Feng Bian - Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 46 – Berlioz Transcriptions (2017)

Liszt first met Hector Berlioz in Paris before the premiere of the Symphonie fantastique in 1830 and at first their mutual esteem was unbounded. Liszt proceeded to transcribe the music of his friend and two movements from his innovative transcription of the whole of the Symphonie are heard in this recording. Each transcription reveals a different facet of Liszt’s art, from the faithful reflection of the concert overture King Lear through the dramatic panache of the popular overture to Les Francs-Juges to the beautiful Pilgrims’ March from Harold en Italie.

TRACKLIST

01. Berlioz-Danse des Sylphes de La damnation de Faust, S475/R142
02. Berlioz-Benvenuto Cellini: Bénédiction et Serment, S396/R141
03. Berlioz-Ouverture du Roi Lear, S474/R140
04. Berlioz-Symphonie fantastique: L'idée fixe: Andante amoroso, S395/R135
05. Marche au supplice de la Sinfonie fantastique, S. 470a (1865 Version) [After H. Berlioz]: Introduction: L'idée fixe
06. Marche au supplice
07. Berlioz-Harold en Italie: II. Marche des pélerins chantant la prière du soir, S473/2/R139 (2nd version)
08. Berlioz-Les Francs-Juges: Ouverture, S471/R137