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David Dalle
Thursday December 25th, 2014 with David Dalle
Liszt's meditations on Christ

Today's focus will be some extraordinary music of Franz Liszt in a unique performance by pianist Nicolas Horvath. One of the pinnacles of Liszt's art is his oratorio Christus for soloists, choir and large orchestra. Liszt transcribed 5 movements for piano, and pianist Nicolas Horvath transcribed 3 others and performs them in a whole as "symphonic poem for piano". Christus covers the life of Christ from birth to his crucifixion, much like Handel's "Messiah", and makes use of all of Liszt's extreme musical language, from the rich Romanticism and soaring melody of "Die Heiligen Drei Konige" to the tortured avant-garde late music of "Tristis Est Anima Mea" (modernism which was at least 40 years ahead of its time). The result is an extremely moving, spiritual meditation by the very devout Liszt. There was no other music composed like this in the 19th century.
Einleitung
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Pastorale
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Hirtengesang an Der Krippe
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Die Heiligen Drei Konige
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Die Grundung Der Kirche
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Das Wunder
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Tristis Est Anima Mea
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
O Filii Et Filiae
Franz Liszt/Nicolas Horvath - Christus - Hortus
Ando Foro
Romano Drom - Ando Foro - Daqui
Cherenije
Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Teodosievski - Gypsy Queens - Network
Bozaa y Media
Toto la Momposina - Pacanto - World Village
We hear a couple of mournful pieces from Aceh and West Sumatra, some of the hardest hit areas of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.
Seudati Inong I
Umar Teungku & Seudati Inong - The Music of Islam vol. 15 Muslim Music of Indonesia: Aceh and West Sumatra - Celestial Harmonies
Maratapi Jari-Jari
Ibu Maimunah et al. - The Music of Islam vol. 15 Muslim Music of Indonesia: Aceh and West Sumatra - Celestial Harmonies
Tasnif Ey Shemal saz-o-avaz
Sa'dollah Nasiri, Sa'id Farajpuri, Hoseyn Hamidi, Sadeq Ta'rif - Zhuan - Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art
Tasnif Charukeh
Sa'dollah Nasiri, Sa'id Farajpuri, Hoseyn Hamidi, Sadeq Ta'rif - Zhuan - Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art