Liszt F. Annees de Pelerinage. Volume 1

The “Compozitor Publishing House” (St Petersburg) offers your attention the publication of the well-known piano cycle “Années de pelerinage” by F. Liszt in two volumes. The first volume of our edition includes the “Première année. Suisse” (1848–1854); the second volume — “Seconde année. Italie” (1837–1839), “Venezia е Napoli” (1859) and the piece “Les jeux d'eaux à la villa d'Este” from “Troisieme année” (1867–1877), mostly often performed by the pianists.

Just survey this immense work and recall Liszt's own words: “Music masterpieces will no doubt imbibe more and more ideas from the literature”. Once Liszt determined the novel “Obermann” (1804) by the French pre-romantic writer Etienne de Sénancour: (1770–1846) “the story about human spirit's unique development”. It should be mentioned, that this exact literary work inspired the composer's imagination, while his fantasy gave birth to the piece “Vallee d' Obermann” (“Premiere année. Suisse”). Therefore it must be true the “Annees de Pelerinage” as the story about the artist's spiritual perfection through the amalgamation with the world aesthetic creations.

Contents:

I. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (Music text example)
II. Ay lac wallenstadt
III. Pastorale
IV. Au bord d'une source
V. Orage
VI. Vallée d'Obermann
VII. Églogue (Music text example)
VIII. Le mal du pays
IX. Les cloches de Genêve