Zoltan gardonyi 1985, the organ music of liszt pdf, the new. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on dante alighieris journey through hell and purgatory, as depicted in the divine comedy. In his two memorials australian composer james ledger remembers the difficult viennese composer anton webern and icon john lennon. This recording offers an interesting, largely successful experiment. A faust symphony in three character pictures german. Nov 09, 2007 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 the versions for two pianos presented here.
A historical thriller kindle edition by disilvio, rich. Beethovens 3rd piano concerto and liszts dante symphony on the evening concert. Liszts dante symphony is an enigmatic tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of bismarcks prussia, eventually leading to hitlers infernal third reich. This disc completely outclasses the praga coupling with gerd albrecht in the symphony and milan langer in the sonata which i cautiously recommended in march, and proves conclusively that the dante symphony a contemporary of the faust symphony is no longer one that needs its apologists. Utah symphony orchestra, maurice abravanal conductor for information and analysis of this work visit. Jun 06, 2011 liszts dante symphony is a great book. 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. Staatskapelle dresden, dresden state opera chorus, giuseppe sinopoli. Their revelation of a program in the b minor sonata. A historical thriller and millions of other books are available for.
Nov 03, 2012 m a n d a t o r y p r e r e q u i s i t e it is imperative to watch all my videos on the highest quality for the best quality, the fullest emotion to be brought out, and for the soul, mind. Like liszt s other famous tone poem, the faust symphony, the dante symphony was inspired by a literary source. It is well known the fact that liszts programmatic music does not describe something concrete but rather suggests the feelings triggered by a certain action, theme, landscape or artwork. Hoplit, hanslick and liszts dante symphony jsmi, 7 201112, p. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on dante alighieri s journey through hell and purgatory, as depicted in the divine comedy.
Subscribe to our newsletters to get updates about illinois public medias role in giving voice to local arts, education, new ideas, and community needs, sent straight to your inbox. Thus, work on the dante symphony roughly coincided with work on liszts. Today, the symphonic poems are usually seen as alternatives to the symphony postbeethoven. Liszts dante symphony is an historical mysterythriller. Other pieces are based on works by lord byron, goethe and dante.
Its a surprising musical juxtaposition as 60s pop psychedelia meets serialism, but there is a. Two episodes from lenaus faust should also be considered with the symphonic poems. Liszts symphonic poems, although successes, were criticised because they were not absolute music. I enjoyed liszts dante symphony and recommend it as a quick paced, thought provoking, enjoyable reading experience. The symphony was premiered in weimar on september 5, 1857, for the inauguration of the goetheschiller monument there. Franz liszt, daniel barenboim, berlin philharmonic liszt. Franz liszt was preoccupied with a fundamental but difficult question. This is evidenced in new analyses of the music that examines the theatricality of these pieces and their depiction of voices, miseenscene, gesture and action. Rick disilvio paints rich characters who are totally believable and he keeps you guessing as the plot thickens throughout this fictionalhistorical novel. Martin haselbock, best known in liszt circles for his advocacy and editing of the composers complete organ works, leads the orchester wiener akademie on period instruments in the radical dante symphony and.
Liszts dante symphony is a thrilling tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of bismarcks prussia, thus leading to hitlers brutal third reich. Dante symphonysonata by liszt, franz, barenboim, daniel, berlin radio womens chorus, berlin philharmonic orchestra from amazons classical music store. 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. All that was missing was the details of an actual mission that originated from the transmission of these messages and its resulting. Simultaneously, the book repositions liszts legacy within theatre history, arguing that his contributions should be placed alongside those of mendelssohn, berlioz and wagner. The musics bombast readily absorbs the chicago symphonys blaring brass, here unleashed with precious little need to be concerned with good taste. Smashwords liszts dante symphony a book by rich disilvio. Fantasia quasi sonata french for after a reading of dante. The coupling of the symphony with the dante sonata is an obvious but adroit choice and it allows barenboims to show off his versatility. Simone young shows us visions of vienna and then takes us to hell and back with liszts epic dante symphony. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. It was fascinating to me to watch these people become living beings. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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 completed the book, inferno i got finished before hand. A symphony to dante s divine comedy name translations. In the closing moments of the dante symphony, botsteins reading definitely comes into its own as competition against barenboim, masur, kojian, and the like. Meet my famous friends and danny and the dreamweaver, written under the pseudonym mark poe. Dante sonata by franz liszt from amazons classical music store. Ewen, david, the complete book on classical music englewood cliffs, new. His composition, of this period 18641865 included a quartet, two piano quintets, an octet, and an overture. Its two movements are basically a pair of symphonic poems, each depicting, respectively, scenes from dantes inferno and purgatorio, the first two. Simone young shows us visions of vienna and then takes us to hell and back with liszts epic dante symphony in his two memorials australian composer james ledger remembers the difficult viennese composer anton webern and icon john lennon. Liszts masterpiece in orchestral music is the dante symphony 18471855, the subject of which was particularly well suited to his temperament, and offered good chances for the display of his peculiar powers as a master of instrumental effect. Sydney symphony orchestra schubert, liszt and ledger.
