A Faust Symphony

Album by Franz Liszt & Iván Fischer & Hans Peter Blochwitz & Budapest Festival Orchestra

A Faust Symphony is a symphonic work by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, completed in 1857. The programme symphony in three character-focused movements blends orchestral colour, leitmotivic writing and expanded harmonic language, and it occupies a central place in Liszt's mid‑career shift from piano virtuosity to large-scale programme orchestral forms.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    A Faust Symphony: 1. Faust
    27:15
  2. 2.
    A Faust Symphony: 2. Gretchen
    18:56
  3. 3.
    A Faust Symphony: 3a. Mephistopheles
    9:50
  4. 4.
    A Faust Symphony: 3b. Conclusion
    6:13
  5. 5.
    A Faust Symphony: 3c. Conclusion with Final Chorus
    11:28

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