If Liszt had lived a few more years, he would have invented twelve-tone himself. Liszt's latest compositions remain to this day the least performed because they are those in which so far no one has understood anything ... We hope that as soon as possible someone decides to face a global rediscovery, with a serious analysis of the latest pieces composed with Late Romantic harmonies, both from the other unexplored mine of "transcriptions" (or rather, "creative recompositions").
Thank you for posting these intense and fascinating late pieces. As Howard notes, "Liszt apparently intended to orchestrate the series," and in fact the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Selmeczi (b. 1952) has done just that, to my ears brilliantly. You can hear the entire cycle - along with his fine arrangements for orchestra of the Four Forgotten Waltzes and two late Czardas - performed by the Camerata Transsylvanica on a CD titled "Liszt - Late Works" issued in 2001 by Budapest Music Center Records (BMC CD 060). (Hard to find, but worth the search.) :-) And the entire album is posted here: ua-cam.com/video/O8-xyNwGJE8/v-deo.html UPDATE: Unfortunately, the videos of the album seem not to be available on UA-cam any longer. Nonetheless, highly recommended as one of the most interesting -- and (for me) successful -- orchestrations by other hands of Liszt's piano music.
Wow, thanks for the link! Really good performances, and I like the orchestration as well, especially those of the Historical Portraits. (Overall the whole disc is a bit too heavy on the snare-drum here and there for my liking, but it all comes down to personal preferences, and the incorporation of the cimbalom is a really nice Lisztian touch.)
@@gergelykiss You're welcome, and thank you for your insightful comments. I agree that Selmeczi's orchestration of the Historical Portraits is particularly successful: clearly a late 20th century realization, yet very respectful of Liszt's piano original. Speaking of modern orchestrations of Liszt's piano music, have you heard John Adams's The Black Gondola (= La lugubre gondole, No. 2)? ua-cam.com/video/PVIo71UZOR0/v-deo.html
@@treesny I think that the Adams Lugubre gondola orchestration is absolutely brilliant! Again it is clearly a 20th century orchestration, but it is so damn effective! It's also evident from the sound that the orchestrator is a composer himself :) I just wish he included at the end the extra measures that Liszt's provided for his own piano-cello arrangement of the work. It extends that supremely uneasy atmosphere at the end a little longer.
R.I.P Jenő Jandó (1952 - 2023) he was a great pianist and teacher.
If Liszt had lived a few more years, he would have invented twelve-tone himself. Liszt's latest compositions remain to this day the least performed because they are those in which so far no one has understood anything ... We hope that as soon as possible someone decides to face a global rediscovery, with a serious analysis of the latest pieces composed with Late Romantic harmonies, both from the other unexplored mine of "transcriptions" (or rather, "creative recompositions").
Faust symphony starts with a tone row of the twelve chromatic pitches.
@Massimo Cimino
A very underrated comment.
What a gem this is... I don't imagine what it feels like to be listening to this as a Hungarian. Thanks for uploading.
15:50 I legit thought I was going to hear the Tetris theme
Thank you for posting these intense and fascinating late pieces. As Howard notes, "Liszt apparently intended to orchestrate the series," and in fact the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Selmeczi (b. 1952) has done just that, to my ears brilliantly. You can hear the entire cycle - along with his fine arrangements for orchestra of the Four Forgotten Waltzes and two late Czardas - performed by the Camerata Transsylvanica on a CD titled "Liszt - Late Works" issued in 2001 by Budapest Music Center Records (BMC CD 060). (Hard to find, but worth the search.) :-) And the entire album is posted here: ua-cam.com/video/O8-xyNwGJE8/v-deo.html
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the videos of the album seem not to be available on UA-cam any longer. Nonetheless, highly recommended as one of the most interesting -- and (for me) successful -- orchestrations by other hands of Liszt's piano music.
You’re most welcome :)) They’re a personal favourite of mine
Wow, thanks for the link! Really good performances, and I like the orchestration as well, especially those of the Historical Portraits. (Overall the whole disc is a bit too heavy on the snare-drum here and there for my liking, but it all comes down to personal preferences, and the incorporation of the cimbalom is a really nice Lisztian touch.)
@@gergelykiss You're welcome, and thank you for your insightful comments. I agree that Selmeczi's orchestration of the Historical Portraits is particularly successful: clearly a late 20th century realization, yet very respectful of Liszt's piano original. Speaking of modern orchestrations of Liszt's piano music, have you heard John Adams's The Black Gondola (= La lugubre gondole, No. 2)? ua-cam.com/video/PVIo71UZOR0/v-deo.html
@@treesny I think that the Adams Lugubre gondola orchestration is absolutely brilliant! Again it is clearly a 20th century orchestration, but it is so damn effective! It's also evident from the sound that the orchestrator is a composer himself :) I just wish he included at the end the extra measures that Liszt's provided for his own piano-cello arrangement of the work. It extends that supremely uneasy atmosphere at the end a little longer.
😃👍Brilliant!
Yey one from my fav sets
Same!
Same here!
The Vorosmarty Mihaly and Mosonyi Mihaly are my favourites (I haven't downloaded Hungarian on my google keyboard lol).
But no. 1 is quite unlistenable and bland
What will happen if you uploaded all of Liszt's score?
What do you mean? I have made a playlist of all the uploaded score videos of Liszt’s solo piano works, and I am trying to fill in the gaps
@@TheModicaLiszt like I mean if they are all uploaded?
@@norixsynth Then our job is done :)
@@TheModicaLiszt sad
@@norixsynth We can always try to make MIDIs of every Liszt piece ever xD
Oh Liszt... Ya damn weirdo
It’s wonderful!
@@TheModicaLiszt It is. What could've been if he had let the public go frickityfrack themselves sooner....
@@douwemusic Not a day goes by where I don’t think the same thing…