![]() In releasing this very first complete edition of Liszt’s male choruses prior to his bicentenary in 2011 we hope to aid in the dissemination and promotion of an area of his oeuvre – as yet known in insufficient depth and breadth – that occupied him from his thirties almost right up to his death. In the accompanying booklet, the commentaries are given in four languages, while the texts of the pieces appear in original language and in Hungarian translation. The basis for the performance is normally the first edition in the case of unpublished pieces we give the location of the manuscript and the name of the person who prepared the score for performance. Nevertheless, differing versions of the same work from different periods do not necessarily find their way onto the same disc the way Liszt grouped them into series in the earlier editions generally differs to his choice for the final versions. Our purpose was rather that each CD should be varied and musically enjoyable, and also that the pieces Liszt placed in a series, or that complement one another in some other way, should appear on the same disc. In compiling the series we have not attempted a chronological ordering. In unearthing the sources, laying the scholarly groundwork and writing the commentaries, assistance is provided by the staff of the Budapest Liszt Memorial Museum and Research Centre. The Saint Ephraim Male Choir, led by conductor Tamás Bubnó, has set itself the task of programming in concerts, recording and releasing on CD all Liszt’s works for male choir and ensembles of male voices, both the sacred and the secular. Of the more than 60 varied male choruses, composed a cappella or accompanied by piano, organ, a few instruments, or orchestra, often extant in various complete, printed versions, a great number have not been recorded even once. Notes musicales en français - cliquez iciĪ considerable portion of Liszt’s oeuvre is made up of compositions for male choir, which have to date not truly gained their rightful place in the choral repertoire. Text des Beihefts auf Deutsch - hier klicken
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