Liszt's reputation as the supreme pianist of the 19th century, and possibly of all time, has overshadowed many of his other achievements. It is less well known, for example, that Liszt both championed the music of other composers and transcribed their works for the piano. Among his vast output in this area are notable transcriptions of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, Schubert lieder, Rossini's Overture to William Tell, and excerpts from Berlioz' @mphonie Fantastique. After Liszt's retirement from the concert stage in 1847, his attention turned increasingly to composition. His admiration for the music of Richard Wagner led him to promote Wagner's operas as well as to compose piano transcriptions from many of them. The present volume presents all fifteen of these compositions, dating from 1848 to 1882. Full of familiar melody and brilliant pianism, they are masterful transforma-tions of Wagner's great opera themes into unforgettable music for the piano. The compositions included are: Fantasy on Themes from Rienzi Spinning Chorus from The Flying Dutchman Ballad from The Flying Dutchman Overture to Tannhiiuser Recitative and Romance "Evening Star" from Tannhauser Two Pieces from Tannhaiuser and Lohengrin I. Entry of the Guests from Tannhauser II. Elsa's Bridal Procession from Lohengrin From Lohengrin I. Festival and Bridal Song II. Elsa's Dream III. Lohengrin's Admonition Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhiiuser Isolde's Liebestod from 7?istan and Isolde "Am Stillen Herd" from Die Meistersinger Valhalla from Der Ring des Nibdungen Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal This Dover edition, published under the auspices of The American Liszt Society, reproduces the pieces from a rare Russian critical edition of Liszt's works. Russian text on the music pages has been translated into English especially for this edition, while Liszt scholar Charles Suttoni has provided a perceptive introduction discussing Liszt's transcriptions in general and those of Wagner's music in particular. These scores are not readily available in any other one-volume source. This Dover edition brings them together in a convenient low-cost format for students, pianists, music lovers--all who delight in brilliant, idiomatic translations of orchestral language into that of the piano. Original Dover publication (1981) of all the music from the volume F. Liszt/Opernye transkriptsii dlyafortep'yano/R. Wagner/tom treti chast'pervaya [Vol. III, Part 1 of the piano transcriptions from operas], originally published by the Gosudarstvennoe Muzykal'noe Izdatel'stvo [State Music Publishers], Moscow, in 1961-. Dover edition published in association with The American Liszt Society. Russian headings, footnotes, other indications translated into English specially for this edition. New introduction by Charles Suttoni. x+160pp. 9×12. Paperbound. |
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