Liszt - The Organ Composer Anna-Victoria Baltrusch

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260:
• 1 Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260: I. Prelude 04:36
• 2 Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260: II. Fugue (Andante) 03:01
• 3 Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260: III. Fugue (Allegro) 03:50
• 4 Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S. 260: IV. Fugue (Maestoso) 02:33
• Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259:
• 5 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: I. Moderato 04:26
• 6 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: II. Animando poco a poco (A Capriccio) 01:58
• 7 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: III. Vivace 03:56
• 8 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: IV. Recitativo 00:50
• 9 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: V. Adagio 06:48
• 10 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VI. Un poco più di Moto 02:32
• 11 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VII. Adagio 01:00
• 12 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: VIII. Allegro Deciso 01:12
• 13 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: IX. Fuga. Allegretto con Moto 02:34
• 14 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: X. Allegro con Brio 01:08
• 15 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: XI. Vivace Molto 02:33
• 16 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: XII. Più Mosso 01:39
• 17 Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the choral "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S. 259: XIII. Choral (Adagio) 02:10
• Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126:
• 18 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: I. Andante - Presto 01:02
• 19 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: II. Allegro 00:32
• 20 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: III. Allegro Moderato 00:30
• 21 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: IV. Variation 1 01:01
• 22 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: V. Variation 2 00:45
• 23 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: VI. Variation 3 00:40
• 24 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: VII. Variation 4 03:47
• 25 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: VIII. Variation 5 03:19
• 26 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: IX. Cadenza 01:34
• 27 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: X. Sempre allegro, ma non Troppo 00:32
• 28 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: XI. Allegretto Scherzando 03:29
• 29 Liszt: Totentanz. Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae', S. 126: XII. Allegro Animato 00:57
• Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179:
• 30 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: I. Lento 05:03
• 31 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: II. Poco a poco accelerando e Crescendo 02:02
• 32 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: III. Quasi Allegro 02:47
• 33 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: IV. Recitativo (Lento) 01:34
• 34 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: V. Quasi Andante 04:30
• 35 Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179: VI. Choral (Lento) 03:29
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Preludes, Op. 28:
• 36 Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor (Arr. For Organ by Franz Liszt) 02:17
• Total Runtime 01:26:36

Info for Liszt - The Organ Composer

Liszt was a constant musical seeker and researcher, and many formal as well as harmonic innovations in the Romantic period can be traced back to him. The three main works of his organ compositions contributed significantly to a re-evaluation of organ music in the 19th century. Liszt wrestled with its possible manifestation, and also arranged numerous works from his own pen and those of other composers for the organ, which for him represented the logical link between piano and orchestra. The work-in-progress nature of his organ music is taken up by organist Anna-Victoria Baltrusch with this album, combining Liszt's three great organ works with her own highly virtuosic adaptation of his Dance of Death (Danse macabre) - originally for piano and orchestra, two pianos or piano alone.

Anna-Victoria Baltrusch, Great Organ & Echowerk Hofkirche in Lucerne)

Anna-Victoria Baltrusch
was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1989. From the age of four she got piano lessons and from the age of nine lessons in organ playing. From 2002 onwards she was a junior student in piano and organ at the Julius-Stern-Institut of the University of Arts (UDK) in Berlin. After her finals at school in 2008 she studied Church Music, Organ and Piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau (organ with Professor Schmeding, Professor Zsigmond Szathmáry and Frédéric Champion); she earned the Bachelor`s degree in 2012 and the Master`s degree in 2014. In October 2016 she graduated with honours („mit Auszeichnung“) as an Organ Soloist. Anna-Victoria was awarded the following renowned prizes at international organ competitions: In 2009 the first prize at the Internationaler Orgelwettbewerb der Bach-Gesellschaft Wiesbaden; in 2010 a scholarship of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb connected with the inclusion into the Bundesauswahl Konzerte junger Künstler and the Künstlerliste des Deutschen Musikrats; in 2011 second prize at the 60th International Music Competition of the ARD in Munich; in May 2013 first prize at theInternationaler August-Gottfried-Ritter-Wettbewerb in Magdeburg; in July 2013 second prize at the International OrganCompetition St. Albans (Great Britain). In 2015, she was awarded second prize at the Internationaler Bach/Liszt-Orgelwettbewerb Erfurt-Weimar.

Anna-Victoria Baltrusch has performed in recitals and concerts throughout Europe. She made her Solo Debut at the Philharmonie Berlin in January 2012. She often plays chamber music and is a sought after lied–accompanist.

From 2010 to 2014 she received a grant by the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst and in 2012 received a scholarship by the Brahms-Gesellschaft Baden-Baden e.V. From September 2014 until October 2015 she worked as Director of Music at the protestant church in Bad Krozingen, Germany. From 2015 to 2019, Anna-Victoria taught organ at the University of Music Leipzig and additionally, since February 2016, was working as an organist at the Alte-Tonhalle-Orgel at Neumünster Church, Zurich, Switzerland. Furthermore, she was from 2017 until 2021 conductor of the chamber choir TonArt Zürich.

In 2021, Anna-Victoria was appointed professor of organ at the „Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik“ in Halle, Germany.

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