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lanfare, 2011 - on Leslle Poward's recordlng for Melba of Lhe 8akhmanlnov SonaLas
1hls Lyplcally enLerprlslng programme presenLs Lhree of Leslle
Poward's llfelong obsesslons: LlszL, ln four of hls mosL begulllng
muslcal vlslLs Lo Lhe opera, preceded by 8eeLhoven, wlLh Lhe
plece whlch ls much more Lhan a Lrlal run for Lhe nale of Lhe
Lrolca Symphony, and 8akhmanlnov, ln hls powerful dellneauon
of Lhe prlnclpal characLers ln CoeLhe's lausL - lausL, CreLchen and
MephlsLopheles.
A cluzen boLh of 8rlLaln and AusLralla, Leslle Poward has
accompllshed a feaL unequalled by any solo arusL ln recordlng
hlsLory - hls 99-Cu survey for Pyperlon of Lhe compleLe plano
muslc of lranz LlszL, lncludlng all 17 works for plano and orchesLra.
Accompllshed wlLhln 14 years, lL encompasses more Lhan 300
world premleres, wlLh works prepared from LlszL's unpubllshed
manuscrlpLs and works unheard slnce LlszL's llfeume.
1o commemoraLe Lhe LlszL 200Lh Annlversary ?ear, Pyperlon has
released Lhe enure collecuon ln a speclal boxed seL, wlLh a bookleL
conLalnlng a new essay by Poward, and a fully cross-referenced
workllsL.
1hls crlucally acclalmed pro[ecL merlLed Leslle Poward's enLry
ln Lhe Culnness 8ook of World 8ecords, slx Crands rlx du ulsque,
Lhe Medal of SL. SLephen, Lhe ro CulLura Pungarlca award and a
mounLed bronze casL of LlszL's hand.
ln 1999 Lhe Cueen besLowed on hlm Member ln Lhe Crder of
AusLralla" for hls servlce Lo Lhe arLs as plano sololsL, composer,
muslcologlsL and menLor Lo young muslclans".
Leslle Poward has appeared lnLernauonally wlLh Lhe world's nesL
orchesLras, lncludlng Lhe London Symphony, London hllharmonlc,
8oyal hllharmonlc, 88C Symphony, 88C hllharmonlc, Lngllsh
norLhern hllharmonla, 81L nauonal Symphony of uublln, Panover
8and, uLah Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Mexlco hllharmonlc,
CrchesLra della Scala, 8udapesL hlharmonlc, 8udapesL Symphony,
and Lhe orchesLras of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelalde, Cueensland and
1asmanla ln AusLralla.
ln 2011, Melba 8ecordlngs released Poward's performances of
Lhe 8akhmanlnov SonaLas Lo worldwlde acclalm.
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