Works for harmonium (1987)

"The "Works for harmonium" part of this album's title is a little deceptive; the works involved were pieces for organ or harmonium, and most of them were arrangements of sacred works originally composed for choir. Nevertheless, the 1875 harmonium, apparently once owned by Liszt, that's played by Zsuzsa Elekes on the album is a lovely thing with many voices. The album helps fill out the rather overlooked picture of the role the instrument played in music of the nineteenth century. The "Works for cello and piano" part of the title is accurate but equally surprising to the casual listener, who won't think much of chamber music in connection with Liszt. (...) The sound of this recording, made in 1986, is impressive for its time and place, and the performers do a good job of teasing out the showy expressiveness that lurked beneath the elder Liszt's veneer of piety. Among Liszt's late works it is the proto-atonal piano pieces that get all the attention." (Allmusic)