recording.

2 études, nos. 8 and 11.

A studio recording of étude no. 11, Harmonies du soir, is
found on Second Hearing GS 9001, recorded May 1984.
1988 10 March Sviatoslav Richter Decca 475 8637 Live recording, Cologne.

8 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
1988 4 July Sviatoslav Richter RCA Victor RD60859 Live recording, Lübeck.

Étude no. 11, Harmonies du soir.
1988 June Tzimon Barto EMI CDC 7 49566 2 2 études, nos. 4 and 11.
1989 19 August Michael Ponti Danacord Unpublished Live recording at Schloss vor Husum.

6 études, nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 12.
1990 19 August Janice Weber Danacord Unpublished Live recording at Schloss vor Husum.

7 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 11.

1837 version, S.137.
1990 30 September Evgeny Kissin RCA Victor RD60443 Live recording, Carnegie Hall.

Étude no. 10.
1990 n/a Janina Fialkowska CBC Records MVCD 2-1035 Publised 1990. No recording date information.

3 études, nos. 5, 9 and 12.
1995 25-28 April Michie Koyama Sony SRCR 9883 2 études, nos. 5 and 11.
1995 23 August Roberto Cappello Danacord Unpublished Live recording at Schloss vor Husum.

9 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12.
1995 22-25 August Evgeny Kissin RCA Victor 09026 68262 2 5 études, nos. 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12.
1997 16 November Valentin Bogolubov SNE 633-CD 4 études, nos. 4, 5, 8 and 11.
1997
1998 		n/a Nikolai Tokarev Solo Musica SM156 3 études, nos. 4, 10 and 11.
2000 14 May Marc-André Hamelin n/a n/a Non-commercial live recording at Blackheath Halls, London.

2 études, nos. 10 and 11.
2002 February
July 		Stephanie McCallum ABC Classics 472 673-2 3 études, nos. 3, 9 and 12.
2003 15 March Ivo Pogorelić n/a n/a Non-commercial live recording at Megaron Concert Hall, Athens.

2 études.
2003 24-30 September Gábor Csalog Budapest Music
Center Records 		BMC CD 095 5 études, nos. 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12.
2004 April Elena Ulyanova-Caldine Classical Records CR039 2 études, nos. 10 and 11.
2004 6 November Ivo Pogorelić n/a n/a Non-commercial live recording at John Harms Theater, Englewood.

3 études, nos. 5, 8 and 10.
2006
2007 		August
February 		Patrick Scheyder Alpha ALPHA 119 2 études, nos. 3 and 4.

Scheyder performs on an 1846 Pleyel.
2008 28 July Nikolai Lugansky Medici Arts 3078658 Live video recording at Verbier Festival.

4 études, no. 5, 10, 11 and 12.
2008 21-24 October Dominic Piers Smith Music and Media MMC102 2 études, nos. 4 and 12.
2010 14-16 September Martin Berkofsky Arts 477578 2 études, nos. 6 and 12.
2010
2011 		July
January 		Yevgeny Sudbin BIS 1828 2 études, nos. 10 and 11.

Étude no. 10 recorded 2010;
Étude no. 11 recorded 2011.
2011 June Nikolai Lugansky Naïve AM 205 3 études, nos. 5, 10 and 12.
2011 October Roman Zaslavsky EuroArts
Young Masters 		EA3002 2 études, nos. 8 and 10.
2011 3-5 November Wolfgang Manz Telos Music TLS141 4 études, nos. 8, 9, 11 and 12.
2013 9-12 September Katia Veekmans Pavane ADW 7075 2 études, nos. 8 and 9.
2014 29 September
6, 7, 29 October 		Olivia Sham Avie AV2355 3 études, nos. 7, 8 and 9.
Étude no. 9, 1826 version, S.136.
2011
2014 		November
May 		Lucy Parham Deux-Elles DXL1145 2 études, nos. 1 and 12.

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