Amir Katz: Hommage a Liszt
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.ORF-C990202

Composed by Franz Liszt. Classical. CD. Orfeo #ORF-C990202. Published by Orfeo (NX.ORF-C990202).

Liszt's Etudes represent a peak in the history of piano writing. Beyond the tremendous technical difficulties, Liszt's Etudes are poetic works, etudes tableaux, suggesting programme music influenced by literature, painting, and folklore as can be identified by titles such as Mazeppa, Wilde Jagd, Gnomenreigen or Feux follets. Similar to Schumann, Liszt added those lyrical appellations as an afterthought to stimulate the fantasy of both the listener and the performer, thus paving the path to modern piano playing as we know it today. "I have chosen to bring here authentic testimonies regarding the Etudes from the late masterclasses he gave in Weimar, Pest, and Rome in the early eighties of the 19th century, just a few years before his death in 1886. The testimonies are given by his students Carl Lachmund, August Gollerich, Vianna da Motta and Arthur Friedheim. These precious testimonies provide us with an original and inspired illustration that faithfully represents Liszt's masterclasses and his vocations." (Amir Katz).