Zoltan Kocsis – Wagner Transcriptions

Contents

Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt: Lohengrin: Elsas Brautzug zum Münster, S.445

Richard Wagner, Zoltán Kocsis: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act 1

Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt: Tristan und Isolde – Isoldes Liebestod, S.447

Richard Wagner, Zoltán Kocsis: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude to Act 1

Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt: Parsifal: Feierlicher Marsch, S.450

Excerpts from Wagner operas have, on countless occasions, been transcribed for piano. A fairly long list of transcribers could be made, starting with Joseph Rubinstein, the first transcriber of an extract from Parsifal, going on through Bülow to Brassin, then from Carl Tausig to August Stradal, to speak only of those who were pupils of Liszt. It is an established fact that Liszt, the greatest master of transcription and paraphrase, made very little use of Wagner’s works. In this highly-regarded recording, once more appearing on CD, the transcription honours are shared between Liszt and Kocsis.