Liszt Macabre Nathanaël Gouin

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 1 Mephisto Waltz No. 2, S. 515 12:15
• 2 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173: IV. Pensée des morts 14:08
• 3 Totentanz, Paraphrase on Dies Irae, Solo piano, S. 525 16:44
• 4 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173: VII. Funérailles 12:45
• 5 Csárdás macabre, S. 224 08:09
• 6 Faust Symphony, S. 513 (Arr. For Solo Piano): II. Gretchen 19:05
• Total Runtime 01:23:06

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A virtuosity of horror: like the writers, painters and composers of his time, Liszt was fascinated by the macabre. He portrayed terrifying visions of gruesome scenes and Hell itself, going far beyond the traditional usages of the piano. In Totentanz, Pensée des morts, Funérailles and the Mephisto-Walzer, his demoniacal virtuosity is placed at the service of a Romantic imagination obsessed by the Gothic and the fantastical, inspired by medieval frescoes of dancing skeletons and the Grim Reaper with his scythe. Yet, for all that, Liszt never failed to evoke the hope held out by Christian faith.

Nathanaël Gouin, piano

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