Alexandra Kaptein – Liszt: Lebenswanderung (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alexandra Kaptein – Liszt: Lebenswanderung (2024)
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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:
1-1. Alexandra Kaptein – I. Gute Nacht (05:39)
1-2. Alexandra Kaptein – II. Die Nebensonnen (04:53)
1-3. Alexandra Kaptein – III. Mut (01:29)
1-4. Alexandra Kaptein – IV. Die Post (03:40)
1-5. Alexandra Kaptein – V. Erstarrung (03:22)
1-6. Alexandra Kaptein – VI. Wasserflut (04:02)
1-7. Alexandra Kaptein – VII. Der Lindenbaum (05:17)
1-8. Alexandra Kaptein – VIII. Der Leiermann (03:04)
1-9. Alexandra Kaptein – IX. Täuschung (01:52)
1-10. Alexandra Kaptein – X. Das Wirtshaus (04:33)
1-11. Alexandra Kaptein – XI. Der stürmische Morgen (01:04)
1-12. Alexandra Kaptein – XII. Im Dorfe (04:32)
1-13. Alexandra Kaptein – Auf geheimen Waldespfaden (02:20)
1-14. Alexandra Kaptein – Drüben geht die Sonnescheiden (03:34)
1-15. Alexandra Kaptein – Trübe wird’s (01:38)
1-16. Alexandra Kaptein – Sonnenuntergang (01:19)
1-17. Alexandra Kaptein – Auf dem Teich (02:49)
1-18. Alexandra Kaptein – Der Schalk (03:19)
1-19. Alexandra Kaptein – Meerestille (03:01)
1-20. Alexandra Kaptein – Der Bote (04:33)
1-21. Alexandra Kaptein – Treibt der Sommer seinen Rosen (01:57)
1-22. Alexandra Kaptein – Gewitternacht (05:28)
1-23. Alexandra Kaptein – Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen (01:40)
1-24. Alexandra Kaptein – Frühling und Liebe (02:07)

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