Transcribed By Franz Liszt. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Durée: 23', Format: ETP small/ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

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

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

Leslie Howard raconte : En 1980, j'ai fait la connaissance du très regretté Ted Perry, qui venait de fonder Hyperion Records. J'ai fait mon premier enregistrement pour Ted avec le joueur de mandoline Keith Harris et s'il ne comportait pas de Liszt, il contenait une pièce de mon propre cru : Ramble on a Russian Theme. Il était clair que cette maison de disque allait prendre un drôle de risque ! Ted m'a demandé d'enregistrer les quatre sonates de Rubinstein et de faire un disque de curiosités qui s'est intitulé « Rare Piano Encores ». En 1982, j'ai réuni toutes les valses originales de Liszt - les quatre Méphisto Valses et la Bagatelle sans tonalité, les quatre Valses oubliées, la Valse - Impromptu, la Valse mélancolique et la Valse de bravoure - et j'en ai fait la seconde partie d'un récital à Wigmore Hall qui commençait par la Sonate Hammerklavier de Beethoven. Cette « seconde partie » a duré une heure et quart, ce qui prouve que je suis incapable d'estimer avec précision la longueur d'un morceau de musique. Mais, grâce à l'enthousiasme de Ted Perry, elle allait aussi devenir le programme de mon premier enregistrement consacré à Liszt et le début de la série Liszt d'Hyperion. Ce premier disque consacré à Liszt a été réalisé en octobre 1985 ; c'est probablement l'un des plus longs 33 tours jamais publiés. Il a été enregistré en numérique, si bien que lorsque le CD a été à l'ordre du jour, il a été publié dans ce format. Au cours de l'année 1986, j'ai voyagé à travers le monde avec dix programmes de récital qui regroupaient toutes les oeuvres originales publiées pour piano seul de Liszt - sans compter sa propre musique réarrangée par ses soins, dont je n'utilisais que les versions définitives - et, au début de l'année 1987, les enregistrements ont sérieusement commencé. On a écarté toute idée initiale visant à limiter l'envergure du projet - en excluant les transcriptions ou les versions alternatives, par exemple. Mais ni moi ni quiconque chez Hyperion n'avait vraiment calculé à quel point le travail allait s'amplifier au fur et à mesure de la découverte sans cesse croissante de matériel inédit. Au début, la série était planifiée sur 48 CD. Un peu plus tard, ce nombre a été réévalué à 70, puis 80, et finalement il y en a eu 94 (plus un CD en bonus). Même Ted Perry aurait blêmi si j'étais allé le voir en 1985 pour lui dire : « Et si l'on enregistrait l'intégrale de la musique pour piano de Liszt ' Tout tiendra dans un peu plus de 90 disques ! » Mais au fur et à mesure que le projet se développait il gardait confiance et, même si la montagne a semblé une ou deux fois infranchissable, j'ai réussi à mener à bien le travail de préparation nécessaire à l'exécution et l'enregistrement de cette énorme somme de matériel." () © Abeille Musique 2011

Virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was a key figure in the evolution of modern music. Most of his 700 compositions which range from romantic impressionism to daring experimental pieces were written for the piano. This survey by a well-known British composer and musicologist constitutes the most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's works. 'Mr. Searle is himself a composer of progressive outlook and he thus speaks with authority. His book was needed and he has made it a good one ' observed the Times (London) Literary Supplement.This classic study surveys the compositions in chronological order and the medium for which they were written. The authorexamines in detail the most important pieces and fully reviews Liszt's place in history. Subjects include romantic pieces symphonic poems songs symphonies and other works. A biographical summary illustrates the relationship between significant works and events in the composer's life. Acclaimed by Library Journal as 'a balanced long-overdue treatment ' this study is essential for every true Lisztian student.Reprint of the Williams & Norgate 1954 edition.

He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists--Chopin's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt--offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society.Born a year apart Chopin andLiszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin's masterpieces including the 'Adagio' from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann.Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition.

Die 14 Stationen Des Kreuzwegs. Par LISZT FRANZ. Franz Liszts orgelbegleitete 'Via crucis' für Soli und Chor ist eine musikalische Kreuzwegdarstellung und als solche ein Unikum in der Musikliteratur. Dies gilt nicht nur für das Genre als solches, sondern auch für die musikalische Faktur: ihre progressive Harmonik, ihr Expressivität, ihr abwechslungsreiches Formvokabular. Die Hälfte der 14 Kreuzwegstationen sind reine Orgelsätze bzw. vorwiegend Orgelstücke, technisch zwar nur mäßig anspruchsvoll, musikalisch aber höchst raffiniert. Die Ausgabe enthält ein detailliertes Verzeichnis der vokalen Besetzungsmöglichkeiten, bei denen auch eine Aufführung ganz ohne Solisten denkbar ist. / Musique religieuse / Répertoire / Solistes SATB, Choeur SATB et Orgue

Composers Specials Series-Rich and successful a dashing young musical superstar so adored that women faint when they meet him in the street Franz Liszt is restless. He knows that something is missing in his glamorous life as the worlds greatest concertpianists. He meetsJosy a naturally gifted young Gypsy street musician and subsequently wagers that he can turn Josy into a world-class musician. The bet turns into a mighty struggle of wills – the worldly sophisticateagainst the resourceful Gypsy boy and aconflict of freedom vs. discipline heart vs. brain passion vs. technique. Set in 1846 Liszts Rhapsody celebrates the miracle of talent and the triumph of dreams fulfilled.Formatted with English Spanish and French languages. 49 minutes.

Arrangeur: Franz Liszt. Par LISZT FRANZ. Franz Liszt's transcriptions of other composers' music are as highly regarded as his original piano works. First acquainted with Bach through his piano studies, Liszt further explored the earlier composer's works in his career as a virtuoso performer. His piano interpretations of Bach's Organ Music are executed in a simple and straightforward manner, and they rapidly became the classic models for all future works in this genre. This compilation features Six Organ Preludes and Fugues (BWV 543-548) and the Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542). Franz Liszt's transcriptions of other composers' music are as highly regarded as his original piano works. First acquainted with Bach through his piano studies, Liszt further explored the earlier composer's works in his career as a virtuoso performer. His piano interpretations of Bach's Organ Music are executed in a simple and straightforward manner, and they rapidly became the classic models for all future works in this genre. This compilation features Six Organ Preludes and Fugues (BWV 543-548) and the Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542)./ Répertoire / Piano

Par LISZT FRANZ / REGER MAX. Editeur(s) d'origine: Sievers, Gerd/ Répertoire / Orgue

For Solo Piano. Par LISZT FRANZ. Beethoven Symphonies Nos 6-9 transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt. The collection also contains engrossing pieces of background information, including a facsimile of Liszt's handwritten French preface to his Beethoven transcriptions (along with its English translation). Suitable for advanced pianists. Beethoven Symphonies Nos 6-9 transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt. The collection also contains engrossing pieces of background information, including a facsimile of Liszt's handwritten French preface to his Beethoven transcriptions (along with its English translation). Suitable for advanced pianists./ Répertoire / Piano

Complete Edition. Par LISZT FRANZ. 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./ Etude / Piano

Organ Transcription by Jean GuillouInstrument : organNombre de Pages : 12Franz Liszt's 'Première Valse oubliée' is known and popular as a subtle and delicately beautiful piece for the piano. This romantic gem has now been arranged by Jean Guillou for the organ in his inimitable way.