🔴 LIVE RECORDING at the Great Hall of the Liszt Academy
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Hungarian National Choir
cond: Zoltán Kocsis
tenor solo: András Molnár

This recording combines the Chorus Mysticus (written in 1857) with the 12 measures of additional music in the Gretchen movement appended by Liszt towards the end of his life. It is one of the most critical milestones in 19th-century music before Wagner's Tristan and one of the supreme symphonic masterpieces of all time. Note: The audio here was recorded with equipment deathly obsolete, even for 90's standards. To compound matters, it was transferred from a worn-out cassette tape, so apologies for the occasionally abysmal quality. I hope the performance makes up for it. Andrew Wright from the channel 'alkanliszt' helped me with the noise reduction four years ago, so I would like to hereby give him a belated thank you.

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