Kassai/Lazar - Imre Sz�ch�nyi: Waltzes and Hungarian Marches

Count Imre Sz�ch�nyi of S�rv�r-Fels?vid�k was a highly regarded Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician who counted Johann Strauss as a lifelong friend, and whose dances were popular and much in demand in his day. Sz�ch�nyi composed waltzes throughout his creative period, but only a few of these have been preserved. His work was of interest to his contemporaries, and among these premiere recordings is Liszt�s own arrangement of the Ungarischer Marsch. These lively and melodious forgotten gems are brought to life on a 1908 Bechstein piano previously owned by Wagner�s grandson, Wolfgang.