Cantata/Oratorio > Liszt, Franz

Liszt: Works for Choir & Organ / Gregor Meyer, Michael Schonheit, Daniel Ochoa

1 CD / Querstand / 2012-02-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Introitus, for organ (Vortagsstücke no 1), S. 268/1 (LW E41); Missa choralis quatour vocum concinente organo, for chorus & organ, S. 10 (LW J18); Missa pro Organo; Oratorium "Christ...
Performers: Ay, Tobias; Danke, Kathleen; Friedrich, Christian [Tenor vocals]; Lorenz, Ullrich; Muller, Martina; Ochoa, Daniel; Schönheit, Michael
Conductors: Meyer, Gregor
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Choir

This spotlight on Liszt's sacred music contains the entire "Missa choralis," whose central structure takes after a service with its different liturgical parts....continue...
Recording information: Dom zu Merseburg (06/26/2011-06/30/2011)....continue...

Liszt: The Complete Works For Organ / Istvan Ella, organ

5 CD / Querstand / 2012-02-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Weihnachten (4), for organ, S. 673a; Gebet (Preghiera), for organ or harmonium, S. 265 (LW E32); Sposalizio (Trauung), for organ, S. 671a; Ave Maria 1; Evocation à la Chapelle Six...
Performers: Ella, István

Complete recordings of Liszt's organ works, containing both original works and organ arrangements, performed by Hungarian organist István Ella, who received the Liszt Award in...continue...
Recording information: St. Wolfgangskirche Schneeberg (10/2010/06/2011)....continue...

The Liszt Collection [Limited Edition - 34 CDs]

34 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Malédictio...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Atkinson, Leon; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartha, Alfonz; Behrens, Hildegard; Berczelly, Istvan; Berman, Lazar; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/C...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Fischer, Iván; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Haitink, Bernard; Heinrich, Siegfried; Guest, George; Ferencsik, János; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Albrecht...

The cornerstone of DG's Liszt 200 celebration is a 34 CD limited edition superbudget box set in the style of their Brahms and Schumann boxes...continue...

Liszt

6 CD / Ligia Digital / 2011-06-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Frédéric Chopin Préludes; Fantasie und Fuge über den choral 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' aus der oper 'Der Prophet' von Meyerb; Consolation, for piano no 4 in D flat ...
Performers: Cabasso, Laurent; Vernet, Olivier [Organ]

Organized by compositional period, Olivier Vernet offers the complete works for organ by Franz Liszt, including the works for piano and organ and transcriptions of...continue...

Vater Unser, Pater Noster / Romantic Choral Works

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-04-26

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Pieces for the Royal Chapel; Charles Gounod: Pater Noster, for 5 voices, chorus & organ; Giuseppe Verdi: Pater noster, for chorus; Otto Nicolai: Pater Noster, for 8 voices, Op 33; Fr...
Performers: Pfaff, Oly; Trefz, Hermann; Yamahata, Renie
Conductors: Wolf, Helmut

In the New Testament the Lord's Prayer is recorded twice; since the Middle Ages, it has been set to numerous melodies, from Martin Luther's hymn...continue...
Recording information: Herz-Jesu-Kirche Stuttgart (02/29/1988-03/02/1988)....continue...

Liszt: Die legende von der heiligen Elisabeth

2 CD / CPO / 2007-11-20

Works: Franz Liszt: Die Legende von der heilgen Elisabeth, oratorio for soloists chours & orchestra, S. 2 (LW I4)
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Frohlich, Klaus; Gunther, Alexander; Hoff, Mario; Meszar, Renatus; Palsa, Dennis; Peckova, Dagmar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

The Legend of St. Elizabeth, begun in Weimar in 1857, completed in Rome in 1862, and premiered in Budapest in 1865, is certainly one of...continue...

