Franz Liszt [electronic resource]
- Responsibility
- written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann.
- Imprint
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]
- Series
- Life and works (Naxos (Sound recording label))
- Naxos Music Library.
Online
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Siepmann, Jeremy.
- Contributor
- Jason, Neville.
- Timson, David.
- Claxton, Elaine.
- Paton, Laura.
- Clarkson, Raphael.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Music selections: La campanella
- Au lac du Wallenstadt
- Die Forelle / Schubert ; arr. Liszt
- Après une lecture du Dante
- Transcendental étude no. 2 in a minor
- Hungarian rhapsody no. 6
- Consolation no. 3 in d flat
- Transcendental study no. 8
- Symphonie fantastique. Un bal / Berlioz ; arr. Liszt
- Prometheus
- Sonata in b minor
- From the cradle to the grave
- Ave Maria
- Unstern.
- Summary
- The life of Franz Liszt was as daring and spectacular as his music. Famed throughout Europe as the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century, he was one of the most original and prophetic composers who ever lived. In this account of his epic life, actors' readings combine with plentiful musical excerpts to paint a living portrait of a highly complex man.
- Included work
- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Works. Selections.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
- Composers > Biography.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2007
- Series
- Life and works
- Note
- Streaming audio.
- Companion booklet includes detailed historical background, graded listening plan and complete spoken text.
- Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed May 10, 2006).
- Includes program notes.
- Duration: 2:35:52.
- Access
- Digital content provided by Naxos Music Library; access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
- Participant
- Narrated by Jeremy Seipmann with Neville Jason (Liszt) and David Timson, Elaine Claxton, Laura Paton and Raphael Clarkson.
- Event
- Recorded at Bucks Audio Recording, Buckinghamshire, UK and Hats Off Studios, Oxfordshire, UK.
- Note
- Also available as compact disc; previously issued as Naxos 8.558005-06.
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
- System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- Publisher number
- 8.558005-06 Naxos Music Library
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