Franz Liszt (Polonaise Brillante for Piano and Orchestra)

[MasterMorty]

Clever pitching. It's about .03 HZ above normal, and at first I didn't notice, but it messed up my ear for the rest of the day, and I thought my violin was out of tune. Haha :)

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

yuppi I'm the 200th "i like it" :D

[Tarfy]

Beautiful....I think of my father when I close my eyes and become eveloped in the sound.

Thank-you

[boratland]

it is very meaningful to me that after a life creating beautiful things he retired into religion and prayer and solitude - Music has a lot to do with God!

[MasterMorty]

This is way better than Chopin's Polonaise Brilliante in Eb major

[veidhleadoir]

Beautiful :D

[windstorm1000]

You look at this striking man---he may have spoke German--but he identified as a Hungarian. Look at those cheekbones!! That's Magyar folks! In Lizst's time, many Hungarians could not speak it---the language was outlawed by the Austro Hungarin Empire which Hungary was part of. This does not make them any less Hungarian than those who speak Magyar. Besides, Lizst has been embraced by Hungary. He always gave FREE piano lessons to Hungarian students and helped with flood victims in Budapest.

[dussekfan]

Sounds like Chopin a bit ^^

[tonybrian92]

@dussekfan lizst was inspired of chopin and they pretty much lived at the same time, in the romantic era :)

[Gargantupimp]

@tonybrian92 @dussekfan this is a piece by WEBER liszt just made it for piano and orchestra, like what he did with wanderer fantasy, which was somewhat necessary back then because large concerts were traditionally only reserved for piano and a accompianment(orchestra), solo piano performances where usually done in salons smaller venues.

[TheGoodWinston]

Those Hungarian negroes...

[IMattchewB]

CHOPIN.

[nickoicool]

Unbelievable. Franz Lizst is definately my favortie composer.

[Gargantupimp]

@nickoicool Weber was pre-chopin, and this piece would definitely have been forgotten if Liszt wouldn't have made this.

[Dodkar]

@tacojimmy69

[csdesigner]

He is Morrocan from north of Africa

[indieanlany]

Liszt Ferenc mindig is magyarnak érezte, vallotta magát. Szerintem ez a legfontosabb, és nem az, hogy milyen dokumentumai voltak, vagy, hogy beszélt-e magyarul.

[andrew17660]

He wasn't a Hunarian lol he was an imposter. In the same way his music is generally superficial is link to the mygar people was also superficial.

[thegreatapologist]

@andrew17660 Yes he was. He was born in Hungary.  His father worked in the house of a Hungarian noble.

[bazuka92]

@andrew17660

Fck yourself! Liszt was hungarian!

[fairladyz12]

i heard that his name was Francene. and she had to make a whole male persona because it was absurd for women to compose back in the day. But luckily for her boyish physique and persona it was a task easily accomplished. :P :P

[Maggielicious21]

@fairladyz12 where do you get your information?? it wasn't absurd for woman to compose back in the day, have you ever heard of clara schumman or Pauline Viardot?

[thegreatapologist]

@Maggielicious21 They weren't very popular though, and didn't compose that much do to discouragement.

[MasterMorty]

@fairladyz12 That sounds ridiculous.

[thegreatapologist]

@fairladyz12 I have NO Idea what you are talking about, but I'm pretty sure that the many ladies that he had affairs with would have noticed...

[yournutz]

Doesn't anyone talk about the music or the performance? Good grief you all yack about the etching of Liszt and talk back and forth like old friends. How cute. How stupid.

[77cica77]

HIs name's not Franz, but Ferenc. You should keep the original writing form...

[siebhirn]

@77cica77 liszt himself always used the name "franz"

you can read it in his letters he wrote !!!

[aaaaarrrrooonn]

siebhirn,

I accept the fact that yout mentioned, but as an internationally famous, recognized virtuoso he had to use an international form of his name (as many other hungarian artists, scientists, etc.). His mother was austrian, his father hungarian, and he considered himself hungarian. Always used hungarian passport, and other docs.

