Jorge Bolet, Hamman Hall, Rice University 1982

1 February 1982, Hamman Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Fantasy in F-sharp minor, op. 28 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Fantasy in C major, op. 17 / Robert Schumann -- Five Lieder/ Franz Schubert ; transcribed by Franz Liszt -- Mephisto Waltz / Franz Liszt.  LINK to recording

He played the same programme on 8 February 1982: Van Wezel Auditorium, Sarasota, Florida.  Recital includes Schumann's Fantasy, 5 Schubert/Liszt Lieder and the Mephisto waltz. 'His fingers are made of steel but the tips have the Midas Touch - except that what he touches turns into liquid, not solid gold. It flows endlessly with a mellifluous shading from strength to gentleness.  Surprisingly, he is very undramatic himself.  No fuss, no feathers,

and rarely a smile.'

It was in this month (and later, in September) that Bolet began recording for Decca the material that would constitute volume 1 of his Liszt series (Decca SXDL 7596 [LP]), issued in March 1983. 

Producer: Peter Wadland 17-19 February, 1982 Kingsway Hall, LondonLiszt, Funérailles S173/7 Hungarian Rhapsody S244/12 Rigoletto - paraphrase de concert S434 Mephisto Waltz No.1 S514