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Franz Liszt: Wagner Transcriptions

This Liszt recording presents a generous selection of the transcriptions that Franz Liszt made of orchestral works by Wagner. Liszt, an ardent and devoted admirer of Wagner, supported him by performing his new operas in Weimar, and by making transcriptions to further popularise the music of his idol. Liszt, the pianistic wizard, transfers the orchestral sonorities to the piano, creating a new work of art, instead of a mere piano reduction of an orchestral score. The famous Tannhäuser Overture doesn’t lose anything in grandeur and bombast on the piano, and Isolde’s Liebestod is an exquisite, moving pianistic masterwork on its own.

Francois Dumont is one of the foremost pianist of the young French generation. As Laureate of the Warsaw Chopin competition he attracted international recognition. His recordings have won a Diapason d’Or and other prizes, his recording of the complete piano works by Ravel (PCLD0055) counts as one of the best to have appeared in recent years.

Composer: Franz Liszt
Artist: François Dumont (piano)

Tracklist:
00:00:00 O du, mein holder Abendstern, S. 444
00:06:49 Ballade aus Der fliegende Holländer, S. 441
00:12:20 Elsas Traum aus Lohengrin, S. 446
00:16:54 Ouvertüre from Tannhäuser, S. 442
00:33:08 Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral aus Parsifal, S. 450
00:43:11 Lohengrins Verweis an Elsa aus Lohengrin, S. 446
00:47:09 Walhall aus Der Ring des Nibelungen, S. 449
00:52:38 Elsas Brautzug zum Münster aus Lohengrin, S. 446
01:01:17 Isoldes Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde, S. 447

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