Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079380
Grosses Konzertstück
über Mendelssohns Lieder
ohne Worte and Franz
Schuberts Grosse
Fantasie. Composed by
Franz Liszt Felix
Mendelssohn. Collection -
Full. Editio Musica
Budapest #510-07938.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(PR.510079380).
Composed in
1834, Liszt's Grand duo
is based on material from
three pieces from the
first book (op. 19b) of
Mendelssohn's Songs
without Words (no. 1 in E
major, no. 6 in G minor,
and no. 3 in A major).
While Liszt made an
almost literal
transcription of the
first piece, he gave the
second and third pieces a
much freer arrangement,
in the style of concert
paraphrases. The
large-scale concert piece
was premiered by Liszt
and Chopin on Christmas
Day 1834 in a salon in
Paris. The Grand duo was
not published in Liszt's
lifetime, and has
survived as a
draft.Schubert's Fantasy
in C major (also known as
the Wanderer Fantasy) was
a defining musical
experience for the young
Liszt. He arranged this
masterpiece of Romantic
piano literature for
piano and orchestra in
1851, at the beginning of
his Weimar period, and it
was premiered by Julius
Egghard in Vienna in
December of that year. By
1855, Liszt had
transcribed this
arrangement for two
pianos, because it was
played on 22 October 1855
at a concert held in
Weimar in honour of his
birthday. With the
version for piano and
orchestra, Liszt attuned
the fantasy to the
requirements of the
concert hall, reinforcing
the orchestral effects
inherent in Schubert's
composition. His aim with
the two-piano version was
to achieve a similarly
grand effect in spaces
too small for an
orchestra. The
arrangement for piano and
orchestra appeared in
print in 1857, followed
by the two-piano version
in 1862.This volume comes
complete with a detailed
preface in English,
German, and Hungarian
containing new research
findings, several
manuscript facsimiles,
and a critical report in
English.