The 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth has been marked with a flurry of releases and reissues demonstrating that the music of the master showman is still incredibly popular with performers and audiences alike. This 2011 SACD from MDG celebrates Liszt in several aspects of his output, and the program casts him as an original orchestral composer, a brilliant writer for piano and orchestra, and as a master of solo keyboard music. The symphonic poem Tasso is but one example of the program music Liszt developed, along with ...
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The 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth has been marked with a flurry of releases and reissues demonstrating that the music of the master showman is still incredibly popular with performers and audiences alike. This 2011 SACD from MDG celebrates Liszt in several aspects of his output, and the program casts him as an original orchestral composer, a brilliant writer for piano and orchestra, and as a master of solo keyboard music. The symphonic poem Tasso is but one example of the program music Liszt developed, along with the equally popular Les Préludes and Mazeppa, and the drama and pathos of the 16th century poet's life is vividly depicted. Totentanz, even more than Liszt's two piano concertos, is the virtuoso at his flashiest, and this dazzling set of concertante variations on the Dies Irae chant is still a popular vehicle for pianists. The four solo piano pieces, as well as Totentanz, are confidently performed by Claudius Tanski, an artist who regularly appears on this label's recordings. The...
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