Franz Liszt: Hardest rocking mo-fo of the 19th Century!!
As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been discovering some fantastic classical music, particulary the virtuoso pianists of the 19th Century. I aquired a few CDs of Chopin and Liszt pieces, and they are just astounding.
Franz Liszt was definitely the 19th century equivilent of a thrash metal shredder: an “olden-day” Slayer. Especially with solo piano, his pieces are so dynamic and exciting. Markus Groh, who plays on the CD I’ve got, conveys it well, particulary with the loud sections, building up to a barrarge of crazy and dynamic sound (I believe it is called a crescendo)
Famously, Franz Liszt’s Hunagrian Rhapsody is used on a number of cartoons, such as in the film, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, which the first time, as a kid, I came across the piece (every one knows the tune, I’m sure). I even loved the song then.
Above is an older Bug Bunny cartoon, which is gloriously dark for a children’s cartoon. Enjoy.
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