Concert Paraphrase for Piano-Looking back in 1876 Liszt admitted candidly to the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel that his ?Wagner transcriptions? had ?only served as modest propaganda for Wagner?s noble genius using the meagre possibilities of the piano?. Infact in around 1850 Wagner?s operas Der fliegende Holländer Tannhäuser and Lohengrin which would later be so successful were only being performed at the Weimar Court Theatre under Liszt?s baton. Liszt was inspired tocompose his Tannhäuser Paraphrase by performances in Weimar of the overture in 1848 and of the whole opera in February 1849. Liszt?s piano arrangement of the overture is a technically brilliant piece of the highest order. It is afurther milestone in Henle Publishers? series of Liszt?s Wagner arrangements.

Franz Liszt - Carl Czerny - Theodor Leschetizky für Klavier oder Orgel-In this essential collection John W. Schaum has distilled Czerny's well-known etudes down to short studies using them to illuminate all 24 keys. The resulting selection represents a broad cross-section of Czerny's works giving the student the opportunity to profit from these varied technical studies while saving time and getting right to the heart of each exercise.