{"product_id":"orchestre-philharmonique-royal-de-liege-liszt-dante-symphony","title":"Orchestre Philharmonique Royal De Liege- Liszt: Dante Symphony (CD) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing their critically acclaimed recording of the Faust Symphony (BIS-2510), the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, conducted by Gergely Madaras and joined by the Choeur Symphonique de Namur, now presents Liszt's Dante Symphony-a work reflecting his profound engagement with Dante's Divine Comedy.Initially planned in three movements-Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-the Dante Symphony was ultimately cast as two symphonic poems with a choral conclusion. The Inferno opens with a stern trombone theme beneath Dante's gate inscription, moves through lyrical episodes evoking Paolo and Francesca, and ends in demonic frenzy. The Purgatorio, serene and simple, contains a central fugue evoking souls striving toward paradise, leading without pause into the choral Magnificat. Liszt's treatment of tonality anticipates Mahler and Nielsen, while his use of the tritone and whole-tone scale confirms him as a composer ahead of his time. This recording also includes the symphony's original conclusion, later abandoned at Richard Wagner's insistence.The programme concludes with John Adams' orchestration of La Lugubre Gondola II, a visionary late work inspired by a funeral gondola procession on Venice's Grand Canal. Adams' arrangement honours the structural, stylistic, and poetic dimensions of Liszt's original, placing it's Romantic language within a modern soundscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171356684509,"sku":"7318599928005","price":152.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4528229-3668447.jpg?v=1784045115","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/zh-cn\/products\/orchestre-philharmonique-royal-de-liege-liszt-dante-symphony","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}