Sonata in B minor and Other Works for Piano

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Sonata en Si menor y otras obras para piano. Partitura general

Among Franz Liszt's many brilliant compositions for piano, few have been so admired and performed as the Sonata in B Minor, long considered one of the greatest piano compositions of the 19th century. A work of consummate structural ingenuity, it combines and transforms four distinctive themes in one long movement, in the free, rhapsodic development characteristic of the symphonic poem.

A great favorite of pianists and their audiences, this piano masterpiece is reprinted here from the authoritative Franz Liszt-Stiftung edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Included with it are a number of other well-known Liszt compositions. Among these are the six beautiful pieces entitled Consolations; all ten works in the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, including the popular "Funerailles"; the two Ballades, large-scale works which require considerable technical prowess; and the two Légendes, "The Sermon to the Birds of St. Francis of Assisi" and "St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves."

Pianists, music scholars and music lovers will find this authoritative, affordable and sturdily produced volume an essential addition to their music libraries.
Unabridged Dover (1989) republication of portions of Vols. 7, 8 and 9 of the piano works from the Franz Liszt-Stiftung edition, published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1926, 1924, 1927.

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Editorial Notes

- Sonata in B Minor (1852-53; dedicated to Robert Schumann)

- Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses (1845-52; dedicated to Jeanne Elisabeth Carolyne, Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein)
1. Invocation
2. Ave Maria
3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
4. Pensée des morts
5. Pater noster
6. Hymne de l'enfant à son reveil
7. Funérailles
8. Miserere, d'après Palestrina
9. Andante lagrimoso
10. Cantique d'amour

- Ballade No. 1 in D-flat Major (1848; dedicated to Prince Eugen Wittgenstein)
- Ballade No. 2 in B Minor (1853; dedicated to Count Karl von Leiningen)

- Consolations (1849-50)
I. (E Major) Andante con moto
II. (E Major) Un poco più mosso
III. (D-flat Major) Lento placido
IV. (D-flat Major) Quasi adagio .
V. (E Major) Andantino
VI. (E Major) Allegretto sempre cantabile

- Légendes (1863; dedicated to Cosima von Bülow)
St. François d'Assise. La predication aux oiseaux
St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots