Franz Liszt's adult composing and performing career can be divided into three stages:
1) From about 1830 through 1847 Liszt focused on works for solo piano capped by
nine years of intensive touring and becoming the most famous musician in the
world. It is in this period that the word "Lisztomania" is coined.
2) From 1848 through the 1860s, Liszt composed orchestra music, including two
symphonies, 13 symphonic poems, three piano concertos, and a few shorter
works for piano and orchestra.
He also completed some major solo piano works like his piano sonata, the first two
3) In 1775, Liszt returns to composing solo piano music, but in a new style that will
influence 20th century piano composers. He continues to write sacred choral music
during this period. Liszt dies July 31, 1886.
A Full List of Franz Liszt's Compositions
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Vocal Music (An Excellent example)
Sacred: Christus (1862 - 1866) (3 hours - audio only - play)
Besides Christus, Liszt wrote dozens of sacred vocal music works in various genres.
He also wrote numerous secular choral works. Very few of either are performed today.
The Early Works (to 1869):
Works for Solo Piano
Liszt's transcriptions: Besides his original piano compositions, Liszt transcribed the
Sets of Liszt's solo piano compositions:
Three Concert Études (1847 - 1849) No. 3 is most famous
Grandes études de Paganini (Paganini Etudes) 6 etudes (1851)
Transcendental Ètudes (12) (finished 1852) Daniil Trifonov, piano. (1:05:00, play)
Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage):
I. Suisse (1848 - 1855) 9 pieces
II. Italie (1846 - 1849) 7 pieces
II. Supplément: Venezia e Napoli (1859) 3 pieces
III. (1877 - 1882) 7 pieces
Lazar Berman, piano. (3 hours, audio only - play)
Liebesträume (Dream of Love) (3) (1850) No. 3 is most famous
Consolations (6) (1850) No. 3 is most famous
Grosses Konzertsolo (aka Concerto Pathétique) (S.176) (1851)
Mephisto Waltzes 4 waltzes (1859-63, 1880-81, 1883-85) No. 1 is most famous
The Early Works (to 1869):
Works for Solo Piano
Liszt's transcriptions: Besides his original piano compositions, Liszt transcribed the
vocal and orchestra works of over 100 other composers for solo piano. Perhaps most
notably, he transcribed Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and played it on his
concert tours to promote the work. His other transcriptions include opera melodies,
Bach's religious choral works, Franz Schubert's lieder, and Beethoven's orchestra works.
Well known Liszt individual solo piano compositions:
Grand galop chromatique in Eb major (1838) Influences Offenbach's "Can-Can"
Rondo Fantastique 'El Contrabandista' (1837) - Valentina Lisitsa (11:10)
Réminiscences de Don Juan (1841) - Valentina Lisitsa (14:30)
Romance, S. 169 "Oh pouroqui donc (Why, oh Why?) (1848)
Piano Sonata in B minor (1853) Yuja Wang, piano (32:00, play)
notably, he transcribed Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and played it on his
concert tours to promote the work. His other transcriptions include opera melodies,
Bach's religious choral works, Franz Schubert's lieder, and Beethoven's orchestra works.
Well known Liszt individual solo piano compositions:
Grand galop chromatique in Eb major (1838) Influences Offenbach's "Can-Can"
Rondo Fantastique 'El Contrabandista' (1837) - Valentina Lisitsa (11:10)
Réminiscences de Don Juan (1841) - Valentina Lisitsa (14:30)
Romance, S. 169 "Oh pouroqui donc (Why, oh Why?) (1848)
Piano Sonata in B minor (1853) Yuja Wang, piano (32:00, play)
Sets of Liszt's solo piano compositions:
Three Concert Études (1847 - 1849) No. 3 is most famous
Grandes études de Paganini (Paganini Etudes) 6 etudes (1851)
Transcendental Ètudes (12) (finished 1852) Daniil Trifonov, piano. (1:05:00, play)
Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage):
I. Suisse (1848 - 1855) 9 pieces
II. Italie (1846 - 1849) 7 pieces
II. Supplément: Venezia e Napoli (1859) 3 pieces
III. (1877 - 1882) 7 pieces
Lazar Berman, piano. (3 hours, audio only - play)
Liebesträume (Dream of Love) (3) (1850) No. 3 is most famous
Consolations (6) (1850) No. 3 is most famous
Grosses Konzertsolo (aka Concerto Pathétique) (S.176) (1851)
Mephisto Waltzes 4 waltzes (1859-63, 1880-81, 1883-85) No. 1 is most famous
Hungarian Rhapsodies 19 rhapsodies (1846 - 1852, 1882, 1885) No. 2 is very famous
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies) 10 pieces (1847) No. 7, "funérailles" (funeral) is the most popular.
