Even If A Man Is Pure At Heart

[Foxbat]

I must admit to knowing very little about Liszt (although I do like piano works -particularly Chopin)but the one thing that attracted me to getting my hands on Les Preludes is that the section used in Flash is quite bombastic and I found this almost Wagnerian (who is a particular favourite of mine). But from what has been posted so far, the bombast seems to be the exception rather than the rule.

I'll keep that in mind when I listen to it.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Foxbat

I must admit to knowing very little about Liszt (although I do like piano works -particularly Chopin)but the one thing that attracted me to getting my hands on Les Preludes is that the section used in Flash is quite bombastic and I found this almost Wagnerian (who is a particular favourite of mine).

No major coincidence. Wagner ended up marrying Liszt's Daughter Cosima.

[Foxbat]

I didn't know that.
You learn something new everyday

[Ursa major]

And the dubious words I quoted from the programme to Les Préludes may have been written (it was a joint effort with Liszt's partner) by Hans von Bülow, Cosima's first husband (and still her husband at the time Cosima gave birth to Wagner's son, Siegfried). Not much purity of heart there, to link this conversation to the thread title.