Franz Liszt

Mit der KOMPONISTEN-REIHE hat Peter Heilbut eine besondere Heftsammlung konzipiert. Jedes Heft ist einem Komponisten gewidmet, führt in dessen Leben und Werk ein und enthält ausserdem einen Lebenslauf...

In summer 1881 Franz Liszt composed a work that he called 'Valse oubliée' (Forgotten waltz) in a letter to his publisher. The work is reminiscent of the appealing piano waltzes that the composer used...

To this day, Franz Liszt is considered one of the greatest pianists of all time; an uber-virtuoso who strings together extreme technical difficulties even in his own piano compositions. But don't be a...

The epochal piano virtuoso Liszt made numerous transcriptions for his instrument of works by other composers - Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, a key nineteenth century work, naturally numbered amongst th...

Franz Liszt arranged countless works by other composers for his instrument, preferably excerpts from stage works by his friend and son-in-law Richard Wagner. Liszt dedicated himself twice to the 'Flyi...

Liszt's most important piano work was written in 1853, during a time of great compositional productivity and at the same time as the Ballade in B minor. It has something in common with the latter work...

Liszt drew on three themes from Verdi's 'Rigoletto' in this glittering virtuoso work; its climax is the finale with the theme in the quartet from Act III 'Bella figlia dell'amore'. If one ignores the...

Franz Liszt was a frequent guest of the acting cardinal at the Villa d'Este, situated in Tivoli near Rome. His 'Jeux d'eaux' describe the glittering fountains, part of the water features at the villa;...

A Piano Duet for 2 pianos, 4 hands, composed by Franz Liszt.

A Piano Duet for 2 pianos, 4 hands, composed by Franz Liszt.

Im Jahr 1847 schrieb Franz Liszt GLANES DE WORONINCE, eine Suite mit 3 Klavierstücken. Die Entstehung dieser Musik steht in engem Zusammenhang mit Liszts Beziehung zur Fürstin Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgen...

In seiner virtuosen Klavierbearbeitung von Schumanns ''Widmung'' (''Du meine Seele, du mein Herz'' aus 'Myrthen' Opus 25) wendet Franz Liszt das verinnerlichte Lied in ein dramatisches Bekenntnis, das...