SKU: BT.EMBZ14505A

English-German-Hungarian.

Of the early versions of works included in this volume the first versions of the notably popular Consolations cycle and Grand solo de concert (published in 1850) are of particular interest. In the first version of Consolations the third movement was a style hongrois piece whose thematic material was later used by Liszt in his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 (published in 1851). The first version of Grand solo de concert shows that the work did not originally include a slow middle section to be recapitulated towards the end as seen in the final version. This is a characteristically Lisztian feature that would reappear a few years later in his Sonata in B minor. A detailed preface inHungarian, English, and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles, and critical notes, makes this volume of the New Liszt Edition an important publication of immense scholarly value. Along with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a paperback version for practical use has also been published. This edition's contents are identical to those of the hardcover edition with the exception that the critical notes are not included.

Of the early versions of works included in Supplementary Volume 10, particular interest is expected in the first versions of the notably popular Consolations cycle and the monumental Grand solo de concert of 1850. In the first version of Consolationsthe third movement was a style hongrois piece whose thematic material Liszt used again later in the first piece of the Hungarian Rhapsodies published in 1851. The first version of the Grand solo de concert shows that the original concept did notinclude the slow “movement” that would be placed in the middle of the work and recapitulated towards the end in the final version - a characteristically Lisztian feature that would reappear a few years later in the Sonata in B flat minor.A detailed preface in Hungarian, English and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles and critical notes make this volume of the New Liszt Edition a specially important publication of scholarly value. Simultaneously withthe Complete Edition volume in colth-bound, its paperback for practical purposes is also published, the contents of which, except for the critical notes, is identical with the Complete Edition volume.

Von den im vorliegenden Band veröffentlichten Werkversionen dürften der außerordentlich populäre Consolations-Zyklus sowie die Erstfassung des 1850 entstandenen Grand solo de concert (Großes Konzertsolo) auf besonderes Interesse stoßen. In der ersten Fassung der Consolations stand an dritter Stelle noch ein Stück im ungarischen Stil, dessen Thematik Liszt später im 1851 herausgegebenen 1. Stück der Ungarischen Rhapsodien verwendete. Die erste Version des Großen Konzertsolos belegt, dass der in der Mitte der Komposition angelegte und kurz vor Ende rekapitulierte langsame Teil, welcher zum typisch Lisztschen Element der endgültigen Fassung des Konzertsolos - und einige Jahre späterauch der H-Moll-Sonate - wird, noch kein Bestandteil der ursprünglichen Konzeption war.

SKU: A2.GMP014

ISBN 979-0-58039-013-4. 8.5x11 inches.

This volume features nine theme-and-variation sets composed in the early through mid-nineteenth century by Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812), Otto Dresel (1826-90), and American composers of the early nineteenth century. Based on a variety of popular songs and dances of the period, as well as on original themes, these highly virtuosic pieces are ideal concert repertoire.

SKU: HL.50610016

Supplement 8 of the New Liszt Edition contains first versions of Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 12-21 and two shorter Liszt pieces with a Hungarian connection. All works in the volume appear here for the first time in a scholarly edition. This version of the Hungarian Rhapsodies ensued in 1846-50 from Magyar dallok (Hungarian Songs) Nos 1-11, published in Supplement 7. Piece No. 13 is based on the Rákóczi March, which Liszt set on several occasions. It had been a vital encore piece since his first concert in Hungary in 1839. Inclusion in this volume of the first version of the piece known as the Mosonyi Funeral March (a forerunner of the much later No. 7 in the Hungarian Historical Portraits) is especially notable as its autograph manuscript only emerged recently. A detailed preface in Hungarian, English, and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles, and critical notes, makes this volume of the New Liszt Edition an important publication of immense scholarly value. Along with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a paperback version for practical use has also been published. This edition's contents are identical to those of the hardcover edition with the exception that the critical notes are not included. CONTENTS: 1. Rhapsodies hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 5 No. 12 Héroide élégiaque 2.Rapsodies hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 6 No. 13 3.Rapsodien hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 7 No. 14 4.Rapsodies hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 8 No. 15 5.Rapsodies hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 9 No. 16 6.Rapsodies hongroises R 105b, SW/SH 242/12-17, NG2 A60b - Cahier 10 No. 17 7.Rapsodies hongroises R 105c, SW/SH 242/18-21, NG2 A60c - No. 18 8.Rapsodies hongroises R 105c, SW/SH 242/18-21, NG2 A60c - No. 19 9.Rapsodies hongroises R 105c, SW/SH 242/18-21, NG2 A60c - No. 20 10.Rapsodies hongroises R 105c, SW/SH 242/18-21, NG2 A60c - No. 21 11. Mosonyis Grabgeleit - Original version R 110, SW/SH 194, NG2 A249, 3rd conclusion or conclusion of the 2nd version of Historische ungarische Bilndnisse no. 7 (R 112/7, SW 205/7), SH 205a/7ii, (NG2 A335/7) 12.Dem Andenken Petofis. Mélodie R 111, SW/SH 195, NG2 A279 13.Appendix - Rákóczi-Marsch. Leichtere Version (Fragment) R-, SW-, SH 692d, NG2 A59 (simplified version) 14.Appendix - Rapsodies hongroises R-, SW-, SH 242a, NG2 A59 (simplified version) No. 13 Album leaf 15.Appendix - Ungarische Königslied R 215, SW/SH 544, NG2 A328 - Memorial leaf 16.Appendix - Album leaf R-, SW/SH-, NG2-.

SKU: PR.110418490

ISBN 9781491137260. UPC: 680160690022.

Carter Pann writes, the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us much about the work, whose movements are an enterprising tango, a bombastic central movement with virtuosic thrust, and a and a hymn heard from afar without any sense of marked time.
Three Rhapsodies was commissioned by the American Composers Forum with complete support from the Thelma E. Hunter Fund. The premiere performance took place in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York by pianist Marina Lomazov.As with all of my piano works, this was very much an at-the-piano compositional experience. As a pianist I cannot imagine writing a solo work away from the instrument (though at times that would be quite convenient).The whole work explores a palette of impassioned emotions – sometimes veiled, sometimes emboldened, or even outrageous at times. There are technical freedoms in each movement, allowing the pianist to stretch their interpretive inclinations to great lengths. In this way the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which make them truer as rhapsodies.The first movement is a tango with real wanderlust. The second reminds me of Rachmaninoff’s Polka de W.R. in its bombast, but also Chopin’s sixteenth prelude with its sheer virtuosic thrust. The third is a hymn heard from afar with no rhythmic drive, only sheened sonority.