Composer

Franz Liszt

1811–1886

2,419 works in the index

Era: Romantic
Nationality: Kingdom of Hungary
Born in: Raiding

Liszt wrote more piano music than anyone else worth playing, invented the modern recital, and left a catalogue so large and so revised that identifying which version of a piece you are buying is a real problem.

Most of it is very hard. The exceptions are worth knowing: the Consolations, several of the Années de pèlerinage pieces, and the Liebesträume are within reach of a good amateur. The Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Transcendental Études and the B minor Sonata are not, and no edition marked "simplified" will make them so without removing the point.

He revised constantly and published several versions of the same work — the Transcendental Études exist in three, of increasing difficulty, and editions do not always say which. His transcriptions of other composers are a separate world again: the Schubert song transcriptions are among the finest things he wrote and are frequently catalogued under Schubert.

Catalogue

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Paganini Etudes, No. 1: Tremolo

Notturno No. 1 in A-flat Major

Die Hirten an der Krippe , No. 3 from "Weihnachtsbaum", S186

Abendglocken, No. 9 from "Weihnachtsbaum", S186

Adeste Fideles, No. 4 from "Weihnachtsbaum", S186

Ehemals , No. 10 from "Weihnachtsbaum", S186

The King of Thule

Paganini Etudes, No. 5: La Chase

Rhapsodie No.16

Fantasia on Hungarian Folk-melodies

Twelve Transcendental Etudes

Wanderer's Night Song

Transcendental Etude No. 11: Harmonies du soir in D-flat Major

Spanish Rhapsody

Paganini Etudes, No. 3: La Campanella

Paganini Etudes, No. 4: Arpeggio Study in E Major

Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth - Cello

Transcendental Etude No. 7: Eroica in E-flat Major

Weihnachtslied - Piano 2

La Regata Veneziana from Soirées Musicales No. 2 - Piano

Valse-Impromptu - Piano

Das Wirthshaus

The Christmas Tree: The Shepherds at the Manger

Transcendental Etude No. 5: Feux follets in B-flat Major

Transcendental Etude No. 8: Wilde Jagd in C Minor

Sonata b minor - Piano

Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth - Preface

Schlummerlied - Piano 1

Weihnachtslied - Preface

Rhapsodie No.16 - Piano 1

Bunte Reihe, no. 19: Hongroise

Sei mir gegrüsst, music by Schubert

Valse oubliée - Piano

Funërailles No. 7 from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses - Piano

Liebestraum No. 3 - O lieb', so lang du lieben kannst - Piano

Au bord d'une source from Années de Pélerinage I No. 4 - Piano

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Piano

Gnomenreigen , No. 2 from 2 Concert Studies - Piano

Nuages Gris, S199

Etude "Un Sospiro", in D-flat Major, No. 3 from "Trois études de concert"

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in B-flat Major

Les Préludes, S591

Zwei Konzertetüden, No. 2: Gnomenreigen

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Lento Assai

Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 - Piano

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 - Piano

Forgotten Waltz No. 1: Première Valse oubliée

Liebestraum No. 2 - Blessed Death - Piano