Richard Wagner's notorious anti-Semitic essay, 'Jewishness in Music,' written in 1850, attacked Jewish musicians like Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Critical Reception
Theodor Adorno, a philosopher, analyzed Wagner's music not just his behavior, arguing that it contained the crises and contradictions of Western modernity that could lead to Nazism.
Composition History
Liszt's 'Am Grabe Richard Wagners' (On Richard Wagner's Grave) was composed on May 22, 1883, which would have been Wagner's 70th birthday.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's 'R.W.-Venezia' features an extremely slow tempo, marked 'Lento assai ♩ = 48', demanding painful patience from listeners and performers.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Inagi i-Plaza Hall from August 3-5, 2021, using a one-point stereo microphone.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt's late works, including some on this album, are seen as reflecting his mental crisis, characterized by bare melodies and unresolved harmonies.
Historical Context
The complex relationship between Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner was largely due to Liszt's daughter, Cosima, who divorced Liszt's pupil Hans von Bülow to marry Wagner.
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