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Zwei Stücke aus dem Oratorium Christus, S498c
composer
circa 1871
Recordings
Cover of 'Liszt: Complete Piano Music' (CDS44501/98)
Cover of 'Liszt: New Discoveries, Vol. 3' (CDA67810)
Details
No 1a: Einleitung
Track 4 on CDA67810 CD1 [5'48] 2CDs for the price of 1
Track 4 on CDS44501/98 CD91 [5'48] 99CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
No 1b: Pastorale
Track 5 on CDA67810 CD1 [9'38] 2CDs for the price of 1
Track 5 on CDS44501/98 CD91 [9'38] 99CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
No 2: Das Wunder
Track 6 on CDA67810 CD1 [8'03] 2CDs for the price of 1
Track 6 on CDS44501/98 CD91 [8'03] 99CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
Zwei Stücke aus dem Oratorium Christus, S498c
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Two pieces from Liszt’s vocal score of his masterpiece Christus appeared separately in print in his lifetime (see volume 14 of the present series). We offer here two further movements, both from the vocal score as arranged by the composer: Einleitung und Pastorale (Introduction and Pastorale) and Das Wunder (The Miracle). As always with Liszt, the piano versions are not literal transcriptions, even if the music agrees in general, bar for bar with the original. But he finds pianistic ways of expressing the spirit of the music in a manner far preferable to the clunking literalism of the modern vocal score of the oratorio currently in print. The Introduction is the opening of the whole work, based on a plainsong setting of the prayer in Isaiah Rorate caeli (Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and fill the skies with righteousness), whilst the Pastorale represents the shepherds in waiting for the angel’s annunciation of the birth of Jesus. The Miracle represents the passage in Matthew’s gospel, chapter 8: ‘And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he [Jesus] was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.’ This is a minature symphonic poem, with some quite outstandingly daring harmonies during the storm. The voice of Jesus is briefly heard, and then the gentle music of the miracle that follows is amongst the simplest and most touching in Liszt’s entire output.

from notes by Leslie Howard © 2011

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Details for CDA67810 disc 1 track 5
No 1b: Pastorale
Artists
ISRC
GB-AJY-10-81005
Duration
9'38
Recording date
22 April 2009
Recording venue
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Rachel Smith
Recording engineer
David Hinitt
Hyperion usage
  1. Liszt: New Discoveries, Vol. 3 (CDA67810)
    Disc 1 Track 5
    Release date: January 2011
    2CDs for the price of 1
  2. Liszt: Complete Piano Music (CDS44501/98)
    Disc 91 Track 5
    Release date: February 2011
    99CDs Boxed set + book (at a special price)
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