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

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

13 Works-One of the most influential musical forces of 19th-century Europe Franz Liszt was the reigning piano virtuoso of his time. This volume contains a rich selection of his finest compositions for solo piano. Reprinted from authoritative early editions.

Par LISZT FRANZ. Les trois volumes des Années de pèlerinage appartiennent au noyau central de l’œuvre pour piano de Liszt. Dans le premier volume, Suisse, le compositeur traite des impressions recueillies lors d’un long séjour en Suisse, en 1835/36. Les pièces, en majeure partie publiées dès 1840/41, furent ensuite substantiellement révisées par Liszt, et le recueil enrichi de deux numéros, pour atteindre sa forme définitive en 1855. Pour la refonte de l’édition urtext Henle, il a été possible de prendre pour la première fois en compte l’exemplaire – redevenu accessible – ayant servi à la gravure de la première édition. La préface et les remarques exposent de manière détaillée la réévaluation des sources qui en a résulté, ainsi que d’autres avancées dans la recherche lisztienne. Pour la réalisation des doigtés, nous avons pu compter sur le pianiste suisse Francesco Piemontesi./ Répertoire / Piano

Piano Sonata in b minor-Following their revision of the facsimile of the Piano Sonata In B Minor (HN 3227) in 2015 Henle is now proud to present the corresponding new Henle Urtext edition. With the help of the splendidfacsimile reproduction Henle has been able to analyse several passages in the autograph more reliably; in addition the editor Ernst Herttrich not only consulted the first edition but also a copy of a student ofLiszt’s in which the composer had made entries in his own hand.  Clara Schumann reacted with a lack of understanding when Liszt sent the sonata: “It is only blind noise – not asingle healthy thought everything confused.” Today we view this differently. This edition of this key Piano work is further enhanced by the sophisticated fingerings supplied by the Piano titan Marc-AndréHamelin.

New Liszt Edition III Vol. 1. Par LISZT FRANZ. 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. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Internationally renowned concert pianist Joseph Banowetz presents this definitive collection of original masterworks by Franz Liszt featuring a comprehensive preface, composer biography, vintage photographs, and detailed performance notes on the solos. The companion CD features Joseph Banowetz performing Liszt's most cherished piano repertoire: Ehemals, from Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186/10 * Étude, Op. 6, No. 7; S. 136/7 * Ich liebe dich, S. 542a (posth) * Liebeslied: Widmung (easier version), S. 566 (posth.) (Robert Schumann, trans. by Liszt) * Liebesträume: 3 notturnos, S. 541 * No. 2: Gestorben war ich (first version) * No. 3: O lieb, o lieb, so lang du lieben kannst * Piano Piece in A-flat Major, S. 189a (posth.) * Marche de Rákóczy'Édition populaire, S. 244/15 * Resignazione, S.187a (posth.) * Romance, S. 169 (posth.) * Romance oubliée, S. 527 * Ruhig, S. 167a (posth.) * Scherzo, S. 153 (posth.) * Six Consolations, S. 172 * No. 1 in E Major * No. 2 in E Major * No. 3 in D-flat Major * No. 4 in D-flat Major * No. 5 in E Major * No. 6 in E Major * Ständchen, S. 560/7 (Franz Schubert, trans. by Liszt) * Valse oubliée, No. 1, S. 215/1 Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst. Banowetz has been a piano recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in recognition of his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.

Complete Edition. Supplementary Volume 16 of the New Liszt Edition contains free arrangements and technical exercises. In the first section can be found early versions of three arrangements. The first consists of the first and intermediary versions of a transcription of Die Rose, a song Schubert composed to a poem by Schlegel. The arrangement of the second movement of Berlioz's Harold Symphony also draws on literary inspiration: Lord Byron's (1788-1824) narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-18) was a literary experience Liszt shared with Berlioz. The fantasy on themes from Bellini's opera La sonnambula [The Sleepwalker] (here the first version of 1842, and the second version dating from the following decade are given) is important in music history because it was while he worked on this (and other operatic fantasies) that Liszt developed a new concept of the form, which took shape in more complex and more concentrated fantasies than before. Particularly interesting material can be found in the appendix. In addition to sketches and drafts for arrangements of Spanish themes, there are three sources published here for the first time, which shed light on technical aspects of Liszt's piano teaching. These are three sets of exercises: the first written by Liszt himself for Valérie Boissier in 1832; the second a copy in an unidentified hand from the same period or slightly later; and finally the third which was noted down in 1871 by Henri Maréchal in Rome based on the composer's dictation. This latest volume of the New Liszt Edition includes a detailed preface in German, English, and Hungarian containing new research findings, together with five manuscript facsimiles and critical notes. Simultaneously with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a practical paperback version has been published, the contents of which are identical to those of the hardcover edition, minus the inclusion of critical notes.

