Wonderful recording. Now Jeno Jando has passed away, we can only listen to treasures like these, and his Beethoven sonatas, other Liszt records, concerto recordings, etc. A great pianist, who was only interested in conveying the music, whether sheer excitement, or contemplation.
Is it my brain gone or #1 at least until 6.20sh anticipates Satie? #2 at least before the Hungarian reminiscent section is vaguely experimenting atonality? #3 starts typically Liszt but with smart chromatism that in selected points anticipates the great slow movements of Mahler and at 26.37 gets out with a beautiful melody that seems oscillating between Wagner and scent of anticipated Poulenc and Scriabin? .... And however for the whole 35 minutes it remains Liszt.... Hats off. Here's a genius....
For me the section from 18:08 to 18:24 is one of the most unsettling and at the same time intriguing music I have ever heard. Not surprisingly for Liszt it is radically forward looking in its semi-tone descending background harmony - but what takes it out of this world is the simple, delicate right-hand line.
The orchestral versions of these three pieces rank among Liszt's most moving. In the first, Les morts, the orchestral version has the added interest of an optional part for male chorus. Also, the third one, Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse, through not strictly a sequel to Liszt's symphonic poem Tasso, has sometimes been recorded in tandem with it. A complete recording of the Three Funeral Odes conducted by Karl Anton Rickenbacher is posted on RU-vid; I also highly recommend the performance by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Hyperion), part of one of the best CDs of Liszt's orchestral music I've heard. Thank you.
Just finishing Alan Walker’s 3 vol bio- listening to this on a break - one thing about these compos- people back then expired at home, surrounded by doctors, family and friends. Death and disease were not sanitized. This amazing music to me reflects that - deep, beautiful, surprisingly modern, heartfelt. Bravo
Besides Jenö Jandó (1951-2023), another Hungarian pianist who used to play the late Liszt consistently was Ernö Szegedi (1911-1992), about whom there's virtually nothing known.
p.s. looks like you quoted the original orchestral work opus number (s112) the piano transcriptions however are respectively: S516, S516A (also found as S699 for some reason) and S517 if I and IMSLP are not mistaken
Wagner was one of the only important composers who genuinely liked Liszt's music at the time, and they were friends, Wagner was heavily inspired by Liszt.
@@DJStefandeJong I mean, in 1853 when the Sonata was published, only the composer Wagner really loved it, the rest... Meh. And before 1850 it was about the same with the famous composers.
Quando se trata de Liszt o pianista Janó Jendõ é, a meu ver, insuperável no conjunto da obra quer como intérprete, quer como virtuose! O conjunto de sonoridades e timbres, aliados a uma clareza de fraseado única o colocam como um dos melhores intérpretes da obra de seu conterrâneo!
I was wondering, I knew La notte with the CD of Zimerman playing Liszt (which also has the sonata), but it was the S. 602. Is this one the same or are they two very similar different versions?
@@manuelbes It's an astounding piece, particularly when performed as well as this. Yet another Liszt piano work which surpasses most others you can compare it with!
Ici Liszt lache les futilités relatives de l’opera pour rejoindre les limbes religieuses comme dans les pièces presque atonales des harmonies poétiques et religieuses ou ses messes!
