A recital by the outstanding Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams, featuring Wagner rarities and dazzling transcriptions of Wagner by Liszt, including Isolde’s Liebestod.
Wagner: Fantasia in F sharp minor
Wagner: Sonate für das Album von Frau MW
Wagner: Albumblatt in E (for Ernst Benedikt Kietz, ‘Song Without Words’)
Wagner: Albumblatt in E flat (for Frau Betty Schott)
Wagner: 'Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen'
Wagner arr Liszt: Fantasy on Themes from 'Rienzi'
Wagner arr Liszt: Spinning Chorus and Senta’s Ballad ('Der fliegende Holländer')
Wagner arr Liszt: Entry of the Guests and ‘O du mein holder Abendstern’ ('Tannhäuser')
Wagner arr Liszt: Elsa’s Dream ('Lohengrin')
Wagner arr Liszt: Isolde’s 'Liebestod' ('Tristan')
(Note: Many of Wagner’s piano pieces, of which the sonata for ‘M.W.’ – Mathilde Wesendonck – is the most substantial, were written as dedicatory ‘albumleaves’ for friends and admirers.)