Liszt Archive

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 9:00 PM Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus; Salzburg, Austria Program: FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptus, D. 899 “Ständchen” from Schwanengesang, D. 957/4 Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 Erlkönig, D. 328 FRANZ LISZT: Mazeppa from …

Franz Liszt adapted several of Schubert’s well-known songs to be played by solo piano. Included in these is the “Staendchen”, which I always think of as a Serenade from one lover to the other. Here …

Franz Schubert was 31 when he died. Yet he left us more than 600 songs, as well as chamber music, symphonies, and works for solo instruments. Composers in succeeding years arranged many of Schubert’s works, …

uAs a music lover, I often listen to music that was conceived 100-300 years ago. Yet the instruments on which this music is performed are frequently 5-20 years old. On this new recording, pianist Alexander …

My post today deals with a new recording by soprano Natalie Dessay in which we hear the following: Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen (No. 2 from Zwölf Lieder von Franz Schubert, S558) Schubert: Liebesbotschaft, …