Isoldens Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” - Liszt Telemann Prelude 5 in E major

Prelude 5 in E major BWV 937

deals with the trauma of a woman who loses the man who was her first love and the guiding light of her life

The bagatelle was written between 1808 and 1810

Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte KV 520

Isoldens Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” - Liszt Telemann Prelude 5 in E majorThe epochal piano virtuoso Liszt made numerous transcriptions for his instrument of works by other composers Wagners Tristan und Isolde, a key nineteenth century work, naturally numbered amongst them. His congenial rendition of the famous closing scene (Mild und leise, wie er lchelt) for the piano is, incidentally, the source of the title that we are so familiar with today, Isoldens Liebestod (Isoldes Love Death) Wagner himself only spoke of Isoldes