LISZT RECITAL Janina Fialkowska, piano ACD2 2641 Io mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt, the renowned Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska has recorded a personal selection of Liszt's solo piano music including Bénédiciton de Dieu dans la solitude (The Blessing of God in Solitude), an excerpt from the piano cycle Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and Liszt's great piano transcriptions. Famous for her interpretations of Chopin, Mozart and Liszt, in 1990 Ms Fialkowska was chosen to perform the world premiere of Liszt's recently discovered third piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.   She has recorded all three Liszt concertos, as well as the Paderewski, Moszkowski, Mozart and Chopin piano concertos. Janina Fialkowska is a regular guest soloist with the world's most prestigious orchestras in North America, Europe and Asia.   She has worked with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Metha, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Slatkin, and many others.   Next season, she will give a solo recital at London's prestigious Wigmore Hall. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)   1. Valse-caprice n° 6     9:09       [Soirées de Vienne, S.427]   2. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude     16:27       [Harmonies poétiques et Religieuses n° 3. S.173]       Chopin-Liszt: Six Chants polonais, S.480   3.   I. Le souhait de la jeune fille | The Maiden's Wish     3:24   4.  II. Printemps | Spring     2:37   5. III. L'anneau | The Ring     3:03   6. IV. Bacchanale | Bacchanal     1:37   7.  V. Mes joies | My Joys-Nocturne     4:13   8. VI. Le retour au pays | The Bridegroom's return     1:29   9. Gretchen     19:28       [ 2e movement of the 'Faust' symphony transcribed by Liszt for piano, S.513 ] 10. Gounod-Liszt: Valse de Faust de Gounod, S.407     9:31 ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879