William Wolfram - Donizetti Operatic Reminiscences & Transcription - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Liszt's transcriptions of excerpts from Wagner's stage works may be seen as part of his campaign to bring Wagner's work to the notice of a wider audience. The four transcriptions from Wagner's Lohengrin include Elsas Brautzug zum Münster (Elsa's Bridal Procession to the Cathedral) [1], published with a transcribed excerpt from Tannhäuser in 1853. The mysterious knight Lohengrin has championed Elsa, defeating her enemy Friedrich von Telramund, who has accused her of killing her brother and usurping the dukedom of Brabant. Elsa is pledged not to question the knight as to his name, but, prompted by her enemies, does so. He reveals himself as Lohengrin, son of Parsifal, and dedicated to the Holy Grail, now bound to leave her. Before he goes, he restores Elsa's brother to human form, breaking the spell cast on him, and Elsa falls dead in her brother's arms. The bridal procession of the second act accompanies Elsa's progress to the cathedral, soon to be interrupted by the challenge of Ortrud, Telramund's wife. Liszt ends the excerpt with a short coda, marked Lento assai.

Maudits selon l'expression consacree et l'ouvrage eponyme que Verlaine publie en 1884, les poetes amants ont explore ensemble les nouvelles voies poetiques, rejetant les conventions et embrassant l'experimentation formelle et thematique. C'est ce jeu de sons allie à la puissance du verbe que l'on goûte avec delice grâce à l'interpretation passionnee de cette selection de leurs poemes par les grands de la Comedie-Francaise tels que Robert Hirsch, Jean Piat ou Jean-Louis Barrault. Stephanie ACQUETTE & Patrick FReMEAUXCursed, according to the eponymous work published by Verlaine in 1884, the poet lovers explored new poetic paths together, rejecting conventions and embracing formal experimentation and thematics. It is this interplay of sounds and the power of words that we savour with delight, thanks to the passionate interpretation of this selection of their poems by the greats of the Comedie-Francaise, including Robert Hirsch, Jean Piat and Jean-Louis Barrault. Stephanie ACQUETTE & Patrick FReMEAUXCD1 - VERLAINE MARIA CASAReS ET GeRARD PHILIPE COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL - ROBERT HIRSCH FRAGMENT D'UN NOCTURNE PARISIEN - C'EST LA FÊTE DU BLe - PUISQUE L'AUBE GRANDIT - JEAN PIAT LA LUNE BLANCHE - GREEN - JEAN YONNEL MON DIEU M'A DIT - JEAN DESAILLY INITIUM - LE SOLEIL DU MATIN - LE BRUIT DES CABARETS - L'ALLeE - À LA PROMENADE - LE FAUNE - EN SOURDINE - JE DEVINE, À TRAVERS UN MURMURE - LE PIANO - C'EST LE CHIEN - L'OMBRE DES ARBRES - POURQUOI TRISTE, Ô MON ÂME - GASPARD HAUSER CHANTE - UN GRAND SOMMEIL NOIR - JE NE SAIS POURQUOI - DERNIER ESPOIR - MAURICE ESCANDE ART POeTIQUE - LE SON DU COR S'AFFLIGE VERS LES BOIS - VA TON CHEMIN - AVANT QUE TU NE T'EN AILLES - L'eCHELONNEMENT DES HAIES - APReS TROIS ANS - IMPRESSION FAUSSE - MANDOLINE - JE NE VEUX PLUS AIMER QUE MA MeRE MARIE - FRANcOIS PeRIER NEVERMORE - MON RÊVE FAMILIER - PROMENADE SENTIMENTALE - CHANSON D'

Operatic reminiscences and fantasies were a necessary part of the repertoire of any 19th-century virtuoso pianist. Liszt excelled in these, often treating the original material in novel ways to reveal new features. Hexameron, Grandes Variations de B.