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From the moment of its inception Dvorák’s “ New World ” Symphony has figured among the most popular works of the symphonic repertoire. Now the leading concert organist Zsigmond Szathmáry (b. 1939) has reworked its musical substance ...

Daß Max Regers Angebot einer von ihm selbst verfaßten Orgelübertragung von Liszts „Harmonies du soir“ im Jahre 1902 am negativen verlegerischen Votum scheiterte, ist durch eine diesbezügliche Äußerung des großen ...

Franz Liszt arranged many of his piano and orchestral works for the organ. This volume presents one of his most familiar orchestral pieces, the Symphonic poem „Les Prèludes“, in his own organ transcription.

“Night on Bald Mountain” is one of the best-known works of 19th century Russian programme music in the world. With virtuosic orchestration, the composer depicts a demonic witches’ sabbath on St John’s Night on the “Triglav” mountain.
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