这套录音为庆祝李斯特两百週年冥诞发行,由EMI旗下顶尖的乐手包括契可里尼、有「李斯特再世」称号的季弗拉等人共同演奏,其中最特别的就是有一整张的艺术歌曲录音,这是一般最难听到的李斯特作品。
李斯特自称是「既是吉普赛人又是方济教派的修士」,这样复杂而且两面的性格,形成他作为浪漫乐派最具有特色的作曲家的总括,是非常适宜的,他的作品中有一种匈牙利吉普赛人的狂放和无羈,那些纵横于乐曲中的灵感,似乎就是在东欧的森林和田野里驰骋而来的营火和劣酒交错而成的狂闹歌声。
李斯特的作品数量非常庞大,且总类繁多,除了正式的交响曲因为和他的创作精神抵触而未涉猎外(但他还是写有两首作品以交响曲为名)、举凡协奏曲(三首钢琴协奏曲)、歌剧、神剧、艺术歌曲、钢琴独奏曲都留有名作。尤其是钢琴作品,数量更是惊人。他的「超技练习曲」和帕格尼尼主题练习曲(其中就包括著名的「鐘」,是知名的代表作)。与达顾特公爵的夫人相恋让他流亡瑞士意大利边境,激发他写下钢琴名作「巡礼之年」。之后他一度退隐,复出后重回阔别近十年的祖国匈牙利,听到当地的吉普赛人乐团,激发了他灵感,于是写下了近二十首的「匈牙利狂想曲」成为他管弦乐作品中最脍炙人口的杰作。一八四四年他在俄罗斯遇见了日后的终生伴侣:卡若兰公主,两人相偕私奔到威玛宫廷,写下了他著名的浮士德和但丁交响曲,以及两首钢琴协奏曲,和著名的B小调钢琴奏鸣曲。另外,李斯特也是交响诗这种音乐型式的创始人,他将白辽士在幻想交响曲中所采用的固定乐念延伸到这些交响诗中,并据此发展出动机写作的手法。
To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer, this 6-CD set contains a diverse collection of the 100 best-loved masterpieces of Franz Liszt. The first CD begins with complete performances of Liszt’s two piano concertos, both ?rmly established as staples of the concerto repertoire. They are followed by extracts from a number of Liszt’s other works for piano and orchestra including Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes and Malédiction. The next three CDs cover Liszt’s huge output of works for solo piano, from miniatures like ‘La campanella’ (‘The little bell’) using a melody by Paganini and ‘Un sospiro’ (‘A sigh’), to the massive Sonata in B minor that was used so poignantly by Sir Frederic Ashton in his memorable Read more ballet Marguerite and Armand created for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. CD 5 is a collection of Liszt’s songs, including the beautiful love song ‘O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst!’, otherwise known as Liebestraume No. 3. Liszt invented the term ‘Symphonic Poem’, which he applied to a number of orchestral works that did not obey traditional musical forms and were based generally on a literary or pictorial idea. CD 6 includes extracts from several of these, such as Prometheus, Festklänge and Les Préludes. Also represented here are other orchestral works such as Mephisto Waltz No. 1 and A Faust Symphony as well as several of Liszt’s famous Hungarian Rhapsodies, originally written for solo piano but performed here in spectacular orchestral versions that have achieved enormous popularity.
