Années de Pèlerinage
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); DeuxiemeAnnée (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 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.
- Premiere annee: Suisse (First Year: Switzerland)
- Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (William Tell’s Chapel)
- Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Walenstadt [the Walensee])
- Pastorale
- Au bord d’une source (Beside a Spring)
- Orange (Storm)
- Vallee d’Obermann (Obermann’s Valley)
- Eglogue (Eclogue)
- Le mal du pays (Homesickness)
- Les cloches de Geneve: Nocturne)
- Deuxieme annee: Italie (Second Year: Italy)
- Sposalizio (Marriage [of the Virgin: a painting by Raphael})
- Il pensieroso (The Thinker [a statue by Michelangelo])
- Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Salvator Rosa’s Song [transcription of a song traditionally attributed to the painter Rosa, 1615-1673])
- Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Petrarch’s Sonnet 47)
- Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Petrarch’s Sonnet 47)
- Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Petrarch’s Sonnet 123)
- Apres une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata (After Reading Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata)
- Venezia e Napoli (Venice and Naples [Supplement to the Second Year]
- Gondoliera (Gondolier’s Song [based on the song “La biondina in gondoletta” by Giovanni Battista Peruchini])
- Canzone (Song [based on the gondolier’s song “Nessun maggior dolore: in Rossini’s Otello])
- Tarantella [using themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, 1797-1847]
- Troisieme annee (Third Year)
- Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Angelus! Prayer to the Guardian Angels [dedicated to D. von Bulow]
- Aux cypres de la Villa d’Este I: Threnodie (To the Cypresses of the Villa d’Este I; Threnody)
- Aux cypres de la Villa d’Este II: Threenodie (To the Cypresses of the Villa d’Este II: Threnody)
- Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este (The Fountains of the Villa d’Este)
- Sunt lacrymae rerum/En mode hongrois (“There Are Tears for Things” / In the Hungarian Mode [dedicated to Hans von Bulow]
- Marche funebre (Funeral March[ in memory of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico]
- Sursum corda (Lift Up Your Hearts)
- Appendix: Related Works