Liszt Symphonic Poems

1. Les Préludes, symphonic poem for 2 pianos, S. 637 (LW C11)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by London Festival Orchestra Conducted by Cesare Cantieri

2. Orpheus, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 98 (LW G9) No.4
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by London Festival Orchestra Conducted by Cesare Cantieri

3. Hungarian Rhapsody (Héroïde-élégiaque), for piano No. 5 in E minor, S. 244/5 (LW A132/5)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by London Festival Orchestra Conducted by Cesare Cantieri

4. Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo (4 versions), symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 96 (LW G2)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by London Festival Orchestra Conducted by Cesare Cantieri

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Average customer rating: A good gift for novice

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Album Description

Music can be both calming and relaxing, or invigorating and passionate...this phenomenal 20-CD set is definitely the latter. This amazing collection brings together for the first time the most passionate music of all time, from Ravel's Bolero, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Wagner's Magic Fire Music to Ravel's La Valse, Orff 's Carmina Burana and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. This is a must have collection for every passionate music lover.

Customer Reviews:

A good gift for novice.......2007-05-12

This was a good gift for somebody learning about Classical music in Japan.

Average customer rating: Run-of-the-mill Excelente Excellent Bold and Brilliant

Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Ungarische Rhapsodie No.4, Smetana: Vysehrad, Die Moldau Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Symphonic Poems Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata Franck: Symphony in Dm; Chasseur maudit Tchaikovsky: Symphonies no 4, 5, & 6 / Karajan, Berlin PO ASIN: B000001GQA Release Date: 1996-02-13

Tracks:

1. Die Moldau aus dem Zyklus Symphonischer Dichtungen 'Mein Vaterland'
2. Vysehrad aus dem Zyklus Symphonischer Dichtungen 'Mein Vaterland'
3. Les Preludes Symphonische Dichtung Nr. 3 fur grosses Orchester
4. Mazeppa Symphonische Dichtung Nr. 6
5. Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 4

Customer Reviews:

Run-of-the-mill.......2007-01-18

I think these tone poems require more passion and emotion than von Karajan exhibits. I was prepared to enjoy these selections but came away disappointed. The sound was good and the notes were played, but the interpretation didn't reach me emotionally. Les Preludes crashed away at me and the Hungarian Rhapsody seemed unduly lethargic. The Smetana pieces also had a paint-by-the-numbers feel. It felt like van Karajan was holding something back even as the orchestra played on.

Excelente.......2004-12-10

Mi director favorito es Eugene Ormandy pero de ningun modo podre y yo creo que otra persona podra desmerecer el valor de la excelencia de la dictadora mano de Karajan y el sonido envidiable de su Berliner Philharmoniker.
Estas grabaciones que poseo en un LP y que ahora tengo en CD son geniales el sonido espectacular DG logra lo mejor en estos registros sensacionales.
Karajan nos lleva con inmensa sutileza por el moldava, nos remece con el Vysehrad, nos conmueve con la increible Mazeppa, el magnifico Les Preludes y finalmente con la sublime Rapasodia Hungara Nº4.
Es verdaderamente genial y nada que decir casi perfecto.
Para Mazeppa Kurt Masur la mejor opcion, para Les preludes Haitink el mejor, Para Smetana y su ciclo sinfonico Antal Dorati es grandioso.

Excellent.......2002-06-11

I guess i'm just big on classical because i dont find very much classical out there that is bad. This is one of the best from Franz Liszt. He was a master on the piano, but as shown though both the hungarian rhapsodies and les preludes, he had a wonderful understanding of the orchestra as a whole.

Bold and Brilliant.......2001-11-06

The Deutsche-Grammophon label rarely ever disappoints, and this album is a great example. This is an old recording, and it has stuck around because it is truly great. I first heard it listening to my dad's old LP, and when I saw it in the store on CD, I snatched it up.

That said, I have mixed feelings about Karajan. I mostly enjoy his recordings. He has a controlled, dispassionate approach to his music that makes it a bit passive at times, but Karajan gets past that by letting the music speak for itself. Instead of muddling a great piece with silly interpretative ideas, his calm style lets the composers' ideas come across unscathed.

The Moldeau, also known as Vltava is a great rendition, as is Les Preludes. Karajan renders them masterfully, as I said, letting the majesty of these glorious pieces shine through. I was surprised by the orchestral version of the Hungarian Rhapsody, but it is a good performance, although I am partial to the original piano.

