Towards the end of the final section of the b minor sonata there is a sequence of nine i think chords played rather quietly i think this is one of the most beautiful moments in music. Polonaisefantaisie, nocturne in c minor sophia agranovich playlist 3 videos play all schumann. While liszt has never been a favorite, i do enjoy most of his vast piano music. Sonata in b minor and other works for piano dover music. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. In 1861 liszt moved to rome, and four years later pope pius ix conferred on him the title of abbe. As far as i know, its not very challenging at all, for being liszt it you count in the different numbers of technical difficulties. Stephen hough performs one of the most complex pieces of piano music ever written, and helps you uncover its subtle elegance with a multiperspective performance and the innovative notefall visualisation. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to robert schumann. Dante sonata, an album by franz liszt, arnaldo cohen on spotify. Its like a personal guided tour of a great castle, keys. Franz liszt eine symphonie zu dantes divina commedia. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten on. The sonata unfolds in approximately 30 minutes of unbroken music.
For me, the highlight of this recording is arthur ancelles twopiano arrangement of the dante sonata. Franz liszt october 22, 1811 july 31, 1886 was a hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and teacher. Highly sought after as a performer in the united kingdom, he was awarded a south bank sky arts award in 2012 for his beethoven sonata cycle at greyfriars kirk in edinburgh the previous yearwhere he performed all 32 sonatas in just. Fantasia quasi sonata claudio arrau, piano the piece is divided into two main subjects. A work of consummate structural ingenuity, it combines and transforms four distinctive themes in one long movement, in the free, rhapsodic. Midi concerto for piano and string instruments in e minor, s 121, lw h1, malediction. I will analyze the structure of this sonata, compare few scholars analysis and discuss how the technique of thematic use in the piece. Liszt dante sonata pascal devoyon 1981 by rb prior. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. Among the musical highlights of this period are a series of 12 orchestral symphonic poems, the epic piano sonata in b minor, the faust and dante symphonies, numerous keyboard transcriptions, and several largescale choral pieces. Mar 18, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from liszt. Liszt became renowned throughout europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. Daniel barenboim conducted the berliner philharmoniker in february 1992 giving us this live recording of franz liszts dante symphony splendidly recorded by the teldec team on this cd.
Id say overall the danse macabre transcription is liszt s most difficult work, the tannhauser overture paraphrase is a close contender. There is nothing in liszt s excruciatingly difficult piano writing that nakamatsu cannot play with panache and aplomb. Liszt, elisabeth leonskaja piano sonata b minor dante. Liszt has effectively composed a sonata within a sonata, which is part of the works uniqueness. Dante sonata fantasia quasi sonata pletnev youtube. The concerto consists of four movements and lasts approximately 20 minutes. Much of it derives from his earlier work, album dun voyageur, his first major published piano cycle, which was composed between 1835 and 1838 and published in 1842.
The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. Instrumentation piano external links wikipedia article. Liszt piano music franz liszt 18111886, the greatest piano virtuoso of his time, was also highly influential in shaping the western musical canon. Although its a bit of a famous argument, i think the faust story helps the interpretation a lot, though whether or not it is actually a program piece is intentionally ambiguous liszt wrote a dante sonata, a dante symphony, a faust symphony, and then this.
Fantasia quasi sonata, detta anche dante sonata, settima parte del ii volume deuxieme annee. The disc also contains a 1985 recording of barenboim playing the dante sonata. Once again, liszt s material benefits from a romantic thickening of the texture with beefed up chords and sonorous force. The playing is short of a miracle where the structure of the sonata along with the towering climaxes. Apres une lecture du dantefantasia quasi sonata is the title which clearly belongs to the extensive onemovement revision of the piece. Ik wil sociale media koppelingen zoals facebook berichten en youtube videos kunnen. Liszt s skills as an orchestrator were modest thats part of the problem. Henle verlag piano sonata in b minor grande sonate. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e.
Franz liszt combined sensational keyboard prowess, trailblazing creative. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Until leslie howard came along, i didnt feel anyone other than bolet really understood his piano music. Written as program music during the romantic period, there are nine different motifs used throughout the piece, representing the nine different levels of hell.
