Liszt the Traveller
Donald Macleod looks at the period when Liszt eloped with his mistress - the beginning of a restless time the composer charted in the first two volumes of Annees de pelerinage.
Donald Macleod looks at the period beginning in 1835 when Liszt eloped with his pregnant mistress, the countess Marie d'Agoult - the beginning of a restless time the composer later immortalised in the first two volumes of his Annees de pelerinage.
Pastorale No 3 (Annees de pelerinage - premiere annee, S160); Annees de pelerinage - Nos 2, 4 and 9
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Vallee d'Obermann (Annees de pelerinage - premiere annee: Suisse, S160)
Lazar Berman (piano)
Gondoliera (Venezia e Napoli - supplement to Annees de pelerinage - deuxieme annee, S162); Apres une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata - Annees de pelerinage - deuxieme annee: Italie, S160)
Jeno Jando (piano).
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- Tue 24 Jun 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 24 Jun 200820:45BBC Radio 3
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