Franz liszt, apres une lecture du dante arcadi volodos. Liszt noted on the sonata s manuscript that it was completed on february 2, 1853, but he had composed an earlier. The salonstyle elegance of the valseimpromptu suits nakamatsus approach best, but more generally liszt requires a degree of dramatic involvement and storytelling immediacy that eludes him. 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. Two events conspired to bring liszt back from his years of pilgrimage to the concert stagesomething which didnt. 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. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten now. Liszt, marie dagoult, and the dante sonata 19thcentury. Liszts letter to massart is dated bellagio, october 1837, in jacques vier, franz liszt.
Dante sonata franz liszt, a spiritual man, was constantly drawn to the idea of creating music inspired by a collection of other art forms. The other liszt disc here also contains transcriptions. The two of them grew even closer in the same year, when bulow married. In 1839, while under the spell of dantes divine comedy, liszt had begun work on a fragment dantesque. Besides, apart from the titles, and presumably the inspiration for composition, both works hardly have anything in common. Fantasia quasi sonata is a piano sonata in one movement, completed by hungarian composer franz liszt in.
As such, it documents the miseenscene of liszts selffashioned. He later incorporated the work in revised form into. Liszt dante sonata, sheet music, scores liszt, franz. Piano solo sheet music book by franz liszt 18111886. Apres une lecture du dante fantasia quasi sonata, s158c. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten on. Overall this performance is highly dramatic and seems to me, at least for the performance of the dante symphony to be a riveting reference recording of this work.
Mar 18, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from liszt. If her petrarch sonnets and dante fantasia liszts other sonata dont quite reach this exalted level, they are nonetheless frontrank performances. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to robert schumann. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Instrumentation piano external links wikipedia article. Dante sonata fantasia quasi sonata pletnev duration. Now liszts dante sonata, being a work for solo piano, is a decidedly odd choice to couple with a symphony for full orchestra. This work of program music was inspired by the reading of dante. The britishcanadian pianist angela hewitt has a refreshing attitude to liszt. Dante sonata, an album by franz liszt, arnaldo cohen on spotify. Liszts dante symphony is a work of astonishing imagination. His evocation of the inferno, the shade of francesca da rimini and her sad remembered love is marked by strokes of genius which, with bewildering frequency, preempt the mature wagner who. Partially arranged for organ by liszt and alexander wilhelm gottschalg. Liszt the dante sonata and other works harmonia mundi.
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. Liszt dante sonata download free sheet music and scores scorser. Apres une lecture du dantefantasia quasi sonata or the dante sonata as it is known was first sketched in september 1839 when liszt and marie dagoult were in san rossore, on the mediterranean coast near elba. Piano sonata, dante sonata, petrarch sonnets hewitt liszt hewitt release date. My take on that is if one is ready to tackle either piece then that person is not asking that kind of questions on the public discussion boards.
His evocation of the inferno, the shade of francesca da rimini and her sad remembered love is marked by strokes of genius which, with bewildering frequency, preempt the mature wagner who was, incidentally, the dedicatee of the work. The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. There is a richly inclusive sense in the sonnets of ardour and reflection i fear, yet hope, i burn, yet am turned to ice and i beheld on earth angelic grace. The disc concludes with the dante sonata, improvisatory, impulsive and less than perfect in this execution. In the dante sonata i like arrau, but i like sofronitsky even more i think, despite terrible sound. Apres une lecture du dantefantasia quasi sonata is the title which clearly belongs to the extensive onemovement revision of the piece. The staggered compositional history of one particular piano work, apres une lecture du dantefantasie quasi sonata 183958, straddles this schism uniquely in that it bridged two distinct periods of liszts life. Franz liszt composer 18111886 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
Another amazing b minor sonata recording i forgot is levys. Liszt, ferencz 181186 aimi kobayashi is a leading young japanese pianist, one of the ten finalists at the chopin competition in 2015. But the dante sonata version here was made, as the headnote indicates, by one of the pianists, vittorio bresciani. Midi concerto for piano and string instruments in e minor, s 121, lw h1, malediction. Where harmony is concerned, you have tritones quite literally everywhere. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Donizetti opera transcriptions liszt complete piano music, vol. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
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