Liszt: Sacred Music Transcriptions
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Composer: Franz LisztPerformer: Philip Thomson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-02
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- 1. Benedictus
- 2. Offertorium
- 1. Crux ave benedicta (S50, No. 9 / R72, No. 9)
- 2. Jesu Christe pro nobis crucifixe (S50, No. 12 / R72, No. 12)
- 3. Meine Seel' erhebt den Herrn (S51 / R507)
- 4. Nun danker alle Gott! (S50, No. 11 / R72, No. 11 & S61 / R507)
- 5. Nun ruhen alle W?lder (S50, No. 3 / R72, No. 3)
- 6. O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (S50, No. 4 / R72, No. 4)
- 7. O Lamm Gottes (S50, No. 5 / R72, No. 5)
- 8. O Traurigkeit (S50, No. 10 / R72, No. 10)
- 9. Vexilla Regis prodeunt (S50, No. 8 / R72, No. 8)
- 10. Was Gott tut (S50, No. 6 / R72, No. 6)
- 11. Wer nur den lieben Gott (S50, No. 7 / R72, No. 7)
Music reviews of Liszt: Sacred Music Transcriptions
Music Review: Liszt's Sacred Music Transcriptions
Rating: 5 Stars
A romantic, extrovert and musical genius were the parts that made Franz Liszt. But below his ever changing personality was a deeply religious person, who, particularly in his younger life had ideas of making his life in the church and becoming a priest. Another romantic quest took him to Rome in 1861, and he made his home there until he died in 1886 during a visit to see Wagner. It was during those last few years that the church eventually reclaimed him, and he took holy orders. This collection can be described as his Sacred Music Transcriptions. The first song on the cd, The Hungarian Coronation Mass Benedictus is my favorite Liszt composition of all time. The beginning starts very simple, but then in the middle it changes with a great climax and then slowly fades away. For me, this piece represents emotions evoked by the beauties of the world and life which God has bestowed upon us and the torturous thoughts of death that carry us into realms of the afterlife that afflict and sometimes console us all. Liszt always said he was simply just a scribe for God and when you hear this piece you believe that God could in fact speak to Liszt through music. The other extensive work on the disc is the Eleven Chorales, which are a reworking of sacred songs. They show the composer at his most devout and uncomplicated, the music being of the utmost simplicity. At the other end of the spectrum we have Urbi et orbi, a challenging work for the pianist, and a most unusual and radical score of many surprises. Apart from the l hymne du pape and the Stabat Mater, the remaining works all come from his later period when the church was increasingly taking over his mind. He was still in his theatrical period when he composed the virtuoutic Stabat Mater. This is a wonderful cd and I highly recommend it to any one who wants to hear Liszt's religious works.
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