Special offer. Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108
Hansjörg Albrecht (organ)
Albrecht’s arrangement and performance both rise to the challenge with impressive success. The acoustic of Munich’s ultra-modern Gasteig concert hall – able to handle a thunderous volume-level...
Special offer. Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108
Hansjörg Albrecht (organ)
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Albrecht’s arrangement and performance both rise to the challenge with impressive success. The acoustic of Munich’s ultra-modern Gasteig concert hall – able to handle a thunderous volume-level...
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The Faust Symphony, first performed in Weimar in 1857, is one of Franz Liszt’s most significant compositions. For the recording of his transcription of this work for organ, Hansjörg Albrecht played the celebrated Klais organ in the Philharmonic Hall of the Gasteig, Munich. He will perform the Faust Symphony in a concert at the same venue on 13th June 2018, appropriately during the Faust Festival in the city of Munich.
Contents and tracklist
- Hansjörg Albrecht (organ)
- Recorded: 13-17 March 2018
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie im Gasteig, München, Germany
Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern, S. 108 (1854 Version) [Arr. H. Albrecht for Organ]: I. Faust
Track length30:20
This track is only available as an album download.
Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern, S. 108 (1854 Version) [Arr. H. Albrecht for Organ]: II. Gretchen
Track length18:08
Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern, S. 108 (1854 Version) [Arr. H. Albrecht for Organ]: III. Mephistopheles
Track length20:38
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
October 2018
Albrecht’s arrangement and performance both rise to the challenge with impressive success. The acoustic of Munich’s ultra-modern Gasteig concert hall – able to handle a thunderous volume-level while allowing detail to remain clear – is an asset in itself; so is the state-of-the-art range of registration offered by the Klais organ. And Albrecht’s command of his self-imposed technical challenge is so complete that it’s effectively impossible to imagine a finer performance.
