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Liszt our way Consolations __________ Consolation n. 3 TheSimon Dream of love n. 3 (Nocturne) TheSimon Transcendental studies __________ First transcendental study Antares
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antares86
for a few weeks I have been struggling in the transcendental study by Liszt "leggerezza", despite being at an advanced level, I am finding quite a bit of difficulty in managing to perfectly...
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pianoexpert
Horowitz plays Liszt Au bord d'une Source - Années de Pèlerinage (1947 recording) I was listening, why do it alone?... I share.
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maquieto
This is, shall we say, a portrait of the master left to us by one of his American pupils, Amy Fray, who met him during the Weimar period. "I knew him from his portrait, and I found it very a...
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As further proof of what I was saying here http://www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/6056-l%E2%80%99op-106-e-un-bel-paio-di-gambe/ I must instead acknowledge that this second Liszt...
Photo of Liszt playing the piano. Beautiful, but will it be authentic?
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Frank
I have found various "interpretations" online. To an untrained ear, the most seductive were those of Yundi Li and Rubinstein. I cannot quite "decipher" Busoni and Gilels. I would have liked...
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maquieto
https://www.steinway.com/artists/franz-liszt Letter to Mr. Steinway: Liszt, Weimar 1883
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LucaCavaliere
To those of you who are more experienced, what is meant by the type of piece ‘reminiscences’, which I think means Reminiscences? How do Liszt's fit into this logic? Thanks in advance
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Crisantemi
I report that on May 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM at the Milan Conservatory (Puccini Hall), Alfred Brendel will hold a lecture on Franz Liszt: From Exuberance to Asceticism. At the conclusion of the...
Franz Liszt was born in Raiding (now Austria) on October 22, 1811 "The demon moved its forces; as if wanting to test the audience, it seemed to play with them first, then offered them someth...
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Thesimon
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), a Hungarian composer transplanted to Paris, began writing the Transcendental Studies as a teenager and published the definitive version 25 years later. Despite being...
Lazar Berman plays Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody, S.254 (rec. 1953) I was listening to it, what do you think?
I had removed the existence of this work that I am sharing, enjoy listening. F. Liszt: Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH (D. Roth)
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antares86
Today I propose listening to a transcription of a Bach prelude and fugue for organ, adapted for piano by Liszt; I believe there are 6 in the entire collection, this is the first
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antares86
Guys, I imagine almost all of you are familiar with the '77 recordings of an elderly Arrau (74 years old).... today I am proposing some links of a 25-year-old Arrau on Liszt; perhaps some of...
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antares86
A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy is a program "symphony," composed between 1855 and 1856 and performed for the first time in Dresden in November 1857, under the direction of the composer...
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antares86
Guys, I'm curious: what do you think is the best interpretation of the 2 legends of Saint Francis of Paola and Saint Francis of Assisi?
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antares86
Franz Liszt and Italy http://www.ilcorrieremusicale.it/2011/10/22/franz-liszt-e-litalia/ Sharing this interesting article written by Roberto Prosseda.
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antares86
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, tonight I propose that we listen to the two Lisztian sonatas: the one in B minor and the fantasy quasi-sonata from the 2nd year of pilgrimage based on a...
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Frank
Good evening, since it has been a while since I posted anything, tonight I wanted to propose for your listening this little thing here. A Faust Symphony in three Character Portraits (Eine Fa...
So guys, I'm opening a little poll.... who do you think is the best interpreter of Franz Liszt? o the best ones if you have more than one.... i'll start with Gyorgy Cziffra (I love him) on p...
Evening guys, today I want to propose a listening session.... Les préludes, symphonic poem by Franz Liszt from 1856; the preface to the second edition states: What else is our life, if not a...
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antares86
Josef Danhauser. Liszt fantasizing at the piano Commissioned by Conrad Graf, the imaginary depiction also shows Alfred de Musset or Alexandre Dumas, père, George Sand, Marie d'Agoult; standi...
