Tag Archives: Liszt

ENDNOTES, 9th July 2017

Posted on July 10, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 8th July 2017 In this edition: Beethoven and Liszt in Kent; Busoni from Chandos; Sterndale Bennett and Schumann on the Artalinna label, reviewed by Stuart Millson The Pilsdon Barn next to St. Mary’s Abbey in the mid-Kent community of The … Continue reading →

Posted in ENDNOTES:Music, QR Home | Tagged Beethoven, Busoni, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Liszt, Nina Shim, Pilsdon Barn, William Sterndale Bennett, Xiaoyn Lim | Leave a comment

Mephisto

Posted on April 20, 2017 by leslie

Mephisto FRANZ LISZT: MUSICIAN, CELEBRITY, SUPERSTAR, by Oliver Hilmes, translated by Stewart Spencer, Yale University Press, 2017. Reviewed by Stoddard Martin Where is the historian/biographer who can achieve something approaching pure objectivity? Who will try to comprehend how his subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged Cosima Wagner, Liszt, Oliver Hilmes, Richard Wagner | Leave a comment

Apocalypse Discs – Leslie Jones

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Derek Turner

LESLIE JONES Quarterly Review Deputy Editor Here are ten musical items in search of a desert island – hopefully, an island with WiFi! In no particular order… Les Préludes, Franz Liszt Music from this stirring and bombastic symphonic poem was … Continue reading →