Liszt's Symphonic Poems. Cast your Vote for your fave!

[Solitary Wanderer]

I'm enjoying discovering these at the moment.

So far I'm familiar with;

Les Préludes
Orpheus
Hamlet

I'll be interested to see what the consensus of opinion is here 

[Bonehelm]

Les Preludes under Karajan.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ce qu'on Entend sur la Montagne
Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo
Les Préludes   
Orpheus   
Prometheus
Mazeppa
Festklänge

These are the ones I like most. But Orpheus is my favourite - it's the most moving and poetic, IMO. Whether it is, in a strict sense, his masterpiece, I don't know. All these pieces are masterly in very different ways.

[val]

My choice is "Heroide Funebre". One of the most impressive and strong among Liszt's compositions.

After that, my preference goes to "Orpheus" very poetic, and Les Preludes, in special played by Fricsay.

[karlhenning]

Les Preludes under Karajan.

That's right, folks! Liszt would not have a masterpiece, were it not for The Sainted von Karajan!

[karlhenning]

What will not be news to anyone:  I cannot designate one single favorite.

Some of those which I like best:

Tasso
Orpheus
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe

[Hector]

I'll tell you the ones I do not like: Festklange and Hungaria as both cause me to lose interest way before the end.

Hunnenschlacht is thoroughly enjoyable rubbish.

The greatest is supposed to be From the Cradle to the Grave but I have a particular liking for Die Ideale.

Humphrey Searle, a Liszt authority, wrote the original notes for the Haitink LPs but they were not on the CD issue that I bought some time back, which was a pity.

[Solitary Wanderer]

I have this boxset:



I enjoyed his first two last night especially Tasso.

How many composers did a musical interpretation of a Byron poem??

Berlioz ~ Harold in Italy
Tchaikovsky ~ Mannfred
Liszt ~ Tasso
?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Schumann - Manfred Overture

[Lethevich]

How many composers did a musical interpretation of a Byron poem??

Berlioz ~ Harold in Italy
Tchaikovsky ~ Mannfred
Liszt ~ Tasso
?

Berlioz - Le corsaire, Verdi - Il corsaro. There must be a ton of lieder too.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hector Berlioz—Harold en Italie (1834) Symphony in four movements for viola and orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi—Il corsaro (1848) Opera in three acts
Giuseppe Verdi—I due Foscari (1844) Opera in three acts
Robert Schumann—Overture and incidental music to Manfred (1849)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58 (1885)
Hugo Wolf—"Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron" (1896) for voice and piano: 3. Sonne der Schlummerlosen 4. Keine gleicht von allen Schönen
Pietro Mascagni, "Parisina" (1916) Opera in four acts
Germaine Tailleferre—"Two Poems of Lord Byron"(1934) 1. Sometimes in moments... 2. 'Tis Done I heard it in my dreams... for Voice and Piano (Tailleferre's only setting of English language texts)
Arnold Schoenberg—"Ode to Napoleon" (1942) for reciter, string quartet and piano

Long live Wikipedia!

[Solitary Wanderer]

Hector Berlioz—Harold en Italie (1834) Symphony in four movements for viola and orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi—Il corsaro (1848) Opera in three acts
Giuseppe Verdi—I due Foscari (1844) Opera in three acts
Robert Schumann—Overture and incidental music to Manfred (1849)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58 (1885)
Hugo Wolf—"Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron" (1896) for voice and piano: 3. Sonne der Schlummerlosen 4. Keine gleicht von allen Schönen
Pietro Mascagni, "Parisina" (1916) Opera in four acts
Germaine Tailleferre—"Two Poems of Lord Byron"(1934) 1. Sometimes in moments... 2. 'Tis Done I heard it in my dreams... for Voice and Piano (Tailleferre's only setting of English language texts)
Arnold Schoenberg—"Ode to Napoleon" (1942) for reciter, string quartet and piano

Long live Wikipedia!

Bravo! Thanks for that. Theres several there that I will investigate further.

Back On Topic:

I see Mazeppa and Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe are getting several votes and positive comments; I look forward to discovering those.

[Mark G. Simon]

Les Preludes and Orpheus do it for me.

[quintett op.57]

Hungaria.
Then, Tasso.



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I'm always surprised so much people ignore these works.

There are fabulous pieces in this cycle, especially because of the variousness of the orchestration.