Syncretic Version Instrument : organ Nombre de Pages : 31 In his 'Art of Fugue' Bach himself introduced a theme based on the four letters of his name: the notes we know as Bb A C B correspond to the German note names B A C H. Since that time, many composers have expressed their admiration for incomparable master by writing their own pieces of music on this theme. The work based on this theme by Franz Liszt is without any doubt the most important of them all - indeed, it represents a major landmark in the whole of the organ repertoire. It was composed in 1855 and given its first performance in the cathedral of Merseburg by Alexander Winterberger, to whom the work was dedicated. Liszt produced a second version of the work in 1869/70 and in 1870 he also wrote a piano transcription. It was a pity that the organist should not be able to use the ideas with which Liszt subsequently enriched his own adaptation. That is why, without adding anything that was not written by Liszt himself, Guillou has incorporated everything contained in the organ composition and the piano transcription in this 'syncretic' version of the work.
SKU: BT.SLB-00390600
SKU: HL.50487954
ISBN 9790080029152. 12.25x9.25x0.425 inches. Hungarian, English, German. Sebestyen Pecsi.
The final volume in the series contains four organ works by Liszt which, musically and technically, are among the most demanding and most frequently heard in concerts, the Ad nos...fantasia and fugue, the B-A-C-H prelude and fugue, Les Morts (The Dead) - and the Weinen, klagen... variations. This collection based on the original sources has been edited by the wellknown organist Sebestyen Pecsi, the musical text is supplemented with critical notes, a description of the genesis of each work and registration recommentations, and information is also provided regarding the main discrepancies and variants among the different sources. Hungaroton HCD 12749-2Der letzte Band der Serie beinhaltet vier, musikalisch wie technisch schwierigste, meistgespielten Orgelwerke Liszts: Ad nos... Fantasie und Fuge, B-A-C-H Preludium und Fuge, Die Toten und die Weinen, klagen... Variationen. Die Herausgabe des bekannten Organisten Sebestyen Pecsi wurde nach den originalen Quellen erstellt, sie beinhaltet neben der Entstehungsgeschichte der einzelnen Stucke auch zu den Notentexte hinzugefugte kritische Notizen und Empfehlungen der Registration. Die Publikation gibt auch die in den einzelnen Quellen befindlichen wichtigsten Varianten an.
