Composer, pianist, organist, and conductor Franz Liszt is a fascinating and intriguing figure in the music world. His legendary and charismatic personality, along with his musical innovations, significantly influenced Romanticism and the subsequent generations of composers.
Alexandra Kaptein
Liszt: Lebenswanderung
About the album
Composer, pianist, organist, and conductor Franz Liszt is a fascinating and intriguing figure in the music world. His legendary and charismatic personality, along with his musical innovations, significantly influenced Romanticism and the subsequent generations of composers. Liszt’s innovations involved the changing role of the piano, the development of tonality, and the connection of art, literature, and religion with music.
I recently discovered Liszt’s transcriptions and was amazed at their quantity. Almost half of his œvre consists of arrangements of music by other composers, and song transcriptions are a specific subcategory. Here, Liszt creates “Lieder ohne Worte” or “songs without words” because the poetry and text, which are crucial elements of the songs, are missing. It’s fascinating to see how Liszt translates the poetic content into the musical narrative, creating an additional interpretive layer that enhances the symbolic content of the poem. Through pianistic and virtuosic elaborations, Liszt changes the aesthetic of the performance. Playing and analyzing these transcriptions has changed my love and appreciation for these pieces. We’re fortunate to have Liszt’s transcriptions notated, since they are translations from one medium to another, bringing out what Liszt believed to be the essence of the original composition, becoming far less ambiguous than the original compositions.
Tracklist click to play/pause
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Franz Liszt
Winterreise, 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.561
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Gute Nacht
5:39
5:39
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Die Nebensonnen
4:53
4:53
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Mut
1:29
1:29
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Die Post
3:40
3:40
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Erstarrung
3:23
3:23
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Wasserflut
4:02
4:02
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Der Lindenbaum
5:18
5:18
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Der Leiermann
3:05
3:05
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Täuschung
1:53
1:53
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Das Wirtshaus
4:33
4:33
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Der stürmische Morgen
1:04
1:04
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Im Dorfe
4:32
4:32
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Franz Liszt
12 Lieder von Robert Franz, S.489
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Auf geheimen Waldespfaden, Op. 2 No. 1
2:21
2:21
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Drüben geht die Sonnescheiden, Op. 2 No. 2
3:34
3:34
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Trübe wird’s, Op. 2 No. 3
1:38
1:38
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Sonnenuntergang, Op. 2 No. 4
1:20
1:20
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Auf dem Teich, Op. 2 No. 5
2:50
2:50
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Der Schalk, Op. 3 No. 1
3:19
3:19
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Meerestille, Op. 8 No. 2
3:01
3:01
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Der Bote, Op. 8 No. 1
4:33
4:33
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Treibt der Sommer seine Rosen, Op. 2 No. 5
1:58
1:58
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Gewitternacht, Op. 8 No. 6
5:29
5:29
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Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen, Op. 8 No. 4
1:40
1:40
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Frühling und Liebe, Op. 3 No. 3
2:07
2:07
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More information
| Label | TRPTK |
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| Genre(s) | Classical – Classical (1750-1830) Classical – Romantic (1830-1920) |
| Artist(s) | Alexandra Kaptein |
| Composer(s) | Franz, Robert Liszt, Franz Schubert, Franz |
| Recording location(s) | Muziekcentrum van de Omroep - Studio 1, Hilversum (NL) |
| Recording date(s) | August 2023 |
| Cat. No. | TTK 0111 |
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| Release date |
April 12th, 2024 |
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Tech specs
| Microphones | Josephson C617 w/ Gefell MK221 capsules (main) |
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| Microphone preamps | Grace Design m801mk2 |
| AD/DA conversion | Merging Technologies Hapi MkII |
| Recording resolution | DSD 11.2MHz 1bit |
| Mastering resolution | PCM 352.8kHz 64bit |
| Monitoring (recording) | Audeze LCD-X |
| Monitoring (mastering) | Grimm Audio LS1be |
| Cabling | Purecable Optimus Link Microphone Cables |
