Isolde's
Liebestod (after Richard Wagner) Franz Liszt
In 1867, Franz Liszt
transcribed one of the most dramatic and often-excerpted moments, Isolde's
Love-death, from Wagner's masterpiece Tristan
und Isolde, which had premiered in 1865.
The music starts off gloomy and sounding quite native to the piano, almost like
a passage from one of Liszt's darker late compositions. But shortly it begins
to yearn and fill with regret. As the emotions build the music struggles to
explode with the impassioned love theme. Finally the climactic moment comes, where-in
the opera-Isolde falls gently onto the body of Tristan. Gabriele Baldocci
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Isolde's Liebestod (after Richard Wagner) Franz Liszt
In 1867, Franz Liszt transcribed one of the most dramatic and often-excerpted moments, Isolde's Love-death, from Wagner's masterpiece Tristan und Isolde, which had premiered in 1865.
The music starts off gloomy and sounding quite native to the piano, almost like a passage from one of Liszt's darker late compositions. But shortly it begins to yearn and fill with regret. As the emotions build the music struggles to explode with the impassioned love theme. Finally the climactic moment comes, where-in the opera-Isolde falls gently onto the body of Tristan. Gabriele Baldocci
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