{"id":1110,"date":"2012-01-29T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicaltorontodotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2012-01-29T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T12:58:10","slug":"comparison-franz-liszt-the-piano-star-is-underrated-as-art-song-composer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2012\/01\/29\/comparison-franz-liszt-the-piano-star-is-underrated-as-art-song-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison: Franz Liszt the piano star is underrated as art song composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you can read in <a href=\"http:\/\/musicaltoronto.org\/2012\/01\/28\/review-mezzo-susan-graham-weaves-golden-spell-at-koerner-hall-recital\/\" target=\"_blank\">my review of Susan Graham&#8217;s recital<\/a>, one of the evening&#8217;s highlights (one of many) was Franz Liszt&#8217;s masterful setting of &#8220;Kennst du das Land,&#8221; taken from Goethe&#8217;s writings.<\/p>\n<p>We hardly ever hear Liszt&#8217;s art songs, and that&#8217;s a shame.<\/p>\n<p>Here to help highlight the beauty of Liszt&#8217;s setting are five more, starting with Beethoven&#8217;s original.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. Beethoven&#8217;s, as sung by (I&#8217;m guessing, because the YouTube video came with no information) Dorothea R\u00f6schmann:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBHvH08SDuc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>2. Schubert&#8217;s, as sung by (I&#8217;m guessing again) Christa Ludwig:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFrdLzqcQOo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>3. Schumann&#8217;s, performed by Angelika Kirschlager and pianist Simon Lepper:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JW1g0L25txM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>4. A waltzing (and justly) obscure version by Johann Strauss Jr, as sung by Eva Lind:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VHShoFPNao?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>5. Hugo Wolf&#8217;s, as sung by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and accompanied by Gerald Moore:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZMe22tHvG4c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now for Liszt&#8217;s version, as interpreted by Brigitte Fassbaender and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Note the great subtlety of the interplay between voice and piano:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPl2t71cpIM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Which setting do you prefer?<\/p>\n<p><em>John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you can read in my review of Susan Graham&#8217;s recital, one of the evening&#8217;s highlights (one of many) was Franz Liszt&#8217;s masterful setting of &#8220;Kennst du das Land,&#8221; taken from Goethe&#8217;s writings. We hardly ever hear Liszt&#8217;s art songs, and that&#8217;s a shame. 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