VA - Liszt: Poèmes symphoniques & Lieder (2019)
FLAC (tracks +cue) | 01:17:36 | 310 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Les Indispensables de Diapason
Liszt is the only great composer of the nineteenth century who still suffers from detractors, and this despite the acknowledged debt of almost every composer who was his younger contemporary or successor. The trouble started whilst he was alive, of course, when many people simply couldn’t cope with his fame and popularity. He was never penurious; the starving artist in the garret was someone whom he helped, but someone he never was. In short, he made money, lots of it. He lost track of most of it, and gave away virtually all of it. He never owned property, nor even a coach and horses. He did own pianos, an excellent library, both musical and literary, and he enjoyed the freedom of every court in Europe.