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Liszt: Symphonic Poems

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Franz Liszt

Label: Studio

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 62

Mastering:

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Catalogue Number: 769022-2

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(Les) Préludes Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Mazeppa Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Tasso Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Orpheus Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Composer or Director: Franz Liszt

Label: Studio

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

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Catalogue Number: EG769022-4

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(Les) Préludes Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Mazeppa Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Tasso Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Orpheus Franz Liszt, Composer
Franz Liszt, Composer
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
These are strong, exciting and idiomatic performances. Masur draws impassioned playing from the Gewandhaus orchestra in the best known of the tone-poems, Les preludes, but he drives the music along forcefully in Mazeppa's ride without the sense of self-indulgence that is a danger in such virtuoso romantic pieces: the energy is made to come from within, rather than being applied from without. Tasso is always described as rather a gloomy and unsatisfactory work: it can be made to hold together effectively as here. So can Orpheus, which includes some of Liszt's most beautiful effects. These, as well as the vehemence of the playing in Mazeppa and Les preludes, are well contained by the recording, even if once or twice there is some slightly artificial balance (some improbably prominent pizzicato for instance). But the disc is a safe recommendation for anyone who loves Liszt, and a fine introduction to some superb music for those who do not.'

Liszt: Symphonic Poems

(Les) Préludes

Mazeppa

Tasso

Orpheus

Liszt: Symphonic Poems

(Les) Préludes

Mazeppa

Tasso

Orpheus

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