Isoldens Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” - Liszt Telemann Als Luise die Briefe ihres

Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte KV 520

Prelude 5 in E major BWV 937

Of the twelve composers in our series “At the piano”

Ning Hui is presently an Adjunct Lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Singapore) for principal study piano

Xie is invited to play under Maestro Valery Gergiev’s baton with Mariinsky Orchestra in December 2016

Isoldens Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” - Liszt Telemann Als Luise die Briefe ihresThe epochal piano virtuoso Liszt made numerous transcriptions for his instrument of works by other composers Wagners Tristan und Isolde, a key nineteenth century work, naturally numbered amongst them. His congenial rendition of the famous closing scene (Mild und leise, wie er lchelt) for the piano is, incidentally, the source of the title that we are so familiar with today, Isoldens Liebestod (Isoldes Love Death) Wagner himself only spoke of Isoldes