IDAGIO | Liszt: Complete Piano Music 13 – À la Chapelle Sixtine 00602465385847

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Leslie Howard
Franz Liszt

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt was a leader in the revival of serious study of polyphonic organ playing and the independent study of the pedalboard, aiming to restore Bach to the public.

Composer Biography

Liszt made multiple versions of A la Chapelle Sixtine, including an orchestral version that has never been published or performed, a piano duet, and an organ version.

Composition History

Liszt's A la Chapelle Sixtine was inspired by his hearing two different motets in the Sistine Chapel: Allegri's Miserere mei Deus and Mozart's Ave verum corpus.

Compositional Technique

In his Bach organ work transcriptions, Liszt rarely alters Bach's original text, except for necessary octave transpositions and fleshing out a few rhetorical chords.

Interpretation

For literal transcriptions like Liszt's, it is important to consult the best available source of the original to check the text, as Liszt was generally scrupulous.

Compositional Technique

In A la Chapelle Sixtine, Liszt concentrates on the harmonies of Allegri's Miserere to generate a passacaglia, before revealing the Mozart piece in a simple transcription.