Dantesinfonie hrsinfonieorchester slowakischer philharmonischer chor peter. Liszt piano sheet music classical piano music piano street. Liszts orchestral arrangement of schuberts wanderer. Simultaneously, the book repositions liszts legacy within theatre history, arguing that his contributions should be placed alongside those of mendelssohn, berlioz and wagner. I was able to find a full recording of the symphony on youtube, with daniel barenboim. Whether noseda agrees or not, he takes the movement at a generally brisk pace, with incisive articulation when required. Water themes in liszts dante symphony perhaps one of the greatest works of art inspired by dantes divine comedy is liszts symphony s.
This is the second of two versions of liszts transcription, published in 1863 the first having been completed in 1837 at the age of 26. Partially arranged for organ by liszt and alexander wilhelm gottschalg. He was a renowned performer throughout europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the keyboard. Antonio salieri taught him thetechnique of composition and fostered the young liszts musical taste. The first movement of liszts dante symphony, inferno, opens. His championship of new composers like wagner and berlioz helped them to fame. Reviews a richly detailed interdisciplinary study that provides context for the symphonic poems evolution, as well as a synthesis of liszts multifarious activities. Liszt piano music franz liszt 18111886, the greatest piano virtuoso of his time, was also highly influential in shaping the western musical canon. Franz liszt dante symphony warner classics apex 2564. Dante symphony eine symphonie zu dantes divina commedia, for orchestra, s. Listen to your favorite songs from liszt complete piano music, vol. Liszts father played the piano, violin, cello, and guitar. This work of program music was inspired by the reading of dante. Gianandrea noseda does a good job with the dante symphonys first movement the only part anyone cares about.
In his book on program music, jonathan kregor perceptively links this. Liszt eventually transcribed all nine of the beethoven symphonies. In the summer of 1855 franz liszt, now firmly ensconced in weimar as court conductor and intent on reinventing the essence of nineteenthcentury composition, interrupted his work on the mighty dante symphony and the prometheus choruses to write a setting of the th psalm with. C ompleted in 1856, liszts dante symphony is one of the most talkedabout 19thcentury scores, but one of the least frequently played. The full set of nine transcriptions are dedicated to. Rgfudgugu3ltcghvbnksifmumta5ichmaxn6dcwgrnjhbnop identifier imslpsymphonys109lisztfranz. Liszt wanderer fantasy liszt dante symphony simone young conductor louis lortie piano cantillation meet the music wed 21 aug, 6. Download free franz liszt symphony sheet music files from.
As a passionate admirer of the faust symphony, ive always felt that passages of the inferno movement of the dante symphony need a fair amount of help, especially when liszt gets stuck in diminished seventh mode. Dantes inferno, which are printed in the score but never heard in perfor mance. All that was missing was the details of an actual mission that originated from the transmission of these messages and its resulting. In his compositions he developed piano technique beyond recognition. Previous sheet music next sheet music dante symphony s.
Piano sheet music 1 piano, 4 hands duet franz liszt. Liszt ferenc october 22, 1811 july 31, 1886 was a hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the romantic period. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Liszt was born in a village near sopron, hungary, now raiding, austria. Raiding in sopron county, in the kingdom of hungary, austrian empire. Siegfried jerusalem, london philharmonia and suisse romande orchestra, georg solti and jesus lopezcobos. Thus, work on the dante symphony roughly coincided with work on liszts. Liszt, franz psalm xiii for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra vocal score german text. Lopezcobos decca was more splendid, especially with the magnificent opening movement.
L iszt s two great danteinspired works, the sonata of 1839 and the symphony of 1857, have been coupled together on disc before, though not in. It was premiered in dresden in november 1857, with liszt himself conducting, and was unofficially dedicated to the composers friend and. Rick disilvio paints rich characters who are totally believable and he keeps you guessing as the plot thickens throughout this fictionalhistorical novel. This epic symphony traverses through dante s vision of hell to arrive at a heavenly finale. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
See also the album leaf dante symphony progression, s. Liszt s orchestral arrangement of schuberts wanderer. The coupling of the symphony with the dante sonata is an obvious but adroit choice and it allows barenboims to show off his versatility. Fantasia quasi sonata french for after a reading of dante.
How liszt embedded secret codes into various scores of his dante symphony is alluded to, but never actually demonstrated. Liszts dante symphony meet your next favorite book. Liszts dante symphony is a sizzling tale of murder and covert spy rings set amid the turbulent rise of bismarcks prussia, which leads to hitlers infernal third reich. Simone young shows us schuberts vienna with pianist louis lortie and the infernal visions of liszts dante symphony franz liszt was an ambitious and innovative musician, creating a radically new sound for the piano and inventing the symphonic poem using the orchestra to freely evoke mood, colour, people and places.
He whips up the opening storm excitingly, plays the francesca episode tenderly, evokes the hellish laughter in the strings and clarinets. Apres une lecture du dante ii, fantasia quasi sonata, for piano annees ii7 s. His evocation of the inferno, the shade of francesca da rimini and her sad remembered love is marked by strokes of genius which, with bewildering frequency, preempt the mature wagner who was, incidentally, the dedicatee of the work. Simone young shows us schuberts vienna with pianist louis lortie and the infernal visions of liszt s dante symphony franz liszt was an ambitious and innovative musician, creating a radically new sound for the piano and inventing the symphonic poem using the orchestra to freely evoke mood, colour, people and places. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on dante alighieris journey through hell and purgatory, as depicted in the divine comedy.
The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. Conlons recent performance with the rotterdam philharmonic on erato was responsive to the shifting moods, but rather softcentered. He rewrote the concluding measures, but in the printed score he left the. It is good to have another version of liszts dante symphony competing for attention in this his centenary year, not least since the new version is of such quality. I am deeply grateful that i was born man humans and to appreciate the wonderful world of music composition and has given me an opportunity to experience. Instrumentation piano external links wikipedia article. This epic symphony traverses through dantes vision of hell to arrive at a heavenly finale. Liszt began his beethoven symphony transcriptions in 1838, completing symphonies nos.
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