All said, I would highly recommend this recording, although it does not have much on it. If you like good Romantic music though, you really ought to have it.

Average customer rating: Excellent!! Liszt Crazy!

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Symphonic Poems Liszt: Symphonic Poems Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 1; Itzhak Perlman; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Lynn Harrell The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2005/06 Edition: The Key Classical Recordings on CD, DVD and SACD, 30th Anniversary Edition (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Dvds) ASIN: B0000013SK Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. Glazunov: Carnaval - Overture Op. 45
2. Glazunov: Idylle Op. 14, No. 1
3. Glazunov: Reverie orientale Op. 14 No. 2
4. Glazunov: Serenade No. 1, Op. 7

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!!.......2004-06-19

This is one of the more exciting CD's of more "standard" repertoire in the Naxos catalog. The playing is of a very high quality and the recording is of demonstration standard! Only "Les Preludes" is well-known to the general music aficianado so I hope that people can get to know the less well-known Liszt symphonic poems through this inexpensive recording. One of Halasz' best recordings!

Liszt Crazy!.......2000-11-23

This CD is fantastic.

First, the music is great. Les Preludes is especially good music. Also, they are all short works (about 15-20 minutes each) . . . which is important for a busy guy like me. I don't have 1 1/2 hours to listen to one Mahler symphony. Recording quality - high. Finally, look at that price - like $6.00 for some 70 minutes of music!

Average customer rating: Zubin conducts Bohemian

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Liszt: 10 Hungarian Rhapsodies Liszt: Faust-Symphony / Bernstein, Riegel, Boston Symphony Orchestra Liszt: Les Preludes, Mazeppa, Ungarische Rhapsodie No.4, Smetana: Vysehrad, Die Moldau Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata Liszt: Préludes No3; Faust Symphony ASIN: B000002AY0 Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Symphonic Poems: Les Preludes
2. Symphonic Poems: Orpheus
3. Symphonic Poems: Mazeppa
4. Symphonic Poems: Hamlet
5. Symphonic Poems: Battle Against The Huns

Customer Reviews:

Zubin conducts Bohemian.......2000-04-20

Liszt is accredited with inventing the Symphonic/Tone Poem and these are some of his big ones. Most are inspired by a literary source rather than a visual one, but Liszt paints some very drammatic pictures. This modern recording of Symphonic Poems renders a true picture of Liszt's wild imagination.

His most famous, Les Preludes, is played magnificently, featuring a quirky little melody, erupting in a glorious ending.

Hamlet and Orpheus are the quieter selections of this recording and played with stunning beauty. The harps of Orpheus bring a brilliant shine to the music, and the drama of Hamlet is wrung-out in a truly revolutionary, yet Shakespearian manner.

The two showstoppers, however, are Mazeppa and Hunnenschlacht. In both the brass takes over and blasts away the rest of the program. While both are truly exciting, it is the Battle of the Huns that features organ in a most majesterial manner, on this particular recording, it creates a gothic feeling, adding to the wild Bohemian nature of Liszt's writing.

No need to worry, Zubin Mehta, as the wrangler of the Berlin Philharmonic, has let his wild steeds buck in this recording while keeping them fenced in. All aspects of the sound, interpretation, and performance are pristine, with great color and imagination. If you are a true music lover this CD is a must. If you are new to the orchestral music of Liszt this will be far from a disappointment. If you love exciting music in a romantic fashion, click on order this CD.

Average customer rating: Forgotten Liszt

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Symphonic Poems Liszt: Symphonic Poems George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Suites 2 & 3 Stravinsky: Three Greek Ballets (Apollo, Agon, Orpheus) Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Septet ASIN: B0000014DI Release Date: 2000-10-05

Tracks:

1. The Cradle
2. The Struggle For Existence
3. To The Grave
4. Orpheus, S98
5. The Ideals, S106 (Symphonic Poem After Schiller)
6. Hamlet, S104

Customer Reviews:

Forgotten Liszt.......2005-07-12

I was always a bit wary of Liszt's symphonic poems. Other than "Les Preludes," and sometimes "Mazeppa" and "Tasso," you don't really hear about them--and this despite Liszt's claim as the "father" of the symphonic poem. I avoided them for years until I accidentally heard "Prometheus." Wow. So I explored further and happened upon the present disc, which is a complete revelation for the Liszt nay-sayer.

First off, the pieces themselves. Though "Orpheus" is sometimes recorded, the remaining three are more or less unknown. And yes, I intend to argue that the neglect is quite unjust. The best piece here is easily "Orpheus," which is a beautiful, poetic, shimmering score--showing that Liszt was far more than mere virtuosity and bombast. But the remaining works are equally inspired and fascinating, though perhaps lack the last measure of precision and editorial shrewdness. "From the Cradle to the Grave" is a very late work, one that actually came decades after the series of 12 symphonic poems. It's a relatively short piece for Liszt, with a haunting first movement, showcasing the late-style Liszt, followed by a driving danse macabre, and capped off by a slower, somber reflection on life's end. A very effective piece that should be played more often. No one seems to have anything good to say about "The Ideals," possibly due to its length. Its program (based on Schiller) seems very similar to "Les Preludes," but the music is far less trimphant and tuneful. That said, it's a remarkably varied piece, full of rich melodies and extremely sensitive orchestration. And okak, though a bit long, I don't find it a bit boring and after several listens am really starting to love it. Finally, we have "Hamlet," which is a exciting, full-blooded Romantic portrait of the Danish prince. As Liszt himself admitted, Ophelia and much else of the play is disregared for Hamlet's mental anguish and thoughts of revenge. But it's a remarkably effective piece with great brass and swirling strings that would be aped by everyone from Wagner to Tchaikovsky. In fact, the more you listen to Liszt's orchestral works, the less pioneering most late Romantic composers sound.

The New Zealand orchestra plays with the utmost committment and really shines throughout. The sound is quite good and everything "sounds" on this CD. It's one of my all-time favorite Liszt discs, and at this price, it certainly pays to be curious. Enjoy.

Average customer rating: la colleccion mas espectacular II Rounding up from a 4.5 "More 'respected' than loved"? Here's to respect!! Part Two of a great Liszt Tone Poem cycle from Haitink

Franz Liszt: Complete Tone Poems, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Complete Tone Poems Volume One ASIN: B00000417T Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. Complete Tone Poems: Heroide funebre (Heldenklage) - Liszt
2. Complete Tone Poems: Hungaria - Liszt
3. Complete Tone Poems: Hamlet - Liszt

Tracks:

1. Complete Tone Poems: Hunnenschlacht - F. Liszt
2. Complete Tone Poems: Die Ideale - F. Liszt
3. Complete Tone Poems: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe - F. Liszt
4. Complete Tone Poems: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - F. Liszt

Amazon.com

Liszt's tone poems are "respected" more than loved. It's kind of easy to see why--the thematic material is not always distinguished, and the orchestration--however interesting and experimental--is often just plain screechy. But maybe that's part of the point. As the inventor of the "symphonic poem," Liszt was trying to create a piece of symphonic length and continuity based on the transformation of just one or two themes. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but the results are seldom dull. Bernard Haitink's performances are very musical, and they are attractively recorded. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

la colleccion mas espectacular II.......2004-11-30

Bernard Haitink nos entrega con este CD los poemas sinfonicos restantes, y nos sigue sorprendiendo, estos sonj registros que no podra escuchar en ningun otro lado y a la imcomparable calidad de este director y la Orquesta Sinfonica de Londres que como siempre nos deslumbra hasta el climax del disfrute musical.
Son muy pocas palabras para describir 6 poemas sinfonicos, La batalla de los hunos es soberbia, Heroide funebre y Hungaria y lo mas expresivo de la tradicion hungara, Die ideale, hamlet y de la cuna a la tumba son sencillamente sorprendentes, Haitink ademas grabo y se incluye en este CD el vals mefisto N°1, asi se convierte en una coleccion imperdible.
Un CD doble, precio economico, la mejor calidad, la mejor interpretación una seleccion no disponible en otro lado, imperdible.

Rounding up from a 4.5.......2004-09-07

All recordings of Liszt's symphonic poems should be compared to the fabulous set by Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhash Orchestra. They are near perfection in their spontaneity and authenticity. These are good recordings - even great - although it would be hard not to perform such notables as Hungaria, the Mephisto Waltz and Hunnenschlacht.

