Florence Delaage - Endless Wagner (2017) [Official Digital Download]

Florence Delaage performs the art of transcriptions and paraphrases written by Hans de Bülow and Liszt based upon well-known moments of Wagner's operas. This former pupil of Alfred Cortot and György Cziffra has recently received the medal of honour given by the Sociétés Richard Wagner as well as a Legion of Honour. There are a few pages to discover in this Melism's first album, such as Hans von Bülow's paraphrase on the quintet of the Meistersinger von Nürnberg or brief pages of Wagner himself, especially the Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck.

The art of transcriptions and paraphrases written by Hans de Bülow and Liszt based on famous Wagner opera moments performed by Florence Delaage, an illustrious pupil of Alfred Cortot and György Cziffra who has just been awarded the Medal of Honor of the Societies Richard Wagner and a Legion of Honor. A few unfamiliar pages to be discovered especially in this first album officially marketed by the label Melism, such as Hans von Bülow's paraphrase on the quintet of the Third Act of the Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Nuremberg's Masters Singers), or the very brief pages of Wagner himself, notably the Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck.

TRACKLIST

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

1 O du mein holder Abendstern, S. 444. Lento (Based on Wolfram's Aria from Act 3 of Wagner’s "Tannhäuser", WWV 70) 06:11
2 Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral aus Parsifal, S. 450. Mässig bewegt (Based on the March from Act 1 of Wagner's "Parsifal", WWV 111) 09:49

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

3 Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck in G Major. Schlaflos 01:35

Franz Liszt

4 Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447. Sehr langsam - Sehr weich (Based on the Finale Scene from Act 3 of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde", WWV 90) 07:12

Richard Wagner

5 Elegie in A-Flat Major, WWV 93 "Thema". Schmeichelnd 01:59

Franz Liszt

6 Aus Lohengrin, S. 446: II. Elsas Traum (Based on the Elsa's Dream from Act 1 of Wagner’s "Lohengrin", WWV 75). Mässig langsam - Langsamer - Allmählich noch etwas langsamer 03:41
7 Aus Lohengrin, S. 446: III. Lohengrins Verweis an Elsa (Based on the Rebuke to Elsa from Act 3 of Wagner’s "Lohengrin", WWV 75). Ruhig bewegt 04:02

Hans von Bülow (1830 - 1894)

8 Concertparaphrase über "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Mässig 06:31

Franz Liszt

9 Spinnerlied aus dem Fliegenden Holländer, S. 440 (Based on the "Chœur des fileuses" from Act 2 of Wagner’s "Der fliegende Holländer", WWV 63). Allegretto 06:22
10 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, S. 462/1: I. Prelude (Arrangement for Piano of "Prelude" from J. S. Bach’s "Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A Minor", BWV 543) 03:30
11 Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, S. 462/1: II. Fugue (Arrangement for Piano of "Fugue" from J. S. Bach’s "Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A Minor", BWV 543) 06:40

PERSONNEL
Florence Delaage, piano