S163, S516, S516a, S517; Urtext
This final volume in Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage in the Urtext edition by renowned Liszt scholar, Leslie Howard, contains the Troisième Année – Italie S163, together with Trois Odes funèbres S516, S516a & S517. Although the Odes funèbres are not originally part of the Années they have been included in this volume because they form a musical and spiritual bridge between Années II and III. 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 the Années de pèlerinage series by acknowledged Liszt specialist Leslie Howard Informative Preface and Critical Notes With original illustrations and historical texts Other volumes of Liszt piano music from Edition Peters edited by Leslie Howard: Consolations / Liebesträume (Notturnos) EP7820, ISMN 979-0-57708-610-1 (published 2006) Two Episodes from Lenau’s ‘Faust’ EP7987, ISMN 979-0-57708-642-2 (published 2008) Sonata B minor EP71900, ISMN 979-057708-723-8 (published 2011) Trois Études de concert (S144) EP72780, ISMN 979-0-57701-106-6 (published 2016) Années de pèlerinage: Première Année – Suisse (S160) & Trois Morceaux suisses (S156b) EP72782, ISMN 979-0-57701-108-0 (published 2019) Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième Année – Italie (S161) & Venezia e Napoli (S162) EP72783, ISMN 979-0-57701-109-7 (published 2019)