As I stated in my review of the first set, these are difficult to understand completely because of the general literary and cultural illiteracy that plagues America, particularly the youth. All the poems have a literary inspiration - Hamlet, Orpheus, Faust, the "Hero" of German Literature. Listening to these without knowing the story or person behind it is like eating wonderful without knowing what it is.

"More 'respected' than loved"? Here's to respect!!.......2003-01-22

OK Mr. Hurwitz, if only because Liszt created the art-form of symphonic poems as they went on to existance we should just "respect" the tone poems, but Hunnenschlact--How could you not LOVE this piece?? This was most certainly the blueprint for Saint-Saens' absolutely killer Symphony #3 (which was written as a tribute to Liszt, actually) with its pairing of organ and symphony orchestra. With that and the other 12 poems, there's plenty of love and respect to go around!

Part Two of a great Liszt Tone Poem cycle from Haitink.......2002-12-08

Franz Liszt invented the symphonic tone poem genre and this splendid two CD compilation is the second half in a series of recordings of Liszt's scores from Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. These are warm, technically brilliant, but also passionate, performances replete with great performances from the strings, winds and horns when the London Philharmonic was London's best symphony orchestra. Haitink leads the LPO in excellent interpretations, with my favorites being the "Battle of the Huns" and Mephisto Waltz Number One. Philips' sound quality is superb due to state-of-the-art 24 bit digital image remastering. Here's hoping that the first volume in this series will be available to classical music fans soon.

Average customer rating:

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Nos. 3, 4, 6, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Sinopoli , and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B000009MC2 Release Date: 1997-07-01

Tracks:

1. Searle 97
2. Searle 98
3. Searle 100
4. Searle 244

Average customer rating:

Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2 Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000OY6HWC Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Allegro Agitato-
2. Un Poco Piu Mosso, Sempre Agitato Assai-
3. Andante-Allegro-
4. Allegro Marziale
5. Lento Lugubre-
6. Marcia Funebre-
7. Piu Lento-
8. Piu Agitato Ed Accelerando Il Tempo Poco A Poco-Tempo I (Marcia Funebre)
9. Allegro Energico Ed Agitato Assai-Maestoso, Un Poco Ritenuto Il Tempo-Andante (Recitativo)-
10. Allegro Molto Appassionato-Ritenuto Il Tempo (Quasi Recitativo)-
11. Allegro Moderato-Poco a Poco Accelerando Il Tempo (Sin' Al Allegro Agitato Assai)-
12. Tempo I (Allegro Energico Ed Agitato Assai)-Andante (Recitativo)-
13. Allegro Molto Appassionato-Stretto. Piu Animato-Poco a Poco Sempre Piu Stringendo Sin' Al Fine
14. Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Andante Sostenuto-Tempo I, Allegro Mosso Con Brio-
15. Allegretto (Tempo Rubato)-Allegro Non Troppo-Un Poco Animato Il Tempo-Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Allegretto-
16. Tempo I, Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Andante Sostenuto-Tempo I, Allegro Mosso Con Brio-
17. Allegretto (tempo Rubato)-Allegro Non Troppo-Un Poco Animato Il Tempo-Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Allegretto-Allegro-
18. Andante Sostenuto-Poco a Poco Accelerando Il Tempo Sin' Al Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Allegro Mosso Con Brio-Stretto

Average customer rating: Liszt Recordings are excellent! Thrilling Liszt performances - an excellent bargain A STEAL

Liszt: Complete Symphonic Poems (Box Set) Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra (Box Set) Liszt: Piano Works Saint Saens Symphonies:Piano Concertos-Violin Concertos Grieg: Chamber Music (Complete) Tchaikovsky: Complete Concertos ASIN: B000087N2D Release Date: 2003-02-04

Customer Reviews:

Liszt Recordings are excellent!.......2007-05-06

You will most likely never find a better representation of Liszt Symphonic Poems. Each CD is an absolute triumph in my opinion! The great sounds of the orchestra are a joy. I highly recommend this box set!

Thrilling Liszt performances - an excellent bargain.......2007-04-08

Árpád Joó's complete set with Franz Liszt's tone poems is an excellent bargain: here you have the opportunity to grab a bunch of very fine performances, with only a few drawbacks, played with passion and commitment by a Hungarian elite orchestra - Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Sonically, the recordings are very good. While Joó cannot beat the classic interpretations from Scherchen (Westminster), Beecham/Silvestri (EMI), Weingartner (IMG) and Golavanov (IMG), his interpretations are nonetheless very interesting, moving and thrilling, and thus this set is an excellent bargain choice.

