Franz Liszt

Liszt's Funérailles is a broadly conceived, virtuoso funeral march that has found a permanent place in the repertoire of all great pianists while remaining within the reach of talented amateurs. This...

When Liszt took over the direction of the Court Opera in Weimar, he spent a great deal of time exploring Goethe's works. He was particularly attracted to the subject-matter of Faust. He used Nikolaus...

We have begun with numbers 2 and 6: in the coming years we will be producing editions of all of Franz Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsodies', brilliant pianistic excesses and a favourite with all virtuosos. H...

Liszt's ninth Rhapsody is the 'Carnival at Pest' - one of the few Hungarian Rhapsodies to which he gave a name. Once again Liszt turns to Hungarian folk melodies and fuses them with improvisatory elem...

This work, in which Liszt draws on five different folk themes, is surely one of his most ingenious Hungarian Rhapsodies. It offers a unique mix of melancholy, glittering keyboard acrobatics and stormy...

The Rákóczi march is often referred to as the 'Hungarian Marseillaise'. The beginnings of this march song go back to around 1730. In the text, the Hungarians summon Franz II Rákóczi to free his people...

The 'Valses oubliées' belong to Liszt's late work, characterised by themes such as memory, sorrow and grief. They do not form a cycle but were written as separate pieces between 1881 and 1884. The tit...

Often referred to by pianists as the 'Dante Sonata', it is the closing piece in the second volume of the 'Années de Pèlerinage' (HN 174) and is now finally available as a single edition. In 1839, whil...

Liszt's piano cycle 'Harmonies poétiques et religieuses' (HN 639) was inspired by religious-philosophical poems of the French Romantic Alphonse de Lamartine. Whereas the cycle as a whole remained comp...

About three years after the publication of the second volume of his 'Années de Pèlerinage' (Italy), Liszt added a supplement to this collection: the triptych 'Venezia e Napoli'. For this he reworked t...

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Saint-Saens, Camille (1835 - 1921)

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra - One of the world's all-time favorite piano concerti is a stunning experience for player and audience alike-from the opening octaves through its lush andan...

Contents: Consolation - Five Hungarian Folksongs - Four Little Piano Pieces - Sadness of the Puszta - Shepherds at the Manger - Variation on a Favorite Theme - Wiegenlied (Cradle Song).

Lange Jahre war das Bravourstück für Klavier vergriffen, nun hat der Robert Lienau Musikverlag auf Grund der großen Nachfrage das Werk wieder zugänglich gemacht, das gerade in jüngster Zeit für das Ko...

Liszts Werke sind bekanntlich zum größten Teil äußerst virtuos und daher für den Hobby-Pianisten nur selten spielbar. Peter Roggenkamp stellte in diesem Band leichtere Stücke zusammen, die trotzdem se...

Originally designed for voice and piano, Franz Liszt's 'Liebesträume' were published in 1850 as lieder and solo piano works at the same time. It is the latter ones that have become famous, particularl...

The 'Consolations' are among the best-known piano works by Franz Liszt. Their popularity is due not only to their expressive and lyrical character but also to their relatively moderate pianistic deman...

The key to one of the most important collections of piano works by Liszt.Notes from numerous sourcesIn the new edition of 'Etudes d'execution transcendante'(1851) the music has been revised and correc...

The fact that piano works by Franz Liszt 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...

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 requirem...