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Piano Board => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: perprocrastinate on May 05, 2014, 04:24:40 AM

Title: Need help identifying Liszt excerpt
Post by: perprocrastinate on May 05, 2014, 04:24:40 AM
What is the piece played immediately at the beginning of the video?

Title: Re: Need help identifying Liszt excerpt
Post by: j_menz on May 05, 2014, 04:42:34 AM
Right at the start? Liszt's transcription of the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde (S 447).

Score here (https://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9e/IMSLP01066-Wagner_-_Isolde_Liebestod_PR.pdf).

Title: Re: Need help identifying Liszt excerpt
Post by: perprocrastinate on May 05, 2014, 10:49:56 PM
Quote from: j_menz on May 05, 2014, 04:42:34 AM
Right at the start? Liszt's transcription of the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde (S 447).

Score here (https://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9e/IMSLP01066-Wagner_-_Isolde_Liebestod_PR.pdf).



Thank you! Those few seconds of music were so immediately captivating that I just had to hear more, and that doesn't happen to me very often with Liszt.
Title: Re: Need help identifying Liszt excerpt
Post by: j_menz on May 05, 2014, 10:58:37 PM
Quote from: perprocrastinate on May 05, 2014, 10:49:56 PM
Thank you! Those few seconds of music were so immediately captivating that I just had to hear more, and that doesn't happen to me very often with Liszt.

To be fair, the captivation probably owes a bit to Wagner. Try the original



Or better still, listen to the whole opera!
Title: Re: Need help identifying Liszt excerpt
Post by: invictious on May 06, 2014, 04:46:05 AM
Quote from: j_menz on May 05, 2014, 10:58:37 PM
To be fair, the captivation probably owes a bit to Wagner. Try the original



Or better still, listen to the whole opera!

Only if you have 5 hours to spare!

The sore back and starving stomach is absolutely worth it though!