Just a few remarks on some of the performances in this box.

Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo. Here I must say that Joó's performance is a complete success. He avoids the bombast temptation that permeates Masur's overloaded version (EMI), and his account is far more arresting that Silvestri's interpretation (EMI).

Les Préludes. This is the super classic among tone poems. Competition is hard to beat, e.g., Fricsay (DG) and Scherchen (Westminster), but Joó's interpretation is very good.

Orpheus. Beecham (EMI) owns this tone poem, with his extremely intense performance. But Joó is not far behind him.

Mazeppa. My first choice would be Scherchen (Westminster) or Golavanov (IMG), but Joó is very good too. Excellent grandeur in supreme sound.

Héroïde Funébre. Joó's patriotic commitment is here unmatched on record, together with Golavanov (IMG). In contrast to Masur, who underplays this poem, he goes the long version.

Hunnenschlacht. Scherchen (Westminster) is unmatched. Nonetheless, this is an excellent, dramatic performance I don't want to be without.

Dorfschenker Tanz, Mephisto Waltz #1. Scherchen and his Viennese band (Westminster) own this poem, but Joó is second in line.

In sum, the only rivals with a complete sets are Masur (EMI), which is consistently dull and misconceived, and Haitink (Philips, two twofers), who also misunderstands the drama and tensions of Liszt's music. So if you look for an excellent complete set with Liszt's tone poems, or just a fine selection, Árpád Joó and his Budapest Symphony Orchestra should be your first choice. But the serious collector should also consider the classic selections from Scherchen (Westminster), Beecham/Silvestri (EMI), Weingartner (IMG), and Golavanov (IMG).

A STEAL.......2004-04-04

Not quite Haitink, but closer to Haitink than Masur (as well as more preferable to Masur). Plus the Budapest Orchestra plays the music as if it were in their blood. All excellent digital recordings (Haitink is analog). AT THIS PRICE: A STEAL!!! However, go for Haitink if price is not the issue.

Average customer rating: What one hears on the mountain

Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2 Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 3 Karol Szymanowski: Piano Sonata No. 3; Métopes; Masques ASIN: B000AA4J8Y Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

1. Poco Allegro - Poco A Poco Piu Di Moto - Allegro Mosso - Maestoso Assai - Alla Breve - Allegro Con Moto
2. Allegro Maestoso, Sempre Alla Breve -
3. Allegro Agitato Assai - Un Poco Meno Mosso -
4. Andante Religioso Allegro Moderato (Alla Breve) - Allegro Moderato
5. Allegro. Poco A Poco Piu Di Moto - Allegro Animato E Brioso - Animato - Piu Moderato - Andante Religioso - Allegro Moderato
6. Lento - Allegro Strepitoso - Lento - Adagio Mesto -
7. Meno Adagio -
8. Allegretto Mosso Con Grazia (Quasi Menuetto) -Poco A poco Piu Di moto - Allegro Strepitoso - Lento Assai -
9. Allegro Con Molto Brio - Poco A Poco Piu Mosso - Quasi Presto - Moderato Pomposo - Stretto. Molto Animato
10. Andante - Andante Maestoso - L'istesso Tempo - L'istesso Tempo
11. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Tempestoso - Un Poco Piu Moderato -
12. Allegretto Pastorale - Poco A Poco Piu Di Moto - Allegro Marziale Animato - Andante Maestoso
13. Andante Moderato - Un Poco Piu Di Molto - Lento - Poco A Poco Piu Di Molto - Andante Con Moto - Lento

Customer Reviews:

What one hears on the mountain.......2006-11-23

What drove his contemporaries and later critics of his music to denigrate and marginalize Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) as a mere virtuoso keyboardist whose large-scale compositions qualified only as awkward or embarrassing curiosities that fit influentially nowhere in music-history? The jealousy of his performer-contemporaries must have contributed. Competing with Liszt, as keyboardist, was enough; acknowledging his compositional originality implied too much. Then again, after Mendelssohn's death in 1848 and with Schumann's decline into mental illness around the same time, Liszt suddenly became the most conspicuous living German composer. Berlioz was French and Wagner was not yet established; and Wagner was an opera-composer, not a symphonist. Ensconced as Kapellmeister in Weimar, with a court-orchestra at his disposal and a ducal blank check to underwrite his experiments, Liszt found himself in a position to hone his compositional skills and give almost free reign to his ideas about what might be done with the inherited form of the sonata, the symphony, and the suite.