Orchestra Works with Piano
Boris Berezovsky, piano. l’Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France,
Constantin Trinks, cond. (21:20 - play)
Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien (Hungarian Fantasy) (1852)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano. Frankfurt Radio S.O., Jérémie Rhorer. (15:45 - play)
Piano Concerto #1 in Eb major (finished 1849)
Lang Lang, piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, cond. (21:00 - play)
Piano Concerto #2 in A major (finished 1861)
Khatia Buniatishvili, L'Orchestre de Paris, Andrey Boreyko, cond (22:00 - play)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, S125a (This work was discovered in 1989.
Symphonic Poems (All of Liszt's 13) List of 60 Top Symphonic Poems Ever
No. 3 - Les Preludes Daniel Barenboim / Berlin Phil. (18 min) Play
No. 4 - Orpheus
No. 6 - Mazeppa (1851)
A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109 (Dante's Symphony) (premiered 1857)
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies) 10 pieces (1847) No. 7, "funérailles" (funeral) is the most popular.
Orchestra Works with Piano
Totentanz (Dance of the Dead), S. 126 (1849, rev. 1853 & 1859)
Boris Berezovsky, piano. l’Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France,
Constantin Trinks, cond. (21:20 - play)
Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien (Hungarian Fantasy) (1852)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano. Frankfurt Radio S.O., Jérémie Rhorer. (15:45 - play)
Piano Concerto #1 in Eb major (finished 1849)
Lang Lang, piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, cond. (21:00 - play)
Piano Concerto #2 in A major (finished 1861)
Khatia Buniatishvili, L'Orchestre de Paris, Andrey Boreyko, cond (22:00 - play)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, S125a (This work was discovered in 1989.
Composing dates unsure, it has seldom been recorded or performed)
Orchestra Works - No Piano Symphonic Poems (All of Liszt's 13) List of 60 Top Symphonic Poems Ever
No. 3 - Les Preludes Daniel Barenboim / Berlin Phil. (18 min) Play
No. 4 - Orpheus
No. 6 - Mazeppa (1851)
A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109 (Dante's Symphony) (premiered 1857)
Sinfonica Galacia, Dima Slobodenioak, cond. (52 min) Play
A Faust Symphony in three character pictures (Faust Symphony) (premiered 1858)
A Faust Symphony in three character pictures (Faust Symphony) (premiered 1858)
Late Piano Works (1875 - 1886) Article: The Late Works of Franz Liszt
Additions to Earlier Collections:
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 16 - 19 (1882 - 1885)
Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage): III. (1877 - 1882) 7 pieces (see above)
Mephisto Waltzes Nos. 2,3,& 4 (1881 - 85)
Individual Compositions:
Nuages gris (Grey Clouds), S.199 or Trübe Wolken (1881)
Mephisto Polka (1882)
Bagatelle sans tonalité (Bagatelle without tonality) (1885)
La lugubre gondola (1882)
Historical Hungarian Portraits (1885)
Organ Music (An excellent example)
Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H (1859, rev. 1870) (14:00, play)
Additions to Earlier Collections:
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 16 - 19 (1882 - 1885)
Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage): III. (1877 - 1882) 7 pieces (see above)
Mephisto Waltzes Nos. 2,3,& 4 (1881 - 85)
Individual Compositions:
Nuages gris (Grey Clouds), S.199 or Trübe Wolken (1881)
Mephisto Polka (1882)
Bagatelle sans tonalité (Bagatelle without tonality) (1885)
La lugubre gondola (1882)
Historical Hungarian Portraits (1885)
Organ Music (An excellent example)
Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H (1859, rev. 1870) (14:00, play)
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