Années de Pèlerinage. Complete

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Años de Peregrinación, para piano. Partitura general.

The present volume reproduces -directly from an authoritative Russian edition- the famous cycle of solo piano works that comprises a summa of Liszt's pianistic achievement, representing the maturation of his style over a period of decades. The Années de Pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) consists of the Première Année (Suisse); Deuxième Année (Italie )-including the formidable "Après une lecture du Dante"-and its supplement, Venezia e Napoli; and Troisième Année. Also included in this volume are a number of related pieces: "Lyon," from Album d' un voyageur; the three pieces called Apparitions; the original versions of the three Petrarch Sonnets, and the original version of Venezia e Napoli. In addition, new English translations of the Russian footnotes and of the editor's preface have been provided. Printed in a sturdy, attractive and inexpensive format, this rich cycle of masterly works for solo piano belongs in the library of every serious pianist or music lover.

Republication (1988) of the edition entitled "F. List/Godï stranstvii dlia fortepiano", originally published by Muzgiz, Moscow, 1952.

CONTENIDO:

- Première année: Suisse (First Year: Switzerland)
[Published 1855; nos. 1-4, 6, 8 and 9 are revisions, composed 1848-1854, of pieces in the cycle Album d'un voyageur, composed 1835-1836 and published 1842)
1. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (William Tell's Chapel)
2. Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Walenstadt [the Walensee])
3. Pastorale
4. Au bord d'une source (Beside a Spring)
5. Orage (Storm)
6. Vallée d'Obermann (Obermann's Valley)
7. Églogue (Eclogue)
8. Le mal du pays (Homesickness)
9. Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne (The Bells of Geneva: Nocturne)

- Deuxième année: Italie (Second Year: Italy)
[Published 1858; composed 1837-1849; nos. 4-6 are revisions of pieces composed ca. 1839-1846 and published 1846]
1. Sposalizio (Marriage [of the Virgin: a painting by Raphael])
2. Il pensieroso (The Thinker [a statue by Michelangelo])
3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Salvator Rosa's Song [transcription of a song traditionally attributed to the painter Rosa, 1515-1673])
4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 47)
5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 104)
6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 123)
7 Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata (After Reading Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata)

- Venezia e Napoli (Venice and Naples [Supplement to the Second Year])
[Published 1861; composed 1859, partially as a revision of an earlier set with the same name composed ca. 1840]
1. Gondoliera (Gondolier's Song [based on the song "La biondina in gondoletta" by Giovanni Battista Peruchini])
2. Canzone (Song [based on the gondolier's song "Nessun maggior dolore" in Rossini's Otello])
3. Tarantella [using themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, 1797-1847]

- Troisième année (Third Year)
[Published 1883; nos. 1-4 and 7 composed 1877; no. 5, 1872; no. 6, 1867]
1. Angélus! Prière aux anges gardiens (Angelus! Prayer to the Cuardian Angels [dedicated to D.von Bülow ]
2. Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este I: Thrénodie (To the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este I: Threnody)
3. Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este II: Thrénodie (To the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este II: Threnody)
4. Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)
5. Sunt lacrymae rerum / En mode hongrois ("There Are Tears for Things" / In the Hungarian Mode [dedicated ta Hans von Bülow)
6. Marche funèbre (Funeral March [in memory of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico]
7. Sursum corda (Lift Up Your Hearts)

Appendix: Related Works
- Lyon (Lyons [no. l of "Impressions et poésies," the first book of Album d'un voyageur, composed ca. 1835, published ca. 1840 and 1842])

- Apparitions [composed and published 1834)
1. Senza lentezza quasi allegretto
2. Vivamente
3. Fantaisie sur une valse de François Schubert (Fantasy on a Waltz by Franz Schubert): Molto agitato ed appassionato

- Tre sonetti del Petrarca (Three Sonnets by Petrarch [original version composed ca. 1839-1846, published 1846])
1. Sonetto 47 di Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 47)
2. Sonetto 104 di Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 104)
3. Sonetto 123 di Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 123)

- Venezia e Napoli (Venice and Naples [nos. 1-3 of the original version, composed ca. 1840])
1. Lento
2. Allegro
3. Andante placido