Composer of the Week - Franz Liszt - Liszt the Visionary

Donald Macleod explores the very modern, forward-looking works of Liszt's final decade. Am Grabe Richard Wagners, S202 Kronos Quartet Aki Takahashi (piano) Marcella DeCray (harp) Bagatelle sans tonalite, S216a Valse oubliee No 1, S215 Leslie Howard (piano) Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (Symphonic Poem No 13), S107 Leipzig Gewandhausorchester Kurt Masur (conductor) Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage, troisieme annee, S163 ) Alfred Brendel (piano) La lugubre gondola, S134 Steven Isserlis (cello) Stephen Hough (piano) Nuages Gris, S199; Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort, S203; Unstern! Sinistre, disastro, S208 Paul Lewis (piano) Go not, happy day, S335 (Text: Tennyson) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano).