Liszt: Piano Works, arranged for Organ

Featuring

Diederik Blankesteijn
Franz Liszt

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Franz Liszt's works often feature church bell motives, reflecting the association of important life moments like weddings and funerals with the church and its organ in European culture.

Performer Biography

Diederik Blankesteijn, the performer on this album, is a concert organist, church musician, and music teacher who received a score of 9.5 for his final organ exam concert.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's Sonata in B minor is innovative in its form, being a continuous whole rather than separate movements, where the same motives are developed and combined throughout.

Interpretation

The album features four organ transcriptions of piano works by Franz Liszt, including a new transcription of the Sonata in B minor specifically for Dutch metropolitan organs from the 18th/19th century.

Instruments

The main organ of the Domkerk (St. Martin's Cathedral) in Utrecht, where this album was recorded, was built in 1825-1831 by the Bätz brothers, with a quarter of its pipework dating back to 1569-1571.

Notable Performances

Liszt's student Alexander Winterberger toured the Netherlands in 1856, performing Liszt's organ works, including in the Domkerk in Utrecht, where this album was recorded.