Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. Liszt is widely considered to be one of the greatest piano virtuosi of all time, and certainly the most famous of the nineteenth century.

Noted Works

• (1822) Variation on a Theme by Diabelli (S/G147, R26)
• (1826) Etude in Twelve Exercises, including No. 10 in F Minor
• (1832) Grande Fantasie de Bravoure sur La Clochette, variations (S/G420, R321)
• (1833) Arrangement of "Scaffold March" from Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique (S/G470, R136)
• (1833) Divertissement on the Cavatina "I tuoi frequenti palpiti" from Pacini's La Niobe (S/G419, R230)
• (1838) Grandes Etudes de Paganini, including No. 3, "La Campanella"; and No. 5, "The Chase" (revised 1851)
• (1841) Feuilles d'album ('Album Leaves'), (S/G165)
• (1841) Réminiscences de Don Juan, (S/G418)
• (1848) Trois Études de Concert No. 3, Un Sospiro ("A sigh"), Etude No. 39 (piano solo) (S/G144, R5)
• (1848-53) Années de Pèlerinage: Première Année — Suisse; Deuxième Année — Italie - Venezia e Napoli; Troisième Année
• (1848-61) Twelve Symphonic Poems
• Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, (1848-9) (after Victor Hugo)
• Tasso: lamento e trionfo, (1849) (after Byron)
• Les préludes, after Lamartine (1848, rev. before 1854)
• Orpheus, (1853-4)
• Prometheus, (1850)
• Mazeppa, (1851)
• Festklänge, (1853)
• Héroïde funèbre, (1849-50)
• Hungaria, (1854)
• Hamlet, (1858)
• Hunnenschlacht, (1857)
• Die Ideale (1857), after Schiller
• (1849) Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat Major (S/G124)
• (1849) Piano Concerto no. 2 in A Major (S/G125) (revised 1861)
• (1849) Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuse, (S/G173) a collection of solo piano pieces including Funerailles.
• (1849) Totentanz ('Dance of death') (S/G126ii), piano concerto. (revised 1853-1859)
• (1850) Liebestraume No. 3 ("Dreams of Love") in A♭ Major (piano solo) (S/G541, R211)
• (1851) Transcendental Etudes (Prelude, Molto Vivace, Paysage, Mazeppa, Feux Follets, Vision, Eroica, Wilde Jagd, Ricordanza, Allegro Agitato Molto, Harmonies du soir, and Chasse-niege. Known well for being technically difficult, notedly Mazeppa and Feux Follets) (S/G139, R2B)
• (1851) Nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies (S/G244, R106) - Rhapsody No. 2 became famous in the modern day as a popular piece for accompaniment of animated cartoons, during the golden age of animation; Rhapsody No. 19 in D Minor (1885) is also of note.
• (1853) Piano Sonata in B minor (S/G178, R21)
• (1854) Faust Symphony
• (1857) Dante Symphony
• (1860) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (piano solo) (S/G514, R181)
• (1866) Christus (S/G498b)
• (1881) Nuages Gris ('Grey clouds') (S/G199, R78)
• (1885) Bagatelle sans tonalité

Note: Although Liszt provided opus numbers for his works during his lifetime, these are rarely used today. Instead, his works are usually identified using one of two different cataloging schemes:

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• More commonly used in English speaking countries are the "S" or "G" numbers, derived from Humphrey Searle catalogue of the 1960s, The Music of Liszt. http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/liszt_index.asp
• Less commonly used is the "R" number, which derives from Peter Raabe's 1931 catalogue Franz Liszt: Leben und Schaffen.

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External catalogue

• A complete list of Liszt's works along with S and R catalogue numbers