Thou singest ye carol

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Lieder

Was the piano virtuoso also a great song composer?

Liszt left over eighty songs. Most of them are based on texts by German language authors: Schiller, Goethe, Rückert, Heine, Hebbel, etc. But he also used poetry in other languages: Victor Hugo, Alfred de Musset, Petrarca, Tennyson, Petöfi, etc.

In this hour, you will hear several of his songs, including the ‘Sonnetti di Petrarca’. Wonderful vocal parts, but of course lots of attention for the piano.

Playlist:

1. Franz Liszt – ‘Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh’ (Wandrers Nachtlied/Goethe)
   Saint Ephraim Male Choir conducted by Tamás Bubnó’
2. Franz Liszt – ‘Sonnetti di Petrarca’ 1. ‘Benedetto sia ‘l giorno’ 2. ‘Pace non trovo’ 3. ‘I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi’
   Marion van den Akker, mezzo-soprano. Rian de Waal, piano.
3. Franz Liszt – 1. ‘Im Rhein, im schönen Strome’ (Heine) 2. ‘Die Loreley’ (Heine) Diana Damrau, soprano. Helmut Deutsch, piano.

4. 1. Franz Liszt – 1. La Tombe et la Rose (Hugo) 2. Comment, disaient-ils (Hugo) 3. Oh, quand je dors (Hugo) .
      Thomas Hampson, baritone. Geoffrey Parsons, piano.
   2. Franz Liszt – 1.’Die drei Zigeuner’ (Nikolaus Lenau) 2. ‘Blume und Duft’ (Friedrich Hebbel)
      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone. Jörg Demus, piano.

   Info:    https://www.lisztsoc.org.uk/franz-liszt