Liszt: O lieb!

Featuring

Cyrille Dubois
Tristan Raës
Franz Liszt

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Composition History

The island of Nonnenwerth on the Rhine, where Liszt spent summers with Marie d'Agoult, was the setting for his earliest Lieder, including Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth.

Composer Biography

Liszt's earliest songs, composed around 1824 when he was about twelve, are lost, though some may survive in his opera Don Sanche.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's Lieder and mélodies are considered 'modernist laboratories' due to their exploration of new harmonic regions, contrasting with the 19th-century ideal of Lied simplicity.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded by Little Tribeca at Église Saint-Pierre in Paris on October 15, 17, and 18, 2018.

Composer Biography

Liszt composed Angiolin dal biondo crin, an Italian song, in 1839 as a lullaby for his eldest daughter, Blandine, who was four years old at the time.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt aimed for a 'more intimate alliance with poetry' in his vocal works, treating the piano not as an accompanist but as a full musical partner.

Composition History

Liszt began dedicating himself to Lieder and mélodies in the 1840s, after transcribing forty songs by Franz Schubert, an Austrian composer known for his Lieder.