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Liszt: Dante Symphony, Tasso, Künstlerfestzug & Vor hundert Jahren

1/10/2020, 20 Tracks, 1:56:45

Featuring

  • Kirill Karabits
  • Staatskapelle Weimar
  • Knabenchor der Jenaer Philharmonie
  • Franz Liszt

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Performer Biography

The Staatskapelle Weimar, founded in 1491, is one of Germany's oldest orchestras and has been associated with musicians like Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, and Richard Strauss.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Boys' Choir of the Jena Philharmonic, founded in 1976, is a relatively recent institution that combines tradition with modern practices.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Franz Liszt was appointed Kapellmeister in Extraordinary in Weimar in 1842, a position that allowed him to complete many compositional projects.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This is the first time these works have been recorded by the Weimar Staatskapelle, paying tribute to its past and its prestigious Kapellmeister, Franz Liszt.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The works on this album illustrate three aspects of Liszt's symphonic output in Weimar: an occasional piece, a symphonic poem, and a vast program symphony.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Kirill Karabits, the conductor, was the General Music Director and Principal Conductor at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar from 2016/17 to 2018/19.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt believed in creating "new forms for new ideas" in program music, which led him to invent the symphonic poem.

Source: Booklet

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