Liszt: Complete Organ Works / Bleicher

4 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-10-09

Works: Franz Liszt: Präludium und Fugue über B-A-C-H; Adagio vom Bach, for organ (after Bach's Violin Sonata, BWV 1017), S. 661 (LW E13); Andante; Einleitung & Fuge aus der Kantate "Ich Hatte viel...
Performers: Bleicher, Stefan Johannes

This four CD set offers the complete organ works Franz Liszt. Of his numerous organ works, only two or three are frequently heard in concert....continue...

Liszt: Christus Oratotio / Kofman, Hirzel, et al

3 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Christus, oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ, S. 3 (LW I7)
Performers: Hirzel, Franziska; Kaasch, Donald; Lukas, Ralf; Noll, Christoph Anselm
Conductors: Kofman, Roman
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

Liszt took the three phases of Christ's life, Nativity, Messiah & Passion and made them the themes in his most important religious work. This is...continue...

Das Vatikan-Konzert - Mozart, Verdi, etc / Thielemann, et al

1 CD / United One Records / 2006-02-05

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Georg Ratzinger: Missa L'anno santo, for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; Felix Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (Psalm 91), ...
Conductors: Buchner, Roland; Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Regensburger Domspatzen

This recording was part of the sitting concert which was performed for the honor of Pope Benedikt XVI and around 300 cardinals and bishops from...continue...

SCENE Liszt: Organ Works Vol 1 / Schönheit

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-01-24

Works: Franz Liszt: Christus, oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ, S. 3 (LW I7); Ave Maria 1; Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, for organ, harmonium or pedal piano (after Allegri & Mozart...
Performers: Schonheit, Michael

The organ used on this recording is in the same cathedral that Liszt performed the premiere on in 1856 which was reconstructed and returned to...continue...

SCENE Liszt:: Organ Works Vol 1 - B-A-C-H / Schönheit

1 CD / MD&G / 2005-10-18

Works: Franz Liszt: Präludium und Fugue über B-A-C-H; Prelude "Weinen, Klagen..." (JS Bach) for Piano, S 179; Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (after Bach); Andante; Adagio vom Bach, for organ (after...
Performers: Schonheit, Michael

SCENE Liszt:: Organ Works Vol 1 - B-A-C-H / Schönheit

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2005-09-20

Works: Franz Liszt: Präludium und Fugue über B-A-C-H; Prelude "Weinen, Klagen..." (JS Bach) for Piano, S 179; Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (after Bach); Andante; Adagio vom Bach, for organ (after...
Performers: Schonheit, Michael

Liszt: St. Stanislaus / Conlon, Cincinnati May Festival

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-01-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Die Legende vom heiligen Stanislaus, oratorio (unfinished), S. 688 (LW Q17)
Performers: Albert, Donnie Ray; Andreassen, Gustav; Buchholz, Teresa; Chertock, Michael; Forrester, Liza; Jepson, Kristine [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; McGraw, William; Rishoi, Stacey
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: May Festival Chorus

Liszt composed the music for Scene 1 in 1874. Then, after an eight-year hiatus during which various poets helped him improve the libretto, he returned...continue...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 8 - Florence Easton

1 CD / Symposium / 2002-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade, opera in 4 acts; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagli...
Performers: Althouse, Paul; Carron, Arthur; Easton, Florence
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Sebastian, Georges

Liszt: Christus / Rilling, Bonde-Hansen, Vermillion, et al

3 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-03-22

Works: Franz Liszt: Christus, S 3
Performers: Bonde-Hansen, Henriette; Schade, Michael; Schmidt, Andreas [baritone]; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cracow Chamber Choir; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Christus is essentially a contemplative work and so could really be said to exist in a different timescale to most music. Much...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 26 / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1994-03-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Variation über einen Walzer von Diabelli, for piano, S. 147 (LW A1); Waltz, for piano in A major, S. 208a (LW A2/2); Variations (8) on an original theme, for piano in A flat major, ...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'These clearly recorded discs should find a place in every music library in the land!' (Gramophone)

'Another abundant, revelatory, superb instalment in what is looming...continue...