Franz Liszt: Piano Music Of Franz Liszt - Volume 1

The fact that Piano works by Franz Liszt do not always require the highest technical standards or are reputed to be reserved for just a few professionals is proven by the present anthology of the Wiener Urtext Edition. It comprises works by Liszt which starting from an easy to intermediate technical level encourage to play rather by harmonic than by virtuoso demands and still allow to make progress in the playing technique which eventually is of benefit not only to playing Liszt. The selection ranging from easy pieces such as La cloche sonne or the Consolations Nos. 1 and 2 to more advanced works such as 'Au lac de Wallenstadt' from'Années de Pèlerinage' also takes the aspect of popularity within the framework of Liszt's Piano literature into account.

Franz Liszt was not only a brilliant and innovative composer and the greatest piano virtuoso of the 19th century; he was also a generous populariser of other composersâ?? music. One of his primary methods was through his superb piano transcriptions of great orchestral operatic and other pieces. These transcriptions made it possible for people to enjoy music to which they otherwise had no access to. This collection offers a memorable feast of pianistic virtuosity sure to delight pianists and admirers of Liszt.

Partition des 24 chansons du Winterreise de Schubert. Reproduit des éditions surveillées par Liszt lui-même. Avec les notes éditoriales, et les traductions en anglais des textes allemands.

Dans son arrangement virtuose pour piano de 'Widmung' de Schumann ('Du meine Seele, du mein Herz') ('Toi mon âme, toi mon coeur'), Franz Liszt transforma ce lied intimiste en une confession dramatique dont la puissance sonore culmine sur 'Mein guter Geist, mein bess'res Ich' (mon bon esprit, mon moi meilleur) avec des accords exécutés con somma passione. Dans le manuscrit autographe de Liszt, le texte du lied est également écrit au-dessus de la mélodie. La première édition parue en 1848 à Leipzig adopte fidèlement cette disposition, c'est pourquoi la même mélodie est aujourd'hui connue sous deux titres différents. Henle Verlag présente cet arrangement de Liszt, le plus connu de tous, en collaboration avec la spécialiste de Liszt Mária Eckhardt, dans la qualité éprouvée du Henle-Urtext. / Piano

11 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty with practical comments-Franz Liszt is still regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time: a superb virtuoso whose own piano works also bristle with extreme technical difficulties. But no one needs to be afraid of big names. Our carefully chosenselection from Liszt?s immense oeuvre ranges here from the easy to the moderately difficult. These pieces are truly charming and well-suited for ?ordinary mortals?. And for those who reach the end of the volume there?s aworthwhile reward: perhaps Liszt?s best-known piano piece the third ?Liebestraum? ...

Brilliant transcriptions by the foremost pianist-composer of his day of all 14 songs in the series, including such masterpieces as "Das Fischermädchen," "Am Meer," "Abschied," "Ständchen," "Frühlings-Sehnsucht," "Der Doppelgänger," and other famed lieder. All meticulously reproduced from rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself. A modestly priced collection of hard-to-find gems for pianists and music lovers.

This volume presents easy pieces for piano by great virtuosos. It unites the two greatest, and perhaps best-known, pianists of the 19th century, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. The technical requirements of these works are very moderate without muting the stylistic characteristics of these two composers. The ability to play an original composition by Liszt in the first years of lessons can be very motivating for the piano student. Also featured in this collection are works by the virtuoso Ferdinand Hiller, to whom Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto. As in many of the works by Liszt and Chopin, Hiller's works are frequently reminiscent of folk music. His Irländisches Lied and Fandango, included in the collection, are fine examples of 19th-century 'world music'. / Piano

The Complete Winterreise and Seven Other Great Songs-Of the many transcriptions Franz Liszt made of the works of other composers those he made of the songs of Franz Schubert are among his most inspired. This volume contains the legendary pianist's twelve transcriptions from Schubert's great song cycle 'Winterreise' along with the four songs of 'Geistliche Leider' and the beloved single songs 'La Rose' 'Lob Der Thranen' and 'Die Forelle'. These rare transcriptions offer unique blending of Classical inspiration with Romantic virtuosity. Here Liszt retained the intense lyricism and emotional impact of Schubert's songs as he transformed them into dazzling compositions for solo piano. This Dover publication has alleviated yearsof anxiety that availability of authoritative editions of these masterpieces were becoming thin on the ground. Now nineteen rare gems of the keyboard literature are once more available reproduced from extremely rare early editions.

Including the Transcendental Etudes Ed. Busoni-Liszt's reputation as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time is powerfully supported by his dazzling body of work for solo piano. The undiminished popularity of his etudes with pianists and audiences alike have made them among the most performed and recorded works for solo piano in the Romantic reportoire. The first volume Series 1 include many of Liszt's most inspired piano works and are edited by the great pianist composer and musical scholar Ferruccio Busoni for the Franz Liszt Society and published by Breitkopf and Hartel in Leipzig in 1910-11. Each set of Etudes is a highly successful work in its own terms and are all fiendishly difficult. The separate ' Mazeppa' isyet another working of one of the etudes from these sets. The individual etudes range dramatically in style from the delicate refinement of 'Feux Follets' to the startling bravura of 'Wilde Jagd' (both from Transcendental Etudes). Each will bring to pianists and their listeners a moving encounter with the genius of this towering musical personality

L'un des plus grands virtuoses du piano de tous les temps, Franz Liszt a composé la musique de piano marqué par sa virtuosité technique, d'innovation et d'imagination. Cette collection présente des éditions faisant autorité notes miniatures de deux agrafes du répertoire de Liszt: Concerto pour piano n o 1 en mi bémol majeur et son Concerto pour piano n o 2 en la majeur.Les oeuvres sont reproduites ici à partir des éditions faisant autorité, complètes avec des mouvements bar-numérotées pour en faciliter la consultation. Abordable, durable et portable, cette édition partition miniature est idéal pour l'étude en classe, à la maison ou dans la salle de concert.Réimpression de l'Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig, 1907-1939 éditions. / Piano Et Orchestre

In summer 1881 Franz Liszt composed a work that he called ?Valse Oubliée? (Forgotten waltz) in a letter to his publisher. The work is reminiscent of the appealing Piano waltzes that the composer usedto write when he was younger although there is a certain distance to the usual waltz style. Liszt by no means renounces virtuosity and elegance but rather infuses these characteristics with nostalgia and irony byembedding typical melodic and rhythmic elements of salon waltzes in innovative harmonically alienating progressions. In the years that followed he wrote three further ?Valses Oubliées? yet number 1 published here in a single edition has remained the best-loved of these ?Forgotten waltzes? by far.

In 1826 15-year-old Franz Liszt wrote his first cycle of studies which he actually wanted to be seen as a grand étude consisting of 12 different exercises as an 'Etude en douze exercices'. Each of these exercises however is an independent study dealing with a certain technical problem. Although they became a model of Liszt's great études ('Grandes Etudes') later these early works were still a far cry from the technical demands of their big siblings. They are all the more suited in advanced lessons as an excellent alternative to the more demanding studies of Czerny.

Sonata-Sonata For Piano In B minor was expertly composed by Franz Liszt in 1854.Sonata For Piano In B Minor still poses a challenge for most pianists but once perfected this expressive piece will be one of your favourites to play.Fortunately the clearly structured musical layout and practical page turns of this demanding piece offers the best possible prerequisites for studying and understanding this unique work.