Works on This Recording
1. Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849/1856; Weimar, Germany
2. Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1839/1861; Weimar, Germany
3. Polonaise brillante (Weber) for Piano and Orchestra, S 367/R 460 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
4. Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1852; Weimar, Germany
5. Fantasy on "Ruins of Athens" (Beethoven) for Piano and Orchestra, S 122 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1848-52; Weimar, Germany
6. Malédiction, S 121 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1840; Switzerland
7. Totentanz, S 126 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Michel Béroff (Piano)
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849/1859; Weimar, Germany
8. Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Andrea Lucchesini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1852-1853; Weimar, Germany
9. Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto", S 434 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Craig Sheppard (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1859; Weimar, Germany
10. Paraphrase on the "Miserere" from Verdi's "Trovatore", S 433 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Craig Sheppard (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1859; Weimar, Germany
11. Isolde's "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan", S 447 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Craig Sheppard (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1867; Weimar, Germany
12. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany
13. Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145: no 1, Waldesrauschen by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: György Cziffra (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1862-63; Rome, Italy
14. Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145: no 2, Gnomenreigen by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: György Cziffra (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1862-63; Rome, Italy
15. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 8, Wilde Jagd by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
16. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 7, Eroica by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
17. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 6, Vision by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
18. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 5, Feux follets by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
19. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 4, Mazeppa by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
20. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 3, Paysage by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
21. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 2 in A minor by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
22. Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 1, Preludio by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Vladimir Ovchinikov (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
23. Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215: no 1 in F sharp major by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: John Ogdon (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1881; Rome, Italy
24. Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Kun-Woo Paik (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany
25. Nuages gris for Piano, S 199 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: André Watts (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1881; Rome, Italy
26. Nocturne for Piano, S 207 "En rêve" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: André Watts (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1885; Rome, Italy
27. Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 6 in A minor "Theme and Variations" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1838; Switzerland
28. Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 5 "La Chasse" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1838; Switzerland
29. Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 4 in E major "Arpeggio" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1838; Switzerland
30. Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140: no 3 "La Campanella" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1838; Switzerland
31. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 7, Eglogue by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany
32. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 5, Orage by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany
33. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 4, Au bord d'une source by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany
34. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 3, Pastorale by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: Weimar, Germany
35. Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 2, Au lac de Wallenstadt by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany
36. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 6, Sonetto 123 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1837-1849; Weimar, Germany
37. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 4, Sonetto 47 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1837-1849; Weimar, Germany
38. Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 3, Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1837-1849; Weimar, Germany
39. Venezia e Napoli, S 162: no 2, Canzone by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1859; Weimar, Germany
40. Années de pèlerinage no 3, S 163: no 4, Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1867-1877; Rome, Italy
41. Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144: no 2 in F minor, La leggierezza by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Bernard d'Ascoli (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1848; Weimar, Germany
42. Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S 173: no 5, Pater noster by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1845-1852; Weimar, Germany
43. Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S 173: no 8, Miserere d'après Palestrina by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1845-1852; Weimar, Germany
44. Soirées musicales (12) after Rossini, S 424: no 9, La danza by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Francois-René Duchable (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1837; Italy
45. Coro e marcia funebre from Verdi's "Don Carlos", S 435 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Francois-René Duchable (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1867-1868; Rome, Italy
46. Grand galop chromatique for Piano, S 219 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: György Cziffra (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1838; Switzerland
47. Die drei Zigeuner, S 320 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1860; Weimar, Germany
48. Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, S 306 "Wandrers Nachtlied II" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848/1859; Weimar, Germany
49. Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass, S 297 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1845/1860
50. Petrarch Sonnets (3), S 270 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1839/1861; Switzerland
51. Morgens steh' ich auf und frage, S 290 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1843-1859
52. Lasst mich ruhen, S 317 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1858; Weimar, Germany
53. Ihr Auge, S 310 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1855; Weimar, Germany
54. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S 314 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1857; Weimar, Germany
55. Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, S 309 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1855/1860; Weimar, Germany
56. Die Vätergruft, S 281 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1844; Germany
57. Die Fischertochter, S 325 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1871; Germany
58. Der du von dem Himmel bist, S 279 "Wandrers Nachtlied I" by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1842; Germany
59. Blume und Duft, S 324 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1860; Weimar, Germany
60. Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen, S 311 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone), Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849-1860
61. S'il est un charmant gazon, S 284 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
62. Die Loreley by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: James Lockhart (Piano), Margaret Price (Soprano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: Germany
63. O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S 298 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: James Lockhart (Piano), Margaret Price (Soprano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: circa 1845; Germany
64. Die stille Wasserrose, S 321 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: James Lockhart (Piano), Margaret Price (Soprano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1860
65. Kling leise, mein Lied, S 301 by Franz Liszt
■ Performer: James Lockhart (Piano), Margaret Price (Soprano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848; Weimar, Germany
66. Prometheus, S 99 by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1850/1855; Weimar, Germany
67. Festklänge, S 101 by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1853; Weimar, Germany
68. Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110: no 2, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke "Mephisto Waltz no 1" by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1861; Weimar, Germany
69. Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, S 107: Der Kampf ums Dasein by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Kurt Masur
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1881-1882; Rome, Italy
70. Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359: no 2 in D minor by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
71. Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359: no 3 in D major by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
72. Les préludes, S 97 by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Riccardo Muti
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1848/1854; Weimar, Germany
73. Rákóczy March, S 117 by Franz Liszt
■ Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1865; Hungary