Romantic. Presumably inspired by Charles Sainte-Beuve's collection of poems, this set of six pieces provides a wonderful introduction to Liszt's melodic invention, mood evocation and harmonic language. The most popular of his shorter works, these pieces are successful when performed individually as well as in various combinations. This edition contains Dr. Hinson's helpful pedal markings and performance suggestions. -the publisher
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Presumably inspired by Charles Sainte-Beuve's collection of poems, this set of six pieces provides a wonderful introduction to Liszt's melodic invention, mood evocation and harmonic language. The most popular of his shorter works, these pieces are successful when performed individually as well as in various combinations. This edition contains Dr. Hinson's helpful pedal markings and performance suggestions. Included is an outstanding CD recording from the Naxos label.
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In addition to his skills as a composer and performer, Liszt is famed for his genius in transcribing orchestral works for piano. Thanks to his efforts, pianists in the era before sound recordings could learn from the vast repertoire of orchestral, operatic, and vocal literature. This original collection offers modern-day pianists insights into Liszt's peerless gift for transferring sonorities from one medium to another as well as the opportunity to develop a deeper familiarity with several orches...
First versions of Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 12-21, along with two shorter Liszt pieces with a Hungarian connection, make up the 8th volume of the Supplement to the New Liszt Edition. All works in the volume appear here for the first time in a scholarly edition. As with all volumes of the New Liszt Edition, Supplement Volume 8 is published in a handsome paperback edition for performance and a clothbound edition for study. Both versions include a detailed preface, new research results, and manuscri...
Liszt understood a "rhapsody" to signify the highest degree of musical freedom: a constant process of transformation and variation of themes and motifs, all bound up with constant shifts of emotion. According to one of its early reviewers, this first of Liszt's 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies is a prime example of "the art of thematic working such as no previous master has practised more fantastically, more expressively or more inventively." Despite this, it was somewhat overshadowed by the greater popul...
Liszt's piano rhapsodies are in the same tradition as his transcriptions of opera or song themes, but in this case the point of departure is folk dances and songs. Liszt described no. 2 of his Hungarian Rhapsodies, published in 1851, as "truly Hungarian," and a "brilliant companion piece" to his own concert showpiece the Grand Galop chromatique. And indeed, the work, with its strong dynamic and harmonic contrasts, quickly became popular and remains among his best-loved keyboard works. The long-i...
G. Henle URTEXT edition. Edited by Ernst Hettrich. Fingering by Andreas Groethuysen. Preface by Maria Eckhardt. Liszt's ninth Rhapsody is the "Carnival at Pest" - one of the few Hungarian Rhapsodies to which he gave a name. Once again Liszt turns to Hungarian folk melodies and fuses them with improvisatory elements. The result is a dazzling virtuosic firework display. The relaxed atmosphere of a Budapest carnival around 1840 is brought to life - indeed Liszt is said to have recorded several theme...
G. Henle urtext edition. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. Preface by Maria Eckhardt. Fingering by Andreas Groethuysen. The Rakoczi march is often referred to as the "Hungarian Marseillaise". The beginnings of this march song go back to around 1730. In the text, the Hungarians summon Franz II Rakoczi to free his people from the Habsburg oppression. The melody has been arranged many times, e. g. by Brahms and Berlioz, even Liszt made several arrangements of varying degrees of difficulty. He eventually di...
11 Well-Known Original Pieces in Progressive Order of Difficulty. Contents: Sehr langsam from Four Piano Pieces; Andantino from Four Piano Pieces; Andante con moto from Consolations; Un poco pi— mosso from Consolations; Quasi adagio; cantabile con devzione from Consolations; Hymne de l'enfant a son reveil from Harmonies po‚tiques et religieuses; Le mal due pays from Ann‚es de PŠlerinage, PremiŠre Ann‚e - Suisse; Il penseroso from Ann‚es de Pelerinage, Deuxieme Annee - Italie; Canzonetta del Salv...
Romantic. Edited by Norbert Gertsch & Veronika Giglberger. When Liszt took over the direction of the Court Opera in Weimar, he spent a great deal of time exploring Goethe's works. He was particularly attracted to the subject-matter of Faust. He used Nikolaus Lenau's "Faust", a comprehensive poem in 24 scenes, as the model for his orchestral work in two parts "Episodes from Lenau's Faust". The second part, "Dance in the Village Inn", was originally written for piano solo. He gave this wild piece w...