Liszt, Art & Literature

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Label
Music and Arts Programs of America
Release Date
January 13, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LISZT, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Carlo Grante
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 13, 2015
    • UPC
      017685128523
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      MA CD-1285
    • LABEL
      Music and Arts Programs of America
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 7. Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante

    2. No. 4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Sonnet 47 of Petrarch)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante

    3. No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante

    4. No. 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Sonnet 123 of Petrarch)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante

    5. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S110/R427, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1" (arr. F. Busoni)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante

    6. Totentanz, S126/R457

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Carlo Grante


In the Romantic period, the connections between love and death were an obsession of artists. Composers were naturally drawn to explore the great themes that entered literature in the works of Dante, Petrarch and Goethe: good and evil, love and death. Liszt was no exception. The powerful, evocative works presented here range from moments of repose and contemplation to nearly unbearable contrasts of dynamics, pitch registers and tempi, dramatized by bold juxtapositions. “A fearless, flawless knight of the piano” is how Vienna’s Die Presse characterized pianist Carlo Grante.