![]() ![]() It’s true that some of his output is showy – all virtuosic flourishes for the sake of virtuosity – but his suites such as the Années de Pèlerinage or the Transcendental Etudes, and his transcriptions of Schubert songs demonstrate the absolute apogee of art, poetry, and beauty combined. His piano music combines technical virtuosity and emotional depth. He was an advocate of new music and up-and-coming composers and lent his generous support to people like Richard Wagner (who married Liszt’s daughter Cosima). Sure, as a performer he could be flamboyant and extravagant in his gestures, but he helped shape the modern solo piano concert as we know it today and he also brought a great deal of music to the public realm through his transcriptions (he transcribed Beethoven’s symphonies for solo piano, thus making this repertoire accessible to both concert artists and amateur pianists to play at home). ![]() In fact, he was a remarkable musician and human being. Hungarian Rhapsody No.3D rendering of Franz Liszt by Hadi Karimi.Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 in A minor (Rákóczi-Marsch).Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C-sharp minor.Hungarian Rhapsody No.9 in E-flat major (Pesther Carneval).Hungarian Rhapsody No.8 in F-sharp minor.Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D-flat major.Hungarian Rhapsody No.5 in E minor (Héroïde-élégiaque).Hungarian Rhapsody No.4 in E-flat major.Hungarian Rhapsody No.3 in B-flat major. ![]() Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C-sharp minor.Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 in C-sharp minor Sony Classical Records, Horowitz Plays Rachmaninov and Liszt (Sony Music Entertainment (France) Inc., 2003).Magyar rapszódiák - Ungarische Rhapsodien - Rhapsodies hongroises Orchestral version arranged for piano 4 hands by Liszt, 1874 (= S.621/3).Arranged for orchestra by Liszt and Franz Doppler, 1857–60, as Hungarian Rhapsody No.3 in D major (= S.359/3).Composed for solo piano, 1847 (= S.244/6), using themes from Nos.4, 5 and 11 of Magyar dalok, S.242, and from No.20 of Magyar rapszódiák, S.242.IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland). In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving).
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