When I was young, I was foolish enough to believe that Liszt was all razzle dazzle with little substance. Now I know that he is with great emotional substance and one of the most innovative composers of the 19th century. This piece pierces to the soul. I wish I could have it played at my funeral.
@normanefox pretty much same with me. but last autumn i decided i should try to get to know liszt better, because i played starcraft with my Hungarian friend. I started with hr's, and found that it takes time to appreciate the beauty, considerably more time than for many other composers. but then this wide world of liszt's imagination draws you in. my favourite composer is ravel though, it has never happened to me to come across anything as wonderful as ravel.
@dalecampbl9 My favorite is by Brendal. No matter how much I think he is overrated, I consider his Vox Box recordings of Liszt to be absolutely masterful. These early Liszt recordings are phenomenal and I love his La Lugubre Gondola No 2 and his B minor Sonata. His Piano Concerto No 2 is scintillating. My favorite Liszt by him is his Bagatelle without Tonality which I have heard 100s of times.
cool...hey there big Liszt fan...I love liszt too, makes me want to learn some theory so I can understand why it's a Bagatelle without Tonality, because it sounds tonal to me. I mean, when I think without tonality, I think of like Alban Berg or Schoenberg, but it Liszt's Bagatelle sounds nothing like that. I haven't heard Liszt's piano concertos or the sonata much...I listened through the sonata, didn't like it much...not nearly as much as I love his Annees or Transcendental Etudes
@dalecampbl9 Listen to his "Funeral Prelude and Funeral March" and Stations 13 and 14 of "Via Crucis" on YT. I guarantee you'll hear Schoenberg op11 in Via Crusis. The Funeral Prelude/March is one crazy piece that could've easily been composed in the 20th century. Still my favorite late Liszt are Nuages Gris and Bagatelle without Tonality.
I have =). They're all very good. Via Crucis is an interesting work....I especially like the ending arpeggios section...it's one of those passages that is just too good and TOO short. Do you happen to be familiar with Leslie Howard's recordings of all of Liszt's solo piano works? That's what I have been using to become more cultured in Liszt. I'll have to check out Schoenberg's Op.11...I don't really know much about Schoenberg's music.
@dalecampbl9 You must hear something of Ligeti. He demonstrates that it's possible to compose music without tonality but with sense. I know there are lots of "atonal" composers, but Ligeti (and a few more, Crumb, Schoenberg sometimes...) can touch your soul without using tonal harmony.
Excuses moi... who's playing?
Brahms041 1 month ago
@Brahms041 I think it's Krystian Zimerman on his Liszt album. Good piece.
0ook 1 week ago
Westlife is in the suggestions? o.O
123mazeppa 4 months ago
When I was young, I was foolish enough to believe that Liszt was all razzle dazzle with little substance. Now I know that he is with great emotional substance and one of the most innovative composers of the 19th century. This piece pierces to the soul. I wish I could have it played at my funeral.
normanefox 1 year ago 13
@normanefox There is alot of young people who believes the same that you did when you where younger =/
I feel like the only student in my school that knows Liszt's several sides, and not only the virtuosity.
bb0ysmiley 9 months ago
@normanefox pretty much same with me. but last autumn i decided i should try to get to know liszt better, because i played starcraft with my Hungarian friend. I started with hr's, and found that it takes time to appreciate the beauty, considerably more time than for many other composers. but then this wide world of liszt's imagination draws you in. my favourite composer is ravel though, it has never happened to me to come across anything as wonderful as ravel.
pauldotp 6 months ago
@normanefox i was foolish too...Liszt is the quintessential romantic piano hero
dalecampbl9 3 months ago
Great piece
123eldest 1 year ago
The pianist is superb.
hungariancomposer 1 year ago
Stranissima, ma molto efficacie
Clevinal 2 years ago
Interesting that "disturbing" get's the axe or Imperial tumb down.I would certainly agree that is must have been when it was first played.
Beautiful version,only knowing the Reinbert de Leeuw one.Not on YT.
ssballs 2 years ago 5
Alfred Brendal also has a recording of this that I know of and have heard.
dalecampbl9 8 months ago
@dalecampbl9 My favorite is by Brendal. No matter how much I think he is overrated, I consider his Vox Box recordings of Liszt to be absolutely masterful. These early Liszt recordings are phenomenal and I love his La Lugubre Gondola No 2 and his B minor Sonata. His Piano Concerto No 2 is scintillating. My favorite Liszt by him is his Bagatelle without Tonality which I have heard 100s of times.
auerod 6 months ago
@auerod
His name is Alfred Brendel please spell names well
gracebinder 6 months ago
cool...hey there big Liszt fan...I love liszt too, makes me want to learn some theory so I can understand why it's a Bagatelle without Tonality, because it sounds tonal to me. I mean, when I think without tonality, I think of like Alban Berg or Schoenberg, but it Liszt's Bagatelle sounds nothing like that. I haven't heard Liszt's piano concertos or the sonata much...I listened through the sonata, didn't like it much...not nearly as much as I love his Annees or Transcendental Etudes
dalecampbl9 4 months ago
@dalecampbl9 Listen to his "Funeral Prelude and Funeral March" and Stations 13 and 14 of "Via Crucis" on YT. I guarantee you'll hear Schoenberg op11 in Via Crusis. The Funeral Prelude/March is one crazy piece that could've easily been composed in the 20th century. Still my favorite late Liszt are Nuages Gris and Bagatelle without Tonality.
auerod 4 months ago
I have =). They're all very good. Via Crucis is an interesting work....I especially like the ending arpeggios section...it's one of those passages that is just too good and TOO short. Do you happen to be familiar with Leslie Howard's recordings of all of Liszt's solo piano works? That's what I have been using to become more cultured in Liszt. I'll have to check out Schoenberg's Op.11...I don't really know much about Schoenberg's music.
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@dalecampbl9 You must hear something of Ligeti. He demonstrates that it's possible to compose music without tonality but with sense. I know there are lots of "atonal" composers, but Ligeti (and a few more, Crumb, Schoenberg sometimes...) can touch your soul without using tonal harmony.
Xoynoyen 3 months ago
I think this is one of the more "disturbing" pieces of liszt
Kalen1457 2 years ago 13
the contrast of this piece..wow, thanks for posting
askthemailman 2 years ago