Self-Composure (Weimar, 1848-61)
Donald Macleod focuses on the works Liszt wrote while he was living in Weimar - the most productive period of the composer's life.
In Weimar, Liszt experienced the most settled, productive years of his life. The large music room of the Altenburg, Liszt's home in Weimar, provided a perfect venue for the performance of some of the pieces he now focussed on. In all his activities there, Liszt was supported by his mistress and companion, Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein. Donald Macleod looks at the music of Liszt's Weimar years, including his masterpiece, the B minor sonata.
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Franz Liszt
Die Loreley S.273`1 for voice and piano vers. voice and piano
Performer: Daniel BARENBOIM - Piano Performer: Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU - Baritone
- DG.
- 4748912.
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Franz Liszt
Prometheus - symphonic poem S.99
Conductor: Claudio ABBADO Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- SK-53978.
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Franz Liszt
Sonata in B minor S.178 for piano
Performer: Alfred BRENDEL - Piano
- PHILIPS.
- 432-048-2.
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