The Dante Connection
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Francesca da Rimini & Paolo Malatesta, Appraised by Dante & Virgil (Ary Scheffer, 1854)
The depiction of Hell in Dante’s Inferno has inspired works of art and literature for over 700 years. But it isn’t fire and brimstone that has attracted most composers. Instead, it’s Dante’s depiction of a disastrous love affair.
In the next hour, the tale of Francesca da Rimini, in music by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Granados, Rachmaninoff, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Manfred, 5 [ for Francesca da Rimini] |
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev |
Pentatone PTC 5186489 |
827949048968 |
| Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage [for “After a Reading of Dante”] |
Louis Lortie |
Chandos CHAN 10662(2) |
095115166222 |
| Franz Liszt: The Sound of Weimar [for Dante Symphony] |
Vienna Academy Orchestra, Martin Haselbock |
Gramola GRAM99150 |
9003643991507 |
| Fete du Ballet [for music from Françoise de Rimini, by Ambroise Thomas] |
English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 468 578-2 |
028946857823 |
| Foote: Francesca da Rimini |
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz |
Naxos 8.559365 |
636943936528 |
| Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Neeme Jarvi |
Deutsche Grammophon 453 455-2 |
028945345529 |
| Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 2[for Dante - II. Paolo e Francesca] |
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Gonzalez |
Naxos 8.573264 |
747313326471 |
| Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini |
National Orchestra of France & Chorus of Radio France, Nello Santi |
Gala GL 100.726 |
8712177045099 |
