Featured Selection: Volume I of the Symphonic Poems by FRANZ LISZT
MHS Staff
The MHS Review 402, VOL. 12, NO.6 • 1988
Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne ("Bergsymphonie") Symphonic Poem No. 1
Gerhard Bosse, Violin
Tasso: lamento e trionfo Symphonic Poem No. 2
Les preludes Symphonic Poem No. 3
Prometheus Symphonic Poem No. 5
Mazeppa Symphonic Poem No. 6
Festklange Symphonic Poem No. 7
Heroide funebre Symphonic Poem No. 8
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Like the French composers of the day, Franz Liszt utilized extramusical programs on which to base his orchestral works. It was through setting orchestral works that he came to create the symphonic poem genre. On this new featured selection, we have gathered seven of Liszt's 13 works in the form he pioneered; they are performed to perfection by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, under the legendary Kurt Masur.
Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne ("Bergsymphonie") Symphonic Poem No. 1
Gerhard Bosse, Violin
Tasso: lamento e trionfo Symphonic Poem No. 2
Les preludes Symphonic Poem No. 3
Prometheus Symphonic Poem No. 5
Mazeppa Symphonic Poem No. 6
Festklange Symphonic Poem No. 7
Heroide funebre Symphonic Poem No. 8
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Like the French composers of the day, Franz Liszt utilized extramusical programs on which to base his orchestral works. It was through setting orchestral works that he came to create the symphonic poem genre. On this new featured selection, we have gathered seven of Liszt's 13 works in the form he pioneered; they are performed to perfection by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, under the legendary Kurt Masur.