CD 1:
Präludium und Fuge über B-A-C-H, S 260
Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral „Ad nos ad salutarem undam”, S 259

CD 2:
Totentanz. Paraphrase über „Dies Irae”, S 126
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Präludium nach J. S. Bach, S 179

Innovation, colour, virtuosity, spirituality, precipice, transcendence – these are the most important poles explored by organist Anna-Victoria Baltrusch in Liszt’s organ works. Her own adaptation of Liszt’s diabolical Totentanz is a stirring highlight of her CD.

Liszt was a constant musical seeker and researcher: many formal and harmonic innovations of the romantic era can be traced back to him. His three main organ works contributed significantly to the re-evaluation of nineteenth century organ music. Liszt struggled to find ideal formats for them, and also arranged numerous works, penned by him as well as by other composers, for the organ, which for him represented the logical link between the piano and the orchestra. On this CD, the organist Anna-Victoria Baltrusch draws on the evolving nature of his organ music by combining Liszt’s three great organ works with her own highly virtuosic adaptation of his Totentanz (Danse macabre) – originally written in versions for piano and orchestra, two pianos, or piano alone.

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Recording: Court Church, Lucerne, June 23 - 25, 2021. Instrument: Große Orgel und Echowerk, Hofkirche Luzern (1977).