Ferencz Liszt - Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173
I. Invocation [7'26]
II. Ave Maria [7'24]
III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude [14'17]
IV. Pensée des morts [12'15]
V. Pater noster [2'58]
VI. Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil [5'19]
VII. Funérailles [11'20]
VIII. Miserere d'après Palestrina [4'09]
IX. Andante lagrimoso [6'39]
X. Cantique d'amour [5'28]
Roger Muraro- Piano
Accord 4761887 [recorded 1993 or March 2003?; digital download released 2004]
[digital download; flacs, cover scan - no booklet]
Recording venue: Temple Saint-Pierre à Parisonies?Recording engineer: Pascal Perrot; Producer: Gerard Pesson
The French pianist, Roger Muraro, a pupil of Yvonne Loriod and born in Lyon in 1959 is probably best known as an interpreter of Messiaen's piano music and he has indeed recorded the complete solo piano works for Accord plus the orchestral works with piano parts. I am not usually a great fan of Liszt's music but I do enjoy these ten "poetic" pieces. I think this is probably the best all round complete collection although I imagine there may well be finer recordings of individual pieces. I do very much enjoy Roger Muraro's playing and would also recommend his complete Ravel Solo Piano Works (and Ma Mere l'Oye with Hortense Cartier-Bresson) already posted here on MIMIC by friend Davide in one of his mega-posts.
I have shown the recording venue given by Discogs but can find no match in an internet search - the closest seems to be the Temple Tamoul St Pierre on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. And the recording date seems to also be in dispute. I have seen both 1993 and 2003 listed. This download states 1993 but other sources show 2003, which seems more likely. Recorded sound is good if not great.