Liszt dante symphony inferno book

Within each of the movements, liszt takes us through a narrative of the scenes in dante. Partially arranged for organ by liszt and alexander wilhelm gottschalg. Liszts dante symphony is an enigmatic tale of murder and. Franz liszt, leipzig gewandhaus orchestra, kurt masur franz liszt, leipzig gewandhaus orchestra, kurt masur dante symphony faust symphony. There are to be three movements, hell, purgatory and paradise. Liszt orchestra of the bolshoi theater and chorus of the bolshoi theater, boris khaikin liszt orchestra of the bolshoi theater and chorus of the bolshoi theater, boris khaikin dante symphony. Liszt also annotated the original score with quotes from dante. In june 1855 liszt resumed work on the symphony and had completed most of it before the end of the following year. Franz liszt, daniel barenboim, berlin philharmonic liszt. Liszt s dante symphony is an enigmatic tale of murder and covert spy rings amid the turbulent rise of bismarcks prussia, which leads to hitlers infernal third reich.

But lizst was known for risktaking, and the dante symphony takes on inferno and purgatory with his postberlioz approach, painting vivid pictures that. Staatskapelle dresden, dresden state opera chorus, giuseppe sinopoli. Written for the concert dantes inferno, performed on jan 25, 2002 at avery fisher hall at lincoln center. Public domain compositions, and 4 music rights societies. C ompleted in 1856, liszt s dante symphony is one of the most talkedabout 19thcentury scores, but one of the least frequently played. The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. Franz liszt, leipzig gewandhaus orchestra, kurt masur. In it, liszt tries to create a musical picture of dante s divine comedy, representing the inferno and purgatory sections but without paradise. Liszt leaves no stone unturned in his quest to portray the diabolical horrors that dante describes so vividly, with ominous tamtam strokes and bass drum rolls, snarling handstopped horns, and creepily chromatic tremolo strings. Liszt s dante symphony is a sizzling tale of murder and covert spy rings set amid the turbulent rise of bismarcks prussia, which leads to hitlers infernal third reich. And that brings me to my real criticism of this disc i wish the track listing were not just broken down into movements 1 and 2, at roughly 21 and 29 minutes respectively.

The choice of sources of inspiration for musical composition makes for a fascinating study, especially when a source is one of the great and canonic works of western civilization. The full title of liszts work is a symphony to dantes divine comedy. Liszt was talked out of trying to do paradise by no less an authority than richard wagner. It completed the book, inferno i got finished before hand. Liszt orchestra of the bolshoi theater and chorus of.

Author rich disilvio delivers a tale of intrigue and mystery and takes his readers to another time and place in his novel liszts dante symphony. Liszts dante symphony plus a worldpremiere recording. Related works, see also the album leaf dante symphony progression, s. Then theres liszts handling of the orchestra in the dante symphony. Its an extraordinary piece, full of orchestral effects representing the terrors of dantes inferno, with the clear influence of berlioz and the similarly grotesque sounds from the witches sabbath movement of his symphonie fantastique from thirty years earlier. Inferno licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of teldec classics international. The first movement of liszts dante symphony, inferno, opens. Liszt, dante symphony, performed by the berlin philharmonic and conductor daniel barenboim, dante sonata, performed by pianist daniel barenboim teldec 9031773402. Dante, liszt, inferno, purgatorio, dante symphony, divina com media. Thus, work on the dante symphony roughly coincided with work on liszts other. In his book on program music, jonathan kregor perceptively. Best sellers mobiles amazon pay pantry new releases computers customer service books gift ideas sell baby.