Comments on: Happy 200th, Franz!

Happy 200th, Franz!

falameufilho — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:55:17 -0800

Yesterday was Franz Liszt's 200th birthday. Celebrate by watching performances of his most famous piece, the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, by Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker or perhaps Bugs Bunny. Or maybe you prefer something less cartoonish?

By: lumensimus

lumensimus — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:05:20 -0800

No mention of Lisztomania?

By: Obscure Reference

Obscure Reference — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:19:37 -0800

But of the cartoons, only Tom knows how to play the correct notes.

By: Trurl

Trurl — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:24:57 -0800

The indefatigable Leslie Howard has recorded the complete works for solo keyboard on 99 compact discs.

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:43:29 -0800

You know, he was reincarnated as a cat once.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:47:29 -0800

Here's Victor Borge as Franz Liszt: Part 1, Part 2.

By: spitbull

spitbull — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:49:44 -0800

Ah, he was just like Brahms only less storage and a proprietary interface.

By: Seekerofsplendor

Seekerofsplendor — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:02:34 -0800

Great post. For another aspect of Liszt, try the Transcendental Etude No. 11, as played by the great Beresofsky!

By: beisny

beisny — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:18:56 -0800

The legendary Victor Borge duet performance (this is different from the great sciurus link)

By: Salieri

Salieri — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:32:53 -0800

I will always love Looney Tunes for inspiring my love of classical music. No lie. Great links, everyone!

By: beisny

beisny — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:52:19 -0800

This Evgeny Kissin performance of Liszt's La Campanella is outrageous.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:55:39 -0800

There's so much more to Liszt than cartoon music.

By: falameufilho

falameufilho — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:34:07 -0800

Blazecock Pileon: "There's so much more to Liszt than cartoon music." WHY YES OF COURSE

By: TheRedArmy

TheRedArmy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:38:24 -0800

The winner of the Rhapsody No. 2 contest, by my count, is Marc-Andre Hamelin. The man is a beast. A sexy beast.

By: TheRedArmy

TheRedArmy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:39:05 -0800

Oops. Made italics when I meant to make a link.

By: TheRedArmy

TheRedArmy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:43:43 -0800

The 'Friska' starts at 4:30 in that link if you are impatient with the slow stuff.

By: That's Numberwang!

That's Numberwang! — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:50:14 -0800

Except the link doesn't work.

By: TheRedArmy

TheRedArmy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:50:45 -0800

Ick, avoid the Lang Lang link that shows up in the sidebar there. How does he so consistently miss the point of the music he plays?

By: TheRedArmy

TheRedArmy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:51:53 -0800

Sorry, trying to fail the most times possible in one thread. For reals.

By: KingEdRa

KingEdRa — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:52:40 -0800

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2! FINALLY, after all these years, I've been able to find out the composer (and title) of that piece. The Woody Woodpecker "Convict Concerto version is the one that has always stuck with me, though I think there might have been a different Bugs Bunny one other than the one featured above with a similar plot as the Woody Woodpecker one, too.

By: the bricabrac man

the bricabrac man — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:40:48 -0800

That Transcendental Etude No. 11 link was fucking beautiful.

By: Seekerofsplendor

Seekerofsplendor — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:43:52 -0800

Thanks bricabrac.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:04:12 -0800

My favorite has always been the Tiny Toons version.

By: Mei's lost sandal

Mei's lost sandal — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:23:58 -0800

So many cool links. In the Hamelin Rhapsodie at some point you get the feeling a Conlon Nancarrow roll has taken over.

By: DataPacRat

DataPacRat — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:25:50 -0800

What, nobody's yet mentioned the Who Framed Roger Rabbit edition?

By: DataPacRat

DataPacRat — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:51:05 -0800

Or from way back in 1937, A Car-Tune Portrait?

By: kersplunk

kersplunk — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:04:56 -0800

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2! FINALLY, after all these years, I've been able to find out the composer (and title) of that piece. Ditto! I'd spent hours of unproductive Googling in a vain search for it over the last few years.