Complete Symphonies transcribed for the piano by Franz Liszt
This box set assembles the complete Beethoven symphonies, patiently transcribed for piano over a quarter of a century and recorded for harmonia mundi by a glittering array of soloists in the late 1980s. Liszt’s assiduity in this task reminds us of his spiritual, well-nigh religious admiration for the older composer, a genius ‘consecrated in art’ whose ‘conscientious translator’ he wished to be, thanks to the latest pianistic advances. Traduttore or traditore? Judge for yourself: Liszt does not make simple reductions or arrangements, but totally rewrites the works, as if they had been originally conceived for the piano!
LIMITED EDITION
Artists
- Michel DalbertoPiano
- Jean-Louis HaguenauerPiano
- Paul Badura-SkodaPiano
- Piano
Composers
Contents
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
Symphony no.1 op.21in C major / C-Dur / Ut majeur
· Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (6'40)
· Andante cantabile con moto (3'45)
· Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace - Trio (0'54)
· Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace (4'47)
Symphony no.2 op.36in D major / D-Dur / Ré majeur
· Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (1'03)
· Larghetto (1'29)
· Scherzo. Allegro - Trio (5'27)
· Allegro molto (7'53)
Symphony no.3 op.55 "Eroica" in E flat major / Es-Dur / Mi bémol majeur
· Allegro con brio (15'18)
· Marcia funebre. Adagio assai (16'36)
· Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio (6'16)
· Finale. Allegro molto (13'11)
Symphony no.4 op.60 in B flat major / B-Dur / Si bémol majeur
· Adagio - Allegro vivace (9'18)
· Adagio (10'19)
· [Scherzo] Allegro vivace / Un poco meno allegro (5'46)
· [Finale] Allegro ma non troppo (6'53)
Symphony no.8 op.93 in F major / F-dur / Fa majeur
· Allegro vivace e con brio (9'38)
· Allegro scherzando (4'14)
· Tempo di menuetto (4'29)
· Allegro vivace e con brio (8'50)
Symphony no.5 op.67 in C minor / C-moll / ut mineur
· Allegro con brio (7'45)
· Andante con moto (9'35)
· Allegro (5'29)
· Allegro (9'34)
FRANZ SCHUBERT [1797-1828]
Piano Sonata D.958 in C minor / C-moll / ut mineur
· Allegro (10'52)
· Adagio (7'27)
· Menuetto. Allegro - Trio (2'56)
· Allegro (8'49)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
Symphony no.6 "Pastoral" op.68 in F major / F-Dur / Fa majeur
· Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Allegro ma non troppo) (9'31)
· Szene am Bach (Andante molto moto) (12'46)
· Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro) (6'17)
· Gewitter : Sturm (Allegro) (3'31)
· Hirtengesang (Allegretto) (8'49)
Symphony no.7 op.92 in A major / A-Dur / La majeur
· Poco sostenuto - Vivace (15'56)
· Allegretto (10'44)
· [Scherzo] presto - Trio assai meno presto (10'42)
· Allegro con brio (9'41)
Symphony no.9 'Choral' op.125 in D minor / D-moll / ré mineur
· Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (16'30)
· Scherzo molto vivace - Trio. Presto (14'14)
· Adagio molto e cantabile (16'00)
· Presto - Allegro assai - Recitativo - Allegro assai vivace alla marcia-Andante maestoso
- Adagio ma non troppo ma devoto-Allegro energico - Allegro ma non tanto - Poco Allegro stringendo - Prestissimo (23'55)
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