Tasso; Orpheus; Les Preludes
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- Performers
- Liszt, F.
- Label
- Hungaroton/White Label (Hun)
- Barcode
- 0750582154423
Tracklist: Les Prludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3, R. 414) 16:38 Orpheus (Symphonic Poem No. 4, R. 415) 11:13 Tasso. Lamento E Trionfo (Symphonic Poem No. 2, R. 413) 19:20 Notes English, French and German liner notes Franz Liszt :in modern usage Liszt Ferenc: 22 October 1811 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era. He was also a writer, a philanthropist, a Hungarian nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary. Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his prodigious virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was a friend, musical promoter and benefactor to many composers of his time, including Frdric Chopin, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Sans, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka, and Alexander Borodin. Jnos Ferencsik (18 January 1907 12 June 1984) was a Hungarian conductor. Ferencsik was born in Budapest; he actively played music even as a very young boy. He took violin lessons and taught himself to play the organ. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Budapest, where his major subjects were organ performance and composition. He joined the Budapest State Opera at the age of twenty, where he was engaged as a rehearsal coach. In this capacity he took part in the Bayreuth Festival in 1930-31.
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