He conducted liszts dante symphony in 1866, and made the acquaintance of wagners music for the first time at munich, whither he travelled in liszts company. In the closing moments of the dante symphony, botstein s reading definitely comes into its own as competition against barenboim, masur, kojian, and the like. Liszts orchestral arrangement of schuberts wanderer. Liszt ferenc october 22, 1811 july 31, 1886 was a hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the romantic period. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading liszts dante symphony. Liszts dante symphony is an enigmatic tale of murder and. Mitsuko uchida is the soloist in beethovens 3rd piano concerto. Beethovens 3rd piano concerto and liszts dante symphony. Two episodes from lenau s faust should also be considered with the symphonic poems. Is liszts dante symphony really this bad a piece of music. The winds of time a nonfictional study of the titans who shaped western civilization.
Liszt s faust and dante symphonies share the same aesthetic stance as the symphonic poems. Is leon botsteins conducting of the dante symphony any good. Is liszt s dante symphony really this bad a piece of music. The faust symphony of choice remains leonard bernsteins in 1976 with the boston symphony, reissued on cd as a dgg original. Also on the program liszts dante symphony and mussorgskys night on bald mountain. Liszt s dante symphony is an enigmatic tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of bismarck s prussia, eventually leading to hitler s infernal third reich. Its a surprising musical juxtaposition as 60s pop psychedelia meets serialism, but there is a fateful connection between the two composers. Maggie oherlihy piano works by franz liszt cd baby. The dante sonata is the 7 th piece in liszts piano works collection. I enjoyed liszt s dante symphony and recommend it as a quick paced, thought provoking, enjoyable reading experience. Liszts dante symphony by rich disilvio, hardcover barnes. Dante symphony eine symphonie zu dantes divina commedia 5 sheet music.
The rich list of characters includes such luminaries as franz liszt, albert einstein, richard wagner, pope pius ix, adolf hitler and many others. Whether noseda agrees or not, he takes the movement at a generally brisk pace, with incisive articulation when required. The disc also contains a 1985 recording of barenboim playing the dante sonata. Liszt was fascinated by the work and held regarded it very highly. His answer lay in his symphonic poems, a group of orchestral pieces intended to depict a variety of subjects drawn from literature, visual art and drama. See also the album leaf dante symphony progression, s. How liszt embedded secret codes into various scores of his dante symphony is alluded to, but never actually demonstrated. Mar 08, 2012 utah symphony orchestra, maurice abravanal conductor for information and analysis of this work visit liszt dante symphon. Liszts faust and dante symphonies share the same aesthetic stance as the symphonic poems.
A symphony to dantes divine comedy name translations. One of the first statements about liszts intention of writing the dante symphony exists in a letter addressed to richard wagner, in. Netherlands philharmonic orchestra, netherlands philharmonic chorus, hartmut. Imagine writing a symphony called the old testament and having it focus exclusively on the sex life of david and bathsheba. Liszt, at times a devout catholic, portrayed dantes scenes with great imagination and passion, cleverly suiting his melody. This novel features an italian as the main character whose mission to uncover his fathers mysterious death while combating adolph hitlers nazi germany imparts a heroic and. Tasso subtitled lament and triumph, written in 1849, was the second of liszt s thirteen symphonic poems. Symphony to dantes divina commedia work by liszt britannica.
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. The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. Jul 29, 2016 liszt s dante symphony is an historical mysterythriller. Jun 11, 2009 c ompleted in 1856, liszt s dante symphony is one of the most talkedabout 19thcentury scores, but one of the least frequently played. Liszts other symphonic work, the symphony to dantes divina commedia 1856, depicts the three major sections of the divine comedyinferno, purgatory, and paradise. This time it was dante alighieri s the divine comedy, which liszt s mistress marie dagoult introduced him to decades earlier. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Liszts first mephisto waltz was based on lenaus faust, and he composed a second waltz from the poem in 1881. These familiar faces are portrayed along side angelo dipurezza sr. Daniel barenboim conducted the berliner philharmoniker in february 1992 giving us this live recording of franz liszt s dante symphony splendidly recorded by the teldec team on this cd. Download or buy the cd piano works by franz liszt by maggie oherlihy on the independent record store by musicians for musicians.
The author captures his readers with a brisk and intelligent writing style from the start as he weaves together the threads of a first class mystery in this well written story. Liszts dante symphony by rich disilvio overdrive rakuten. Georg soltis brash and barnstorming approach works well with liszts sprawling faust symphony. C ompleted in 1856, liszts dante symphony is one of the most talkedabout 19thcentury scores, but one of the least frequently played. He was a renowned performer throughout europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the keyboard. Trifonovs approach is to search out through rounded and constantly beautiful piano tone the musics predebussyian side a legitimate take on liszts radical streak, keeping any risk of meretricious.
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