Notes and Editorial Reviews
Franz Liszt was born 200 years ago in 1811, and died in 1886. He remains a controversial and much misunderstood figure. For many, he is one of the great composers, a true visionary to rank alongside the greats, and certainly as visionary as his son in law Richard Wagner. For others he is a showman, flashy and a purveyor of brilliant but shallow display pieces for piano. The latter view seriously undestimates Liszt -- yes he could throw out salon music in the style of his contemporaries Thalberg, Herz and Tausig. But his best piano music, and his best orchestral music is superbly crafted, often extremely complex and forward-looking, and deeply spiritual.
This 30CD collection contains his Faust and Dante Symphonies, Les
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Preludes, the Bergsymphonie, the symphonic poems, his major organ works, the Missa Solemnis, the Piano Sonata, the Petrarch Sonnets, the Transcendental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies, his Wagner and Verdi transcriptions, the piano concertos 1-3 including Malediction, Totentanz, de Profundis and the Fantasia on themes from Lelio by Berlioz, his orchestration of Schubert's Wanderer fantasy, The Dante Sonata , excerpts from the Years of Pilgrimage Book 1 (Switzerland) Book 2 (Italy), Paganini Etudes and more.
Several of the major keyboard works can be heard in comparative recordings by different artists, including Gilels captured in 1949 in the Sonata.
This collection will allow the listener to get to the heart of the composer, and hear the lighter more brilliant works of his early career alongside the later, complex more mystical works from the later years.
Other information:
- Major name artists
- CD-ROM containing comprehensive notes on the music and biographies
- A superb introduction to Liszt
- 2011 is the composer's bicentenary
- Historical recordings
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Works on This Recording
1.
Faust Symphony, S 108 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
János Ferencsik
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hungarian State Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1857; Weimar, Germany
2.
Dante Symphony, S 109 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra,
Netherlands Philharmonic Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1855-1856; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 1995
Venue: Live Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.
Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849/1854; Weimar, Germany
5.
Les préludes, S 97 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848/1854; Weimar, Germany
6.
Orpheus, S 98 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853-1854; Weimar, Germany
7.
Prometheus, S 99 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850/1855; Weimar, Germany
8.
Mazeppa, S 100 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851/1854; Weimar, Germany
9.
Festklänge, S 101 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Weimar, Germany
10.
Héroďde funébre, S 102 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850/1854; Weimar, Germany
11.
Hungaria, S 103 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854; Weimar, Germany
12.
Hamlet, S 104 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Weimar, Germany
13.
Die Hunnenschlacht, S 105 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857; Weimar, Germany
14.
Die Ideale, S 106 by Franz Liszt
Conductor:
Arpád Joó
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857; Weimar, Germany
22.
Missa Solemnis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran, S 9 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Klára Takács (Alto),
Veronika Kincses (Soprano),
György Korondi (Tenor),
József Gregor (Bass)
Conductor:
János Ferencsik
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra,
Hungarian Radio Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1855/1858; Weimar, Germany
Language: Latin
60.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Nelson Freire (Piano)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1839/1861; Weimar, Germany
61.
Totentanz, S 126 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Nelson Freire (Piano)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849/1859; Weimar, Germany
66.
Malédiction, S 121 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Louis Lortie (Piano)
Conductor:
George Pehlivanian
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1840; Switzerland
Length: 15 Minutes 40 Secs.
67.
Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Louis Lortie (Piano)
Conductor:
George Pehlivanian
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1852; Weimar, Germany
Length: 14 Minutes 43 Secs.
69.
Work(s) by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Earl Wild (Piano),
Emil Gilels (Piano),
Alfred Brendel (Piano),
Lazar Berman (Piano),
Evgeny Kissin (Piano),
Viviana Sofronitsky (Piano),
György Cziffra (Piano)
Period: Romantic
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