Asher Fisch - Liszt Wagner Paraphrases [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.A new album from Melba Recordings offers Wagner 'unplugged': favourite concert selections from the operas arranged by Franz Liszt for the piano. Asher Fisch is one of the most noted Wagnerian conductors today and he brings a symphonic sensibility and lyricism to these concert showpieces. His poetic readings of Liszt's Wagner Paraphrases have been developed through an acclaimed career in the opera houses of Europe. These are deeply satisfying performances shot through with heartfelt musical insights, Fisch's first piano solo recording.r rLiszt's paraphrases are more than mere transcriptions, they give heart and soul and expressive voice to the mighty originals, heightened by his own inimitable virtuosity. The selections recorded here include paraphrases on music from The Mastersingers of Nuremburg, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, and Lohengrin, plus of course, the famous 'Liebestod' from Tristan and Isolde. rrIn these performances, Asher Fisch displays a depth of scholarship and understanding of historical context, uncovering hints of the changing and often highly charged relationship between the two great composers; Liszt's hinting at the origin of the Tristan Chord or later disrespectfully thumbing his nose at Wagner with the addition of a virtuoso octave scale. Fisch knows where all the bodies are buried in these scores, and just how to bring out the detail at its most vivid and vital. rrAlthough not widely regarded as a composer of major works for piano, Wagner's three exquisite miniatures that conclude this album show that, away from the opera house, he could craft music on a smaller scale that is both intimate and personal. rrPersonnel: Asher Fisch (piano)

Am stillen Herd aus Meistersinger, S448

Spinnerlied aus Der fliegende Hollxe4nder, S440

Pilgerchor aus Tannhxe4user, S443i

O du, mein holder Abendstern aus Tannhxe4user, S444

Einzug der Gxe4ste auf Wartburg aus Tannhxe4user, S445/1a

Elsas Brautzug zum Mxfcnster aus Lohengrin, S445/2

Isoldens Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde, S447

Albumblatt fxfcr Frau Betty Schott, WWV 108 (Wagner)

Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwxe4nen, WWV 95 (Wagner)

Albumblatt 'In das Album der Fxfcrstin M.', WWV 94 (Wagner)

Am stillen Herd aus Meistersinger, S448

Spinnerlied aus Der fliegende Holländer, S440

Pilgerchor aus Tannhäuser, S443i

O du, mein holder Abendstern aus Tannhäuser, S444

Einzug der Gäste auf Wartburg aus Tannhäuser, S445/1a

Elsas Brautzug zum Münster aus Lohengrin, S445/2

Isoldens Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde, S447

Albumblatt für Frau Betty Schott, WWV 108 (Wagner)

Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen, WWV 95 (Wagner)

Albumblatt 'In das Album der Fürstin M.', WWV 94 (Wagner)

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 9314574114126

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