Whispers and Laments
Donald Macleod focuses on the music of Liszt's final years, when there was a shift from virtuosic exuberance to dissonance, silence and abandoned endings.
There was a shift in Liszt's musical style in the last years of his life, from virtuosic exuberance to dissonance, silence and abandoned endings. During this time there was a rapprochement between the composer and his daughter Cosima, from whom Liszt had been estranged over her affair with Wagner. Donald Macleod explores the music of Liszt's final years, including pieces written in response to his premonition of Wagner's death, and a piece written shortly before Liszt's own death on a visit to Cosima in Bayreuth in 1885.
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Franz Liszt
Ave Maria S.341 for voice and piano [1881]
Performer: Stephen HOUGH - Piano
- Virgin Classics.
- 7592222.
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Franz Liszt
Nuages Gris S.199
Performer: Alfred BRENDEL - Piano
- PHILIPS.
- 446-943-2.
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Franz Liszt
Unstern - sinistre, disastro S.208 for piano
Performer: Alfred BRENDEL - Piano
- PHILIPS.
- 446-943-2.
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Franz Liszt
La Lugubre gondola S.200 for piano
Performer: Stephen HOUGH - Piano
- VIRGIN.
- 561-439-2.
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Franz Liszt
La Lugubre gondola S.200 for piano
Performer: Stephen HOUGH - Piano
- VIRGIN.
- 561-439-2.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto waltz no. 2 S.515, transc. for piano
Performer: Leslie HOWARD - Piano
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66201.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto waltz no. 3 S.216 for piano
Performer: Leslie HOWARD - Piano (Piano)
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66201.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto waltz no. 4 S.696 for piano [unfinished]
Performer: Leslie HOWARD - Piano
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66201.
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