Pianist llyr williams is an acclaimed soloist, accompanist and chamber musician who, for his second disc, chose to focus on virtuosic selections from franz liszt. Dacics affinity with liszt shows in the selection of pieces on this new cd, presenting facets of the multifaced genius, centred around three masterpieces, the epic bach variations, the seldom heard grosses konzertsolo and the infernal dante sonata, in which dacic incorporates elements from all three versions liszt made prepare. It premiered in weimar on february 17, 1855, with liszt at the piano and hector berlioz conducting. It then focuses on the importance of this work in romantic period. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata music download by andrea kauten. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your. Franz liszts poetic dante sonata, performed by lazar berman. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. Where harmony is concerned, you have tritones quite literally everywhere. Fantasia quasi sonata french for after a reading of dante. Dante sonata franz liszt, a spiritual man, was constantly drawn to the idea of creating music inspired by a collection of other art forms.
Nov 09, 2007 l iszt s two great danteinspired works, the sonata of 1839 and the symphony of 1857, have been coupled together on disc before, though not in the versions for two pianos presented here. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Fantasia quasi sonata sometimes informally known as the dante sonata, this large work was inspired by a reading of dantes the divine comedy. This work of program music was inspired by the reading of dante. As far as im concerned, i like this rendition better than bermans id posted, however both are available, so feel. Marcandre hamelin performs franz liszt s poetic dante sonata, live in concert. Intermezzo iii john ogdon plays liszt dante sonata by berlinzerberus.
This essay starts from the background of piano sonata in b minor. Another amazing b minor sonata recording i forgot is levys. Relative difficulty of some liszt warhorses piano world. Best version of liszt sonata page 2 talk classical. To play these pieces, you need a liszt technique a solid grounding in certain skills like arpeggios played with both hands at the same time, huge leaps from one note or chord to the next, scales including the chromatic scale, trills using any two or more fingers in the hand. The first, a chromatic theme in d minor, typifies the. Among franz liszt s many brilliant compositions for piano, few have been so admired and performed as the sonata in b minor, long considered one of the greatest piano compositions of the 19th century. Franz liszt, apres une lecture du dante arcadi volodos. Franz liszt, dante sonata franz liszt s dante sonata, also known as the fantasia quasi sonata, is a sonata written for piano solo different than liszt s dante symphony.
Only at this stage is there any implication that there might be something specific in dante that is referred to, although most speculation on the subject, beyond the general observation that liszt describes. If youre talking strictly originals, id say its a tossup between the first mephisto waltz famous in its difficulty for a good reason or the tarantella even the greatest pianists look like that are struggling while playing this one haha. Born in yamaguchi, japan, on 23 september 1995, aimi began her piano studies aged three, and made her first appearance with orchestra at the age of seven, followed by her international debut two years later. His championship of new composers like wagner and berlioz helped them to fame. Apres une lecture du dante fantasia quasi sonata, s158c.
Seongjin cho he was 17 years old, 3rd prize great hall of the. In the dante sonata i like arrau, but i like sofronitsky even more i think, despite terrible sound. The surviving autograph of franz liszt s bminor sonata is a fascinating document that illuminates the compositional process. And, if you need further numerological justification, consider that his sonata in b minor turned a hundred and sixty this year. Liszt s dante sonata, along with all the other works on this all liszt program, sounds staggeringly impressive in the hands of super virtuoso jon nakamatsu. Liszt noted on the sonata s manuscript that it was completed on february 2, 1853, but he had composed an earlier. Sometimes informally known as the dante sonata, this large work was inspired by a. Download the liszt sonata and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. The dante is not near as technically difficult as the liszt. The dante sonata or, strictly speaking, fantasia quasi sonata is the other big work here, and, like the b minor, is impressively laid out by hewitt in a broad, sweeping. I studied this piece pretty intensely in college and wrote a pretty big paper on it, so this is something ive thought about a lot. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten now. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on dante alighieris journey through hell and purgatory, as depicted in the divine comedy.
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