Mystic (Rome)
Donald Macleod explores the music Liszt wrote in Rome while he grappled with several personal crises.
Liszt grew old in Rome. He followed his mistress Carolyne there, in the hope of marrying her, but the ceremony was prevented in a complex story of intrigue and corruption. After a retreat in a monastery on the slopes of Monte Mario, the composer chose to enter the lower orders of the Catholic priesthood, which one friend described as 'an act of spiritual suicide'. Donald Macleod explores the music Liszt wrote in Rome while he grappled with several personal crises.
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Franz Liszt
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - 10 pieces S.173 for piano
Performer: Steven OSBORNE - Piano
- HYPERION.
- CDA-67445.
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Franz Liszt
2 Legendes S.175 for piano
Performer: Alfred BRENDEL - Piano
- Philips.
- 410 040-2.
- 2.
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Franz Liszt
Christus - oratorio S.3 for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra
Conductor: James CONLON Performer: Benita VALENTE - Mezzo-soprano Performer: Marjana LIPOVSEK - Contralto Performer: Peter LINDROOS - Tenor Performer: Tom KRAUSE - Bass Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
- ERATO.
- ECD-88232/34.
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- Thu 28 Jul 201112:00BBC Radio 3
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