Ferencz Liszt
Born: 22nd October 1811, Raiding
Died: 31st July 1886, Bayreuth
Nationality: Hungarian, Austrian
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, and organist of the Romantic era. He was additionally a philanthropist, Hungarian nationalist, and Franciscan tertiary.
Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his prodigious virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was a friend, musical promoter and benefactor to many composers of his time, including Frédéric Chopin, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka, and Alexander Borodin.
A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School (German: Neudeutsche Schule).
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Recording of the Week,
Igor Levit's Tristan
Hans Werner Henze's brilliant, baffling set of ‘Preludes for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra’ sits at the heart of this Wagner-inspired recital, which also includes music by Liszt and Mahler via Ronald Stevenson.
Recording of the Week,
Liszt from Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch
The long-term Lieder partners are absolutely in their element on a recital which delivers both drama and delicacy in spades.
Popular Genres: Liszt
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Popular Works: Liszt
- Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 7) (145)
- Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 4) (99)
- Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 2) (65)
- Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16 (88)
- Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera (107)
- Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major (155)
- En rêve - Nocturne S207 (65)
- Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314 (63)
- Fantasia and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S259 (71)
- Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes, S123 (82)
- Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7) (143)
- Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' (106)
- Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor (189)
- Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major (95)
- Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor (95)
- Il penseroso (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 2) (66)
- Isolde's Liebestod (after Wagner), S447 (107)
- Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4) (102)
- Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 (163)
- Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) (374)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (295)
- Nuages gris, S199 (96)
- O quand je dors (Hugo), S282 (75)
- Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98 (62)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 (259)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125 (180)
- Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 (399)
- Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S260 (76)
- Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (after Mozart), S. 418 (70)
- Rhapsodie espagnole, S254 (92)
- Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5) (149)
- Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 6) (104)
- Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 4) (75)
- Sposalizio (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 1) (75)
- Totentanz, S126 for piano & orchestra (99)
- Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12 (76)
- Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 (70)
- Vallée d'Obermann (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 6) (105)
- Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1 (126)
- Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) (83)
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