Franz Liszt - Études d’exécution transcendante

Liszt’s “Transcendental Studies” of 1852 are without doubt among the triumphs of virtuoso piano music, and their visionary language and poetic expression make them a milestone of the romantic age. This set of twelve études represents the results of the composer’s own revision of a collection already published in 1827 and 1839. Accordingly, the principal source for our edition was a printed copy of the earlier version with myriad changes in the composer’s hand. Each of these pieces, including the famous “Harmonies du soir” and “Mazeppa”; bears its own title and has entered the concert repertoire less as an étude than as a tone-poem with its own distinctive flavour. Read more about this edition in the Henle Blog.