Franz liszt dante symphony explore musicweb international. Often referred to as the dante sonata, this singlemovement sona. I will analyze the structure of this sonata, compare few scholars analysis and discuss how the technique of thematic use in the piece. The coupling of the symphony with the dante sonata is an obvious but adroit choice and it allows barenboims to show off his versatility. Liszt, as many know, was an inveterate transcriber and arranger. Henle verlag piano sonata in b minor grande sonate. Arranging liszt s iconic and influential piano sonata in b minor for two pianos seems like a ridiculous idea, except for the fact that liszt himself actually wanted to do so but never got around to the task.
A colourful and transcendent recording by pletnev, who always manages to bring unexpected textures into relatively welltrodden works. For example, the last note of the sonata should not be removed and placed one octave lower, as rendered in this edition, but the right way is to merely add the lower octave, thus ending the sonata in an octave chord. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten on. It is considered to be one of the most formidably difficult pieces in the standard. Many of the works also include public domain sheet music of the corresponding piece by franz liszt. The sonata unfolds in approximately 30 minutes of unbroken music. Sonata in b minor and other works for piano dover music. Hoplit, hanslick and liszts dante symphony jsmi, 7 201112, p.
This work of program music was inspired by the reading of dante. The dante sonata is the 7 th piece in liszt s piano works collection. The other liszt disc here also contains transcriptions. The instrument itself closely miked and widely spaced sounds larger than life. Mar 06, 20 marcandre hamelin performs franz liszts poetic dante sonata, live in concert. Ignacio marin bocanegra franz liszt sonata dante sonata. A large romantic era work examples, liszt dante sonata, brahms handel variations, schumann kreisleriana, moussorgsky pictures at an exhibition or a collection of works by a single composer examples, a complete opus of brahms, or a polonaise, nocturne, maurka, and a ballade by chopin, or a hungarian rhapsody, a transcendental etude, and a.
Too many pianists transform the dante sonata into an interminable octave and tremolo study. Another amazing b minor sonata recording i forgot is levys. Two events conspired to bring liszt back from his years of pilgrimage to the concert stagesomething which didnt. Written for the concert dante s inferno, performed on jan 25, 2002 at avery fisher hall at lincoln center. Fantasia quasi sonata french for after a reading of dante.
Mar 18, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from liszt. This page provides a list of franz liszt piano music recordings available to download and enjoy in both mp3 and wma formats. This sixdisc set contains claudio arraus complete liszt output for the philips label. Fantasia quasi sonata claudio arrau, piano the piece is divided into two main subjects. In the dante sonata i like arrau, but i like sofronitsky even more i think, despite terrible sound. One hundred twentysixth season chicago symphony orchestra. Liszt s complete musical style is evident in this masterwork, which ranges from virtuosic fireworks to sincerely moving emotional statements. The dante sonata, the most important piece from liszt s. Here, as elsewhere, everything is given time to speak, to weep and sing and sigh part of liszt s own. The surviving autograph of franz liszt s bminor sonata is a fascinating document that illuminates the compositional process.
Daniel barenboim see all versions of this release, 1 available. The uploaded performance is from march 31, 2009, but first i give some background. Sonata in b minor and other works for piano dover music for piano liszt, franz on. Improvisatory, impulsive and full of extreme contrasts, barenboims dante sonata is vividly pictorial. Whether in fistshaking defiance, radiance or baleful resignation, she is superbly responsive to liszt s rhetoric in the dante sonata. In the fall of 2001 i played liszt s dante sonata on stage for the second time, the first performance coming about a year earlier when i chose it, learned it quickly in three days, and performed it in a recital a week later my debut in another world. Liszt has effectively composed a sonata within a sonata, which is part of the works uniqueness. Sonata for piano in b minor, sonata dante schumann. The dante sonata was recorded with the kind of risktaking abandon and occasionally less than perfect execution that you might expect from a live event. It sounds like an inflated rendition thats ultimately not up to the original. Dante sonata franz liszt, a spiritual man, was constantly drawn to the idea of creating music inspired by a collection of other art forms. Rhapsodie espagnole mark anderson piano as his two previous nimbus discs 395 and 795 the latter including a fine performance of liszt s dante sonata show, mark anderson is a most musicianly pianist. Liszt and programme music as they were originally conceived, the aesthetics of hanslick and liszt were entirely. As far as i know, its not very challenging at all, for being liszt it you count in the different numbers of technical difficulties.
