In this vast, single-movement composition, Franz Liszt achieved a synthesis of symphonic and sonata forms that has never been surpassed for its cogency, scope and imagination. He managed this in a ...

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Emmanuel Despax’s latest album on Signum Classics features man-sized portions of middle-period Liszt: on disc 1, ‘Après une lecture du Dante’ (more widely known as the Dante Sonata, from the second ...

Liszt, “Dante Symphony,” performed by the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Daniel Barenboim, “Dante Sonata,” performed by pianist Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 9031-77340-2): Barenboim has always played a ...

Clara Schumann, the wife of the great composer Robert Schumann, wrote in her diary on May 25, 1854: Liszt sent Robert today a sonata dedicated to him and several other things with a friendly letter to ...

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birthday, which officially falls on Saturday, the Library of Congress is hosting a Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project. Canadian pianist Louis Lortie ...

**** Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Franz Liszt, “Dante” Sonata, and Richard Wagner/Liszt, Liebestod, performed by pianist Barry Douglas (RCA): This collection gives Barry Douglas, ...

For Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, death never took a holiday. Just consider the titles of his music: Funerals, Thoughts on Death, Dante Sonata, the "Dante" Symphony and, when the Wilmington Symphony ...