Henry Kramer - Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 47: Transcriptions from Christus & The Legend of St Elisabeth (2017)

Tracklist

01. 2 Orchestersätze aus dem Oratorium Christus, S. 498b: No. 1, Hirtengesang an der Krippe, Pastorale
02. 2 Orchestersätze aus dem Oratorium Christus, S. 498b: No. 2, Die heiligen drei Könige, Marsch
03. 3 Stücke aus der Legende der heiligen Elisabeth, S. 498a: No. 1, Orchester Einleitung
04. 3 Stücke aus der Legende der heiligen Elisabeth, S. 498a: No. 2, Marsch der Kreuzritter
05. 3 Stücke aus der Legende der heiligen Elisabeth, S. 498a: No. 3, Interludium
06. 2 Stücke aus dem Oratorium Christus, S. 498c: No. 2, Das Wunder
07. 2 Stücke aus dem Oratorium Christus, S. 498c: No. 1a, Einleitung
08. 2 Stücke aus dem Oratorium Christus, S. 498c: No. 1b, Pastorale

Reflecting the life of Christ from the nativity to the Passion and Resurrection, Liszt’s oratorio Christus was premiered in 1873 and enjoyed considerable success. The movements he transcribed for piano are dynamic and virtuosic but also pastoral and meditative, including marches and passages of transfiguring beauty. The transcriptions of movements from the oratorio The Legend of St Elisabeth contains music of stirring power: plainsong, a hymn, a march and a Hungarian folk-song. This is the forty-seventh volume in Naxos's celebrated complete Liszt piano music series, and features prolific pianist Henry Kramer.

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