It then focuses on the importance of this work in romantic period. This essay starts from the background of piano sonata in b minor. 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. The music is some of liszts finest orchestral writing, featuring colorful and exciting passages and a powerful sense of drama and poetry. The britishcanadian pianist angela hewitt has a refreshing attitude to liszt. Oct 23, 20 the complexities of liszt s sonata in b minor make it ideal for presentation in an ipad app like the liszt sonata. It starts with a declamatory passage foreboding tragedy before building to. Fantasia quasi sonata 1959 january 22 torino live with sheet music. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e. Fantasia quasi sonata is taken from victor hugos poem summarising the inferno section of the poem. But the dante sonata version here was made, as the headnote indicates, by one of the pianists, vittorio bresciani.
Here, in the b minor sonata and in the three youthful petrarch sonnets, hewitt is magisterial. The disc also contains a 1985 recording of barenboim playing the dante sonata. His musical maturity can be seen evolving through his experience and travel. It would be easier to use other comparative words, or narrow down the specific terms of comparison. Seongjin cho he was 17 years old, 3rd prize great hall of the. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata music download by andrea kauten.
Apres une lecture du dante fantasia quasi sonata, s158c. Liszt was inspired by dante s famous epic poem the divine comedy. Liszt was perhaps the least abstractly inclined of the great composers. Is liszts sonata in b minor considered to be as great a work. Dante sonata, 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. Liszts dante symphony is a demonic symphonic poem depicting dantes famous divine comedy. Sometimes informally known as the dante sonata, this large work was inspired by a reading of dantes the divine comedy. The 8 sign under a note always means add the lower octave in liszt s notation. A symphony to dantes divine comedy american symphony. The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your. Daniel barenboim conducted the berliner philharmoniker in february 1992 giving us this live recording of franz liszts dante symphony splendidly recorded by the teldec team on this cd. 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.
Dante symphonie comes in as a good second, his nervous approach and tubthumping in the climaxes will not be to everyones taste. The dante sonata is the 7 th piece in liszts piano works collection. It includes several items absent from philips arrau edition liszt boxnamely the two concertos, the 1985 remake of the b minor sonata, liebestraum no. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The liszt sonata is undoubtedly one of the peaks of the repertoire, and recordings are suitably copious, but when an artist of hamelins virtuoso pedigree wishes to tackle it no. Beethovens contribution to the literature of the piano, as with most of the genres he composed for, is immense. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to robert schumann. As far as im concerned, i like this rendition better than bermans id posted, however both are available, so feel. Jun 12, 2014 a colourful and transcendent recording by pletnev, who always manages to bring unexpected textures into relatively welltrodden works. The dante is not near as technically difficult as the liszt. The first, a chromatic theme in d minor, typifies the. For a while, it appeared that the intent to write a symphonic composition based on dante had died along with liszts love for his first reading. He gave the first public performance in vienna, during november 1839.
The music department invites its performing faculty and guest artists to provide an educational lecturerecital for buffalo state students and the public. While its four distinct movements are rolled into one, the entire work is encompassed within the traditional classical sonata scheme exposition, development, and recapitulation. Sonata in b minor, dante sonata by andrea kauten now. Arrau, by contrast, generates more intensity by observing liszts marked crescendo. Emily boyce delivers an indepth lecture and performance of liszt s dante sonata focus on repertoire series. Op 27 no 2 is of course the famous moonlight sonata. 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. Dante sonata, an album by franz liszt, arnaldo cohen on spotify. 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. Daniel barenboim conducted the berliner philharmoniker in february 1992 giving us this live recording of franz liszt s dante symphony splendidly recorded by the teldec team on this cd. Liszt dante sonata, and the liszt petrarch sonnets are not that bad.