The fact that Franz Liszt wrote two piano concertos tailored to his own abilities is nothing unusual for one who was perhaps the greatest pianist in the history of music. In the 19th century such concertos were by all means expected of every piano virtuoso as “visiting cards”. But it is astonishing that Liszt’s concertos (apart from a few sketches and ideas) were not written in his early virtuoso period in Paris, but during his Weimar years. Thus the premiere of his 1st Piano Concerto in E flat ...