(1996) H. Wolf : The Works for Choir and Orchestra Ferdinand David became Liszt

became Liszt

His interpretations of Heller’s piano works are marked by poetic insight and remarkable technique

was the image of modesty and nobility

It is the final and definitive expression of Schubert’s poetic vision

(1996) H. Wolf : The Works for Choir and Orchestra Ferdinand David became LisztThe overwhelming and continuing success of lieder composer Hugo Wolf makes it easy to forget that he also worked in different musical genres and was himself not at all satisfied with being recognised only as a master of the small form. After the fiasco during a rehearsal in Vienna of his symphonic poem Penthesilea in 1886, he tried again and again to gain a foothold in concert life by means of orchestrated versions of his songs an aim, which he rarely