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making a Liszt, Czech-ing it twice ...
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:02 am
by Kevin Hendrick
Odd, innit? Almost as though we'd been de-Liszt-ed (or at least removed from the A-Liszt) ...
Re: Liszt?
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:13 am
by Chuck(G)
bloke wrote:...Are we missing something over here?
When someone mentions Liszt, I tend to think of his piano works more than anything--and in particular, his transcriptions of Schubert and Wagner.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:27 am
by Chuck Jackson
Probably one of the most under-rated orchestral composers of all times. Get beyond "Les Preludes" and Hungarian Rhapsody and you'll know why. His tone poems are brilliant works that deserve to be played more. They have a whole bunch of "OOOO-AAAAAAH" factor in them. I love them.
Chuck
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:51 am
by sinfonian
I remember spending many hours as a teenager listening to my LP for Les Preludes and the Franck Symphony in d. After 20 years I found myself looking for a CD last year that had these pieces, it felt like going back home.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:08 am
by ahowle
Liszt's Dante Symphony (Divine Comedy) is one of my favorite symphonies. Any low brass player will appreciate it immediately, as the first movement (inferno) opens with a loud, low, trombone-tuba-low-srings melody. This symphony has to be one of the more underrated works in all of the literature. I find Liszt (one of my favorite composers) to be one of the most underrated composers as well.
The Dante Symphony (paired with the Faust Symphony and Les Preludes) can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004 ... nce&n=5174
or for cheaper
CD Universe
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:34 am
by windshieldbug
Heavily Euro-style composer for heavily Euro-orchestras. What's odd about that? I'd be more suprised if it was Stravinsky, Adams, or Williams...
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:58 am
by Mark
I agree that it seems like American orchestras are stuck on the Hungarian Rhapsodies and Les Preludes.
In his day, Liszt was equivalent to a modern day rock star. He had tons of groupies and one journalist in the 1840's actually called the craze for his piano concerts, Lisztomania.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:02 pm
by tubatooter1940
If only I had had a profile as fabulous as Liszt's and a bit more flair for drama, I might have earned a lot more money in my musical career.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:50 am
by windshieldbug
the elephant wrote:Cod pieces used to be popular over there as well.
Yes, but the fish would often die before you could finish all the movements...
