I believe the Liszt's monumental Sonata in B minor is one of the greatest artistic achievements in music history.
In this video presentation, I make the argument as to why I believe it is, as well as try to explain the sonata without using music theory, to help make it accessible for everyone.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:45 Why do people dismiss Liszt?
3:06 Historical anecdotes
3:42 Liszt's obsession with darkness
4:36 Why does the piano goat only have 1 sonata?
5:39 The crashing Mephisto theme
6:12 The sonata's structure
7:42 What does it mean?
9:08 A guise of the Mephisto theme + introduction to Faust's theme
10:14 Gretchen theme
11:25 Adam and Eve
13:41 Banishment from heaven
13:58 Journey on earth + Mephisto plotting
15:29 Faust crisis
16:59 Fugue
19:50 Victory?
20:45 Ending
21:32 Original ending
22:52 Recommendations
26:46 Outro
27:02 Bass B
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