Annees de pelerinage: Troisieme Annee (Italie), Trois Odes funebres – Piano

Description

This final volume in Liszt’sAnnées de pèlerinagein the Urtext edition by renowned Liszt scholar, Leslie Howard, contains theTroisième Année – ItalieS163, together withTrois Odes funèbresS516, S516a & S517. Although theOdes funèbresare not originally part of theAnnéesthey have been included in this volume because they form a musical and spiritual bridge betweenAnnées IIandIII. Together, these works demonstrate a character not met elsewhere in the great music literature of the nineteenth century. The thinning out of the style, almost to the point of deliberate barrenness, and the simultaneous impression of avant-garde pioneering and the reflection in solitude, even loneliness, that comes with age are particular to Liszt.

• Final volume of theAnnées de pèlerinageseries by acknowledged Liszt specialist Leslie Howard
• Informative Preface and Critical Notes
• With original illustrations and historical texts