Franz liszt, the virtuoso pianist and composer, was the most famous concert superstar of the 19th century. Franz liszt, kurt masur, leipzig gewandhaus orchestra liszt. Franz liszt was born to anna liszt nee maria anna lager and adam liszt on 22 october 1811, in the village of doborjan german. Composed in 1847, the year he retired from the concert platform, the rhapsody was first published as a piano solo in 1851. Liszt hungarian rhapsody no 10 rubinstein rec 1937 by beckmesser2. Adam gyorgy performing liszt s hungarian rhapsody no 2 live in budapest. Liszt made easy piano solo solo part carl fischer 1. Liszt also arranged versions for orchestra, piano duet and piano trio. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. Liszts father played the piano, violin, cello, and guitar. Among his many notable compositions are his 12 symphonic poems, two piano concerti, several sacred choral works, and a variety of solo piano pieces. Franz liszt hungarian rhapsody no 2 the perfect version youtube. Michele campanella makes a very fine job of playing the pieces and my principal reason for purchasing the cd was to hear rhapsody no.
Liszt became renowned throughout europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He inserts a lengthy cadenza into the second rhapsody, evocative of those gifted pianists apply to great piano concertos, but in the liszt setting overwrought and selfindulgent to an extreme. Just remember liszt was the embodiment of the thundering sound. In the case of roberto szidon, this statement seems to open parenthesis. Franz liszt and the hungarian rhapsodies neil thomass. This recording went on to be a best selling recording in the victor red seal library for many years. In researching franz liszt 181186 and his hungarian rhapsodies i came across three distinct features that liszt took from hungarian music and also a lot of controversial arguments about just how hungarian this music is, and how hungarian liszt himself was.
Work on the piece began in 1846 in klausenburg, and it was published about november 1851. Of all franz liszts nineteen hungarian rhapsodies, no. At age 6 he took music lessons from his father, adam liszt, who worked at the court of count esterhazy, the main sponsor of liszts. Franz liszt hungarian rhapsody no 2 on tenebris qwerty.
Leipzig orchestral version arranged for piano 4 hands by liszt, 1874 s. To franz liszts biographers, his nationality is a matter of controversy. Although franz liszt grew up speaking german rather than hungarian and actually lived relatively little of his life in his native land, he always remained intensely proud of his hungarian heritage. Valentina lisitsa plays liszts hungarian rhapsody no. Franz liszt, kurt masur, leipzig gewandhaus orchestra. Magyar rapszodiak ungarische rhapsodien rhapsodies hongroises. Henle ranks them between 89, which is extremely difficult repertoire. The rhapsody has an earlier version, like many other of liszts compositions. Leopold stokowski conducting the philadelphia orchestra. Hungarian rhapsodies the hungarian rhapsodies as performed here are the orchestrations done by franz doppler and with revisions made by franz liszt himself, of selected pieces from liszts piano solo composition s 244 hungarian rhapsodies which contains 19 pieces in total.
A study of franz liszts hungarian rhapsodies ubc library. Liszt s hungarian rhapsodies were based on a mixture of hungarian traditional and gypsy music, while enescus 1st romanian rhapsody is based around ciocarlia the skylark not, as many people think, a romanian folk tune but an instrumental piece written by the romanian lautaresc musician lautareasca is virtuoso stringed instrumental music. A controversial figure in his time, he later came to be seen as a. Magyar rapszodiak, is a set of 19 piano pieces based on hungarian folk themes, composed by franz liszt during 18461853, and later in 1882 and 1885. There are actually 19 hungarian rhapsodies in total, composed by franz liszt between 18461853 though a couple later ones were written in the 1880s, near the end of his life. Franz liszt october 22, 1811 july 31, 1886 was a hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and teacher. Liszt franz masterpieces for solo piano piano solo dover publications. The cat concerto music arranged version of hungarian rhapsody no. Maksim mrvica playing franz liszt s hungarian rhapsody no. Hungarian rhapsodies which will lead to a better understanding of liszts stylistic development in relation to this unique genre of his own creation.
This download is defective as the last few seconds of the liszt. This work was dedicated to count antoine of appony and uses the form of lassan and friska like many other rhapsodies. Raiding in sopron county, in the kingdom of hungary, austrian empire. In their original piano form, the hungarian rhapsodies are noted for their difficulty. Franz liszt october 22, 1811 july 31, 1886 was a hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist.
Among the many colorful stories in lisztian biography are the accounts of his playing in public while dressed in native folk costume. Originally composed in 1851 for solo piano, the work was soon converted into orchestral form. Originally composed in 1851 for solo piano, the work was soon converted into orchestral form by liszts colleague, franz doppler. Franz liszt hungarian rhapsody no 1 in c sharp minor. The works will be approached and classified according to three main topics. Orchestral version arranged for piano 4 hands by liszt, 1874 s.
Barry douglas, byron janis, franz liszt, junichi hirokami, fritz reiner, arthur fiedler, london symphony orchestra, chicago symphony orchesra, boston pops orchestra liszt. Stokowski used his own orchestration rather than the karl ma. But most people, be they ordinary listeners of music or writers of encyclopedia articles, think of him as hungarian. Kontor new media music on behalf of brilliant classics hungarian rhapsodies no. Liszt was born in raiding in what was then the austrohungarian empire, at a period of time when. Franz liszt, hungarian piano virtuoso and composer. He was born on october 22, 1811 in raiding, sopron county, hungary austria and died on july 31, 1886 in bayreuth. At age 6 he took music lessons from his father, adam liszt, who worked at the court of count esterhazy, the main sponsor of liszt s. In the 19th century, liszt was one of the most important musicians. Feb 23, 2015 franz liszt hungarian rhapsody no 2 the perfect version. Given that the only pure list would be done by the composer himself, who is to say that frank list would not have applauded cziffrass personalization of this wonderful music. Arranged for orchestra by liszt and franz doppler, 185760 as hungarian rhapsody no. Its immediate success and popularity on the concert stage soon led to an orchestrated version.
Hungarian rhapsody no 10, michele campanel piano the overall feel and tempos of the rhapsodies is gained by liszts interest in the traditional dance, csardas. 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. One of the features of these dances is the variation of tempo. His father was hungarian and his mother was austrian. Liszt became renowned throughout europe for his great skill as a performer during the read more. Few other piano solos have achieved such widespread popularity, offering the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso, while providing the listener with an immediate and. Inspired by the hungarian folk music that liszt came to love as a youth, the manner in which the vigour and playfulness of these inspirations is so nakedly displayed in liszts music has led the latter part of rhapsody no. Franz liszt hungarian rhapsody no 1 in c sharp minor pianist michele campanella. In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated cartoons.