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Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies), S.173, is a cycle of piano pieces written by Franz Liszt at Woronińce (Voronivtsi, the Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt's mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein) in 1847, and published in 1853.
The pieces are all based on some of the Caprices (Nos. 6/5, 17, 1, 9, and 24) and concertos (No. 2/1) by Niccolò Paganini for violin, and are among the most technically demanding pieces in pianistics (especially the original versions, before Liszt revised them, thinning the textures and removing some of the more outrageous technical difficulties).
2nd version of S.171a/4; arr. for org/harm by Liszt and Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg as S.672d/2; arr. for vc pf/org/harm by Liszt