Composer: Franz Liszt
Performer: Risto-Matti Marin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0517
Release: 2021
Size: 570 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphonic Poem No. 1, S. 95 “Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne” (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
01. Introduction I
02. Exposition I
03. Development I
04. Recapitulation I
05. Andante religioso I
06. Introduction II
07. Exposition II
08. Development II
09. Recapitulation II
10. Andante religioso II
11. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
12. Ich möchte hingehn, S. 296 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
13. Wieder möcht ich dir begegnen, S. 322 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
14. Du bist wie eine Blume, S. 287 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
15. Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S. 272 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
16. Oh! Quand je dors, S. 282 (Arr. A. Stradal for Piano)
Symphonic Poem No. 13, S. 107 “Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe” (Arr. R. Marin for Piano)
17. I. Die Wiege
18. II. Der Kampf um’s Dasein
19. III. Zum Grabe, die Wiege des zukünftigen Lebens
Although Liszt’s thirteen symphonic poems exist in two-piano transcriptions prepared by the composer himself, it was his Czech student August Stradal (1860–1930) who transcribed twelve of them for solo piano – versions which demand almost superhuman virtuosity. Stradal died before he could tackle the last of the symphonic poems, Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe; Risto-Matti Marin has made good that lacuna with his own virtuoso transcription, and adds six of Stradal’s transcriptions of Liszt songs for good measure.