Años de peregrinaje

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