Liszt’s songs are among his least performed works. With the bicentenary of his birth upon us,much of his output will be performed and recorded, and no doubt re-assessed. The composer himself was aware that he was difficult to categorise, and that the public face he had was as a flashy virtuoso pianist composer – a reputation that survives to this day, as the Rick Wakeman’s 1975s rock-opera ‘Lisztomania’ (filmed by Ken Russell, and starring The Who’s Roger Daltry as Liszt) testifies.
Works:
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Liszt: Die Macht der Musik, S.302
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Liszt: Hohe Liebe
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Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S272
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Liszt: Kling Leise, mein Lied, S301
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Liszt: Morgens steh ich auf und frage, S290
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Liszt: Schwebe, schwebe, blaues Auge, S. 305
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Liszt: Sonetti di Petrarca (3) for voice & piano, S270
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Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca 'Pace non trovo', S270 No. 1