A result of Liszt's meditations was the series of "Symphonic Poems," beginning with "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" in 1847 and concluding thirty-six years later with "Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe." The thirteen "Symphonic Poems" vary greatly. Some, like "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" and "Die Ideale" (1857), resemble actual symphonies: one may analyze them into a three- or four-movement pattern resembling that established by Haydn and Beethoven. These works differ from standard-issue symphonies, however, in incorporating characteristic gestures from operatic and theatrical music. The opening bars of "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne," for example, with the string tremolo in the bass register and the quiet drums, are scene-painting, suggesting the waves that crash on the shore at the beginning of the Victor Hugo poem that inspired Liszt. "Die Ideale" gives the impression of a linked series of operatic scenes that depict the gradual transformation of the protagonist. What all the "Symphonic Poems" have in common is the technique that Liszt invented for them: the so-called metamorphosis of the theme. Thus all the sections of "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" and all the sections of "Die Ideale" find unity through derivation from basic intervals that Liszt introduces in the opening bars. The metamorphosis of the theme would prove a watershed in the post-Beethoven development of orchestral music. Alexander Glazunov in Russia, César Franck in France, Antonin Dvorak in Bohemia, and Jean Sibelius in Finland would all borrow Liszt's innovation. So would Liszt's successors in the German-speaking countries, Richard Strauss and Arnold Schoenberg.

Interest in Liszt's "Symphonic Poems" has had its phases. For many years, record-collectors knew only "Les préludes" (1848) and "Orpheus" (1854), among the tamest of the thirteen. "Orpheus" began life as an overture and is formally the most orthodox of the set; "Les préludes" resembles a compressed four-movement symphony. Thirty years ago, Bernard Haitink boldly recorded all thirteen of the "Symphonic Poems," leading the Concertgebouw Orchestra, with the set appearing on the Philips label. About the same time, Vox assigned Siegfried Landauer and the Music for Westchester Symphony Orchestra to make a "Vox Box" of the same works. Haitink's interpretation could be purchased in the 1990s as two double-compact-disc sets and might still be available; Landauer's has disappeared, unfortunately. Two or three Hungarian orchestras have traversed the baker's dozen of these scores over the years. James Conlon and Kurt Masur entered the lists in the same repertory in the early 1990s, although availability is again a question. Recently, both Naxos and Chandos have commenced surveys of Liszt's innovative sequence. Naxos employs Michael Halász, a Hungarian, and Chandos employs Milan-born Gianandrea Noseda; they record with the New Zealand Symphony and the BBC Philharmonic respectively.

Noseda's program embraces the two best-known items from Liszt's cycle, "Les préludes" and "Orpheus," but extends also to "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" and "Tasso, Lamento e Triunfo" (1849). I can remember no previous recorded performance that treats "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne" so effectively, beginning with the impressionistic opening bars, where the low strings deliver an especially ominous tremolo and the timpanist adds his emphasis at precisely the right dynamic level. An unsympathetic critic of Liszt once described this "Mountain Symphony" as consisting structurally of "a prelude to a prelude to a prelude." The charge is unfair, but a slack performance might make it seem that way. Noseda does push a bit faster that Haitink, but he also brings out the contrasts, which Haitink tended to smooth over. Noseda performs the same service for "Tasso, Lamento e Triunfo," but here he mitigates the bombast of the concluding section, making the whole score seem more dignified than it sometimes does. In "Les préludes," Noseda honors the basic symphonic structure; he also reminds us how much the chorale-like finale, with its blaring brass, anticipates a Bruckner-finale. The sound of this Chandos disc helps in "Orpheus," the quietest of the "Symphonic Poems," and one with an important role for the solo harp (naturally, given the subject). In short, Noseda makes one of the best cases yet for the seriousness of these works. A second volume in the series has appeared, featuring the "Faust Symphony" and the late addition to the "Symphonic Poems," "Von der Wiege bis zum grabe."

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