Liszt: Studies and transcriptions
Composer
Franz Liszt
Artist
Michele Campanella piano
Format
6 CD
Cat. number
94147
EAN code
5028421941479
Release
April 2011
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About this release
This box of hitherto unissued recordings will be a must for any pianophile. Michele Campanella is already known to such connoisseurs as a Liszt player of the highest distinction, who has played the composer’s music for many decades now. These recordings were made in Italy in the last 10 years, and reveal him as an ever more acute interpreter of this often elusive music.
Most obviously demanding, of course, are the 12 Transcendental Studies, that ultimate synthesis of literary-inspired creative fire and technical wizardry. Two discs of Wagner transcriptions venture from the familiar and relatively straightforward (Isoldes Liebestod) to the transformative recreations, entirely worthy of the originals, wrought by Liszt on themes from Lohengrin and Parsifal.Then on a disc of Liszt is the well-known Rigoletto paraphrase but also transcriptions of music from Gerusalem and Simon Boccanegra. Altogether we encounter the protean genius of Liszt at his most flexible, responding to the appetite of his day for both operatic pot-pourris and for clouds of piano dreams.
OTHER INFORMATION:
• Michele Campanella on Liszt: essay and biography included in the booklet
• In this Liszt anniversary year, this generous box will arouse additional interest
• There is more Campanella and Liszt to come from Brilliant Classics in 2011
• www.michelecampanella.org
Track list
Disk 1
1 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Preludio
2 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): (Molto vivace)
3 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Paysage
4 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Mazeppa
5 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Feux follets
6 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Vision
7 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Eroica
8 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Wilde Jagd
9 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Ricordanza
10 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): (Allegro agitato molto)
11 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Harmonies du soir
12 Franz Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, S 139 (1852): Chasse-neige
Disk 2
1 Franz Liszt: Phantasiestück, S 439 on themes from Rienzi
2 Franz Liszt: Tannhäuser: O, du mein holder Abendstern (Act I) S 444
3 Franz Liszt: Tannhäuser: Entry of the Guests (Act III), S 445 No. 1
4 Franz Liszt: Walhall, S 449 on themes from Der Ring des Nibelungen
5 Franz Liszt: Lieder aus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen: Hagen und Kriemhild
6 Franz Liszt: Lieder aus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen: Bechlarn
7 Franz Liszt: Der fliegende Holländer: Ballade, S 441
8 Franz Liszt: Der fliegende Holländer: Spinnerlied, S 440
Disk 3
1 Franz Liszt: Lohengrin: Elsas Brautzug zum Münster, S 445 No. 2
2 Franz Liszt: Lohengrin: Elsas Traum, S 446 No. 2 –
3 Franz Liszt: Lohengrin: Lohengrins Verweis an Elsa, S 446 No. 3
4 Franz Liszt: Lohengrin: Festspiel und Brautlied, S 446 No. 1
5 Franz Liszt: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Am stillen Herd, S 448
6 Franz Liszt: Isolde Liebestod, S 447
7 Franz Liszt: Parsifal: Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Graal, S 450
Disk 4
1 Franz Liszt: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ‘Pastorale’ from S 464: I. Allegro ma non troppo
2 Franz Liszt: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ‘Pastorale’ from S 464: II. Andante molto moto
3 Franz Liszt: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ‘Pastorale’ from S 464: III. Allegro
4 Franz Liszt: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ‘Pastorale’ from S 464: IV. Allegro – V. Allegretto
Disk 5
1 Franz Liszt: Ernani: Paraphrase de concert, S 431a (or S 432)
2 Franz Liszt: Jérusalem: Salve Maria, S 431
3 Franz Liszt: Il trovatore: Miserere, S 433
4 Franz Liszt: Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert, S 434
5 Franz Liszt: Don Carlo: Coro di festa e Marcia funebre, S 435
6 Franz Liszt: Messa di Requiem: Agnus Dei, S 437
7 Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Boccanegra, S 438
8 Franz Liszt: Aida: Danza sacra e duetto finale, S 436
Disk 6
1 Franz Liszt: Concert paraphrase, S 410 on the Wedding March and Dance of the Elves from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)
2 Franz Liszt: Les Adieux, S 409: Rêverie on a theme from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
3 Franz Liszt: La Sonnambula: Grande Fantaisie de Concert, S 627 (Bellini)
4 Franz Liszt: Les Sabéennes, S 408: Berceuse from La Reine de Saba (Gounod)
5 Franz Liszt: Valse, S 407 from Faust (Gounod)
6 Franz Liszt: Transcription brillante, S 456 of the Valse d’Adèle for the left hand (Géza Zichy, Count Vasony-Keö)
7 Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S 418 (Mozart)