Liszt had the conception of this piece from 1851, until 1853 he completed this sonata. Best version of liszt sonata welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. Fantasia quasi sonata is a piano sonata in one movement, completed by hungarian composer franz liszt in 1849. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten now. 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. Another amazing b minor sonata recording i forgot is levys. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on dante alighieris journey through hell and purgatory, as depicted in the divine comedy. Op 27 no 2 is of course the famous moonlight sonata.
The coupling of the symphony with the dante sonata is an obvious but adroit choice and it allows barenboims to show off his versatility. It sounds like an inflated rendition thats ultimately not up to the original. It was premiered in dresden in november 1857, with liszt himself conducting, and was unofficially dedicated to the composers friend and. Liszt, as many know, was an inveterate transcriber and arranger. Ahh, i havent heard the one, but judging by the short video available on youtube, and my extreme fascination with this pianist, i expect its quite good. This bonus track is only available for download via the audite website. Instrumentation piano external links wikipedia article. A work of consummate structural ingenuity, it combines and transforms four distinctive themes in one long movement, in the free, rhapsodic.
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. The dante sonata was originally a small piece entitled fragment after dante, consisting of two thematically related movements, which liszt composed in the late 1830s. If her petrarch sonnets and dante fantasia liszts other sonata dont quite reach this exalted level, they are nonetheless frontrank performances. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten on. Many of the works also include public domain sheet music of the corresponding piece by franz liszt. 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. 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. Introduction to liszts sonata in b minor, detailed analysis. One important point he had made was on how the themes are closely linked together through the technique of repetition as we all know now, the first page. A limited number may also be accompanied by a video performance. The only piano sonata now exist is sonata in b minor. He gave the first public performance in vienna, during november 1839. When he settled in weimar in 1849, he revised the work along with others in the volume, and gave it its present title derived from victor hugos own work of. Renren sina weibo sitejot skype slashdot sms stocktwits svejo symbaloo.
The other liszt disc here also contains transcriptions. Among franz liszts 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. It would be easier to use other comparative words, or narrow down the specific terms of comparison. Sonata in b minor, an album by franz liszt, arnaldo cohen on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Dante sonata, an album by franz liszt, arnaldo cohen on spotify.
Dante sonata fantasia quasi sonata pletnev youtube. It has been first published in the spring of 1854 with a. In the dante sonata i like arrau, but i like sofronitsky even more i think, despite terrible sound. As established by sharon winklhofer, david trippett and adrienne kaczmarczyk, the first concept of the work can be traced to the late 1830s, where a piece called fragment dantesque saw. Evangelia mitsopoulou, the six piano transcriptions of liszts dante symphony. Fantasia quasi sonata claudio arrau, piano the piece is divided into two main subjects. This page provides a list of franz liszt piano music recordings available to download and enjoy in both mp3 and wma formats. This page lists all recordings of sonetto 104 del petrarca, s. Refind renren sina weibo sitejot skype slashdot sms stocktwits svejo symbaloo. The dante sonata is probably less of a piece than its great b minor sibling, but hewitt paints it in comparably.
Sonata in b minor and other works for piano dover music. Ivo pogorelich plays liszt apres une lecture du dante live 2014 duration. Double premiere first recording and first performance. But the dante sonata version here was made, as the headnote indicates, by one of the pianists, vittorio bresciani. Is liszts sonata in b minor considered to be as great a. Every work, the bminor and dante sonatas, as well as the tre sonetti del petrarca, is given a performance that completely rethinks standard performance contrivances, and is rendered with a vivid and utterly riveting sense of character immersion. The dante sonata 01 short for apres une lecture du dante. The 8 sign under a note always means add the lower octave in liszts notation. Franz liszt, cest linnovateur par excellence, celui qui va faire du piano non. Rick disilvio paints rich characters who are totally believable and he keeps you guessing as the plot thickens throughout this fictionalhistorical novel. Franz liszt wrote a piano sonata in a fit of artistic rapture after reading dantes divine comedy, the epic 14th century poem about heaven and hell.
Fantasia quasi sonata shares with several other works by liszt a long and plurennial gestation. Highly influenced by literature, as he was by visual art and architecture, namely that of the italian renaissance, liszt had used his inspiration to dredge himself out of what had become a. 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. And, if you need further numerological justification, consider that his sonata in b minor turned a hundred and sixty this year. Dante sonata franz liszt, a spiritual man, was constantly drawn to the idea of creating music inspired by a collection of other art forms. 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. Beethovens contribution to the literature of the piano, as with most of the genres he composed for, is immense. Surmounting the ultimate piano sonata franz liszts piano sonata in b minor demands the utmost from the performer in musical as well as technical terms. Kenneth hamilton provided a detailed narrative of liszts sonata in b minor, combing through the entire score. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The first, a chromatic theme in d minor, typifies the. 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. Best version of liszt sonata page 2 talk classical.
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