I accept, that the international (and in my opinion wrong) form of his name is Franz, but please, let us, hungarians call him Ferenc.

[vimes95]

@aaaaarrrrooonn

calm down we get the point but you ar right and so is siebhirn.

[siebhirn]

@aaaaarrrrooonn i didn´t want a struggle with you ! if you want "ference" liszt to be an hungarian it´s your oppinion. as a matter of fact he could not speak the hungarian language. he used to speak in german.

and "franz" liszt himself used the name "franz". so i think you want to call him ference only therefore to let everybody see that he was hungarian ?!

hungarian,austrian,tschibutian­,suaheli-man,...i don´t care-it´s "Ference" "Franz" LISZT !!!

[aaaaarrrrooonn]

Let me suggest you something:

Learn reading. If you're ready with this, read my comment again. If you still don't understand what i wrote, read a bit more about Liszt.

[siebhirn]

ok,

you are wright.

[andrew17660]

Stop kidding yourself he was not a hungarian.

[srebrnyAg]

@siebhirn And Chopin was using name Frederic, not Fryderyk, just because he was composing in France. It doesn't change the original form of his name - Ferenc.

[Marmalade000000]

is that a PHOTO of Liszt?? Sure doesn't look like a painting

[nauort23]

Looks like an etching.

[LesStudiosRadioactif]

You know, they DID have cameras in the 1800s. Not when he was born, but they had Daguerrotypes and Calotypes in the 1840s, which is when that picture probably was taken, if it is a picture.

[mahler151]

I think that's just a drawing....Liszt looked much better than that.

[vimes95]

@Marmalade000000

Its is an eching

[AmericanCars101]

Amazing!!!

[maggotforlifecrisse]

A masterpiece.

[italianstyle73]

This isn't one work, it's a hybrid: Weber composed a Grande Polonaise, the opening of which is the minor key part on the black notes in this work. Then the polonaise brillante was composed separately. Liszt himself made the arrangement and there's no Hilarity in it. The two best recordings are by Princess Caterina of Parma made in the 1930s with the Sinfonia Reale di Piemonte, and the 1950s recording by the Norwegian pianist Solomon with the London Symphony (I think that's the orchestra).

[deviantrake]

The Norwegian pianist?!?!?!?! He was very definitely English!

[italianstyle73]

You're absolutely right! I have no idea why I always thought Solomon was Norwegian - sorry about the mistake!

[deviantrake]

God, don't worry about that! I've made some howlers too! Put one piece of music on, and for some reason put the wrong pianist on it, was quickly corrected! What would life be without the odd cock up!

[devonunitedkingdom]

When you have great technical ability and able to play something abstract and diffult away from the piano, then good for you. But that doesn't mean that it will have depth. Personally I think Carl von Weber's version is more noble. Say repeatedly: 'fools praise pliagerism'

[skatechick1234567]

I am only listening to this for a project I don't like this music....

[icontrolyourworld]

i like it

[smithsherman]

This goes on my LISZT AS DRY ABSTRACT PLAYLIST...The pianist has great percussivity,but is simply clueless at to how to create effects that are whimsically hilarious.You can tell he's been on a diet of very serious stuff all his lifeas he plays all with great beauty and respectability..(oh well).Masur here is out of his league as there is no oppurtunity for dense morose Teutonic brooding.I AWARD THIS 3 DRESDENS

[alexongcs]

Actually, smith, reading your comment I do at first agree with the aspect of 'great beauty and respectability'. I think he perhaps he justs wanted to rebel against the crazy wreckless mess(which I also love) people were doing and show that liszt can also be played ironically, in a humorously 'respectable' and 'reserved' fashion - and these traits I hear in his particular accents(the percussivity you hear) and pomposity. You know when it's conformist when you hear this played by argerich!

[smithsherman]

Good thoughts Alex...Sadly not a shred of Irony appears to me here.I haven't heard a "crazy reckless mess" of this by a virtuoso in at least 70 years....Conversely Vapid dignity...I'm up to my eyeballs with

[Swedetres]

wrong

[cutza7]

actually, is op. 72...

[pineapple70000]

whoops yeah