Complete Piano Transcriptions From Wagner S Operas

Liszt's reputation as the supreme pianist of the 19th century often overshadowed his other achievements, including transcribing the works of such composers as Richard Wagner for the piano. This collection features all 15 of Liszt's brilliant compositions of Wagnerian themes from Rienzi, Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Parsifal, and others from 1848 to 1882.

This original transcription of popular opera melodies for solo piano features 50 pieces, comprising about half of the current performance repertoire and representing nearly all of the major composers.

These virtuoso transpositions of themes by Mozart, Verdi, Bellini, and other masters offer unforgettable music for piano. This affordable anthology was published in association with the American Liszt Society.

March 2001 (cloth 1981)192 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 paper 0-253-21456-4 $19.95 s

Authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel editions of Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. Unabridged. "

These extremely worthwhile but lesser-known songs rank among the finest of 19th-century lieder. The scores consist of piano parts with accompanying texts in French, German, or Italian, plus English translations.