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Composer(s): Liszt, Franz
Artist(s): Siepmann, Jeremy
Label: Naxos Educational
Genre: Music Biographies
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.558005-06
Barcode: 0636943800522
Release Date: 03/2001
Life and Works: LISZT (Siepmann)
The life of Franz Liszt was as daring and spectacular as his music. Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century, he was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived. Beautiful in youth, glowering in age, his high-profile love affairs were the talk of the town wherever he went and his generosity to young musicians was legendary. In this account of his epic life, actors’ readings combine with plentiful musical excerpts to paint a living portrait of a highly complex man.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Liszt, Franz
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1 | Childhood and Youth | 09:26 |
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2 | Music: La Campanella | 04:46 |
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3 | Enter the Countess Marie d'Agoult | 03:25 |
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4 | Music: Au Lac du Wallenstadt | 02:43 |
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5 | Rivalry with Thalberg | 06:34 |
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6 | Music: Schubert, arr. Liszt: Die Forelle | 04:31 |
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7 | Travels in Italy (Music: Dante Sonata) | 06:55 |
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8 | Patriot and Hero: Liszt returns to Hungary | 10:04 |
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9 | Music: Transcendental Etude No. 2 in A Minor | 02:25 |
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10 | The Gypsies' Music: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 | 12:28 |
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11 | The End of the Affair: break-up with Marie | 10:54 |
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12 | Music: Consolation No. 3 in D flat | 03:22 |
Disc 2
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1 | Lisztomania (Music: Transcendental Study No. 8) | 06:53 |
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2 | The Virtuoso Retires | 04:38 |
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3 | Music: Berlioz, arr. Liszt: Un bal (Symphonie fantastique) | 06:28 |
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4 | Weimar and the Princess (Music: symphonic poem: Prometheus) | 11:03 |
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5 | Liszt and Wagner (Music: Sonata in B Minor) | 13:03 |
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6 | Exit from Weimar (Music: From the Cradle to the Grave) | 09:47 |
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7 | The Abbe Liszt | 04:02 |
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8 | Music: Ave Maria | 04:01 |
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9 | The Final Period | 12:15 |
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10 | Music: Unstern | 05:59 |
Total Playing Time: 02:35:42