Composer: Ferencz Liszt
Performer: Anna-Victoria Baltrusch
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE97793
Release: 2022
Size: 1.53 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Fugue: Andante
03. III. Fugue: Allegro
04. IV. Fugue: Maestoso
Fantasia and Fugue on the choral “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”, S. 259
05. I. Moderato
06. II. Animando poco a poco (A Capriccio)
07. III. Vivace
08. IV. Recitativo
09. V. Adagio
10. VI. Un poco più di Moto
11. VII. Adagio
12. VIII. Allegro Deciso
13. IX. Fuga. Allegretto con Moto
14. X. Allegro con Brio
15. XI. Vivace Molto
16. XII. Più Mosso
17. XIII. Choral (Adagio)
CD 02
Totentanz. Paraphrase on the ‘Dies Irae’, S. 126
01. I. Andante – Presto
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Allegro Moderato
04. IV. Variation 1
05. V. Variation 2
06. VI. Variation 3
07. VII. Variation 4
08. VIII. Variation 5
09. IX. Cadenza
10. X. Sempre allegro, ma non Troppo
11. XI. Allegretto Scherzando
12. XII. Allegro Animato
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179
13. I. Lento
14. II. Poco a poco accelerando e Crescendo
15. III. Quasi Allegro
16. IV. Recitativo (Lento)
17. V. Quasi Andante
18. VI. Choral (Lento)
Preludes, Op. 28
19. No. 4 in E Minor (Arr. For Organ by Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt’s artistic circle in mid-nineteenth century Weimar: after years as an itinerant piano virtuoso, he now devoted himself to composing and conducting. Whilst the city was drawing only on its past greatness under Goethe and Schiller, Liszt re-established Weimar as a musical centre of European standing. In the process, he met important organ virtuosos who introduced him to the multi-faceted instrument: his large-scale organ works were written here.
In a two-part recording series, Anna-Victoria Baltrusch starts by showcasing compositions from the pens of organists who reflected Liszt’s musical innovations. For the second part, Baltrusch will turn to the master himself, presenting Liszt’s great original works as well as her own arrangement of his Totentanz.