Kenneth Hamilton Piano Concert, Cardiff University School of Music (2 Feb 2021)

[@joeparillo]

Beautiful!

[@ruramikael]

An intermediate version of Die Lorelei?

[@kennethhamilton3342]

Well spotted! It's actually a version of Liszt's transcription that I made myself, adding the extra bars in the central section from Liszt's orchestral version (which also appear in the final French publication of the song), and making a few other more minor changes (a slight expansion of the "shipwreck", for example).

[@ruramikael]

@@kennethhamilton3342 Yes, the version recorded by Allan Clayton?!

[@kennethhamilton3342]

@@ruramikael Don't know that version, nor Allan Clayton. I'll take a look...

[@ruramikael]

@@kennethhamilton3342 "The fourth version" on Hyperion. Is it now confirmed that Liszt wrote his "Tristan phrase" before Wagner?

[@kennethhamilton3342]

@@ruramikael Just taken a look: yes, it's basically the "4th version" of the Lied (with the addition to the central section) as sung by Allan Clayton. The Tristan anticipation at the opening of Lorelei was definitely written before Wagner started work on the opera. On the other hand, the "Tristan quotation" in Liszt's Lied "Ich möchte hingehn" was added by Liszt after Wagner's opera was written.