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.

Deuxième année - Italie (S161) / Venezia e Napoli (S162)-While the first volume of Liszt?s Années de pèlerinage (?Pilgrim Years?) was inspired primarily by the landscape of Switzerland the creative impetus for the second volume was the art and literature of Italy. Edition Peters is proud to continue its acclaimed series of Liszt critical editions from world-renowned Liszt expert and concert pianist Leslie Howard with this new urtext edition of Années de pèlerinage Deuxième Année ? Italie. Containing an extensive critical commentary and introductory notes the edition (like its predecessor Suisse (EP72782)) also contains reproductions of the half-tint illustrations by Robert Kretschmer that appeared in the first edition. Also included in this prestige volume a must-have for any serious Liszt pianist is the supplementary volume Venezia e Napoli beautiful and ingenious revisions of earlier works based on Italian street music.

Supplement 8 of the New Liszt Edition contains first versions of Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 12-21 and two shorter Liszt pieces with a Hungarian connection. All works in the volume appear here for the first time in a scholarly edition. This version of the Hungarian Rhapsodies ensued in 1846-50 from Magyar dallok (Hungarian Songs) Nos 1-11, published in Supplement 7. Piece #13 is based on the Rákóczi March, which Liszt set on several occasions. It had been a vital encore piece since his first concert in Hungary in 1839. Inclusion in this volume of the first version of the piece known as the Mosonyi Funeral March (a forerunner of the much later #7 in the Hungarian Historical Portraits) is especially notable as its autograph manuscript only emerged recently. A detailed preface in Hungarian, English, and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles, and critical notes, makes this volume of the New Liszt Edition an important publication of immense scholarly value. Along with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a paperback version for practical use has also been published. This editions contents are identical to those of the hardcover edition with the exception that the critical notes are not included. / Piano

The three volumes of Années de pèlerinage (?Pilgrim Years?) are among Liszt?s most important compositions for piano solo. From dramatic-virtuoso to pensive-romantic music, the 29 ?travel pieces? represent the complete range of Liszt?s compositional expression. For the first time, this first volume of the trilogy, Suisse (Switzerland) is published together with the Trois Morceaux suisses, in line with the composer?s original intention to combine all his Swiss-inspired character pieces into a single volume. The musical journey is supported by the inclusion of historical illustrations of the scenes and landscapes that inspired the composer. Edited by world-renowned Liszt expert and concert pianist Leslie Howard, the edition also contains Liszt?s original fingerings.

La partie principale du Supplément Volume 12 dispose le prédécesseur de Grandes Etudes de Paganini , une série de six études écrites après Paganini entre 1838 et 1840, et en passant par Liszt performances transcendant ( Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'apres Paganini ) . La série a été inspiré non seulement par le violoniste virtuose et Caprices et le Concerto pour violon du compositeur en si mineur , mais aussi par les études de Paganini de Schumann , Liszt probablement rencontrés grâce à Clara Wieck au début de 1838. Le volume comprend également les première et deuxième versions solo de piano de Die Zelle dans Nonnenwerth (1840 et 1841 ) , que Liszt compose d'un certain nombre de fois dans plusieurs versions , ainsi que deux transcriptions de Wagner et les premières versions de l'adaptation de deux oeuvres de Russie compositeurs .Une préface détaillée en hongrois , anglais et allemand , y compris les nouveaux résultats de la recherche , de nombreux fac-similés de manuscrits et notes critiques font de ce volume de la nouvelle édition Liszt une publication particulièrement important de valeur scientifique . Simultanément, le livre de poche pour des raisons pratiques , son volume Complete Edition tissu lié est publié avec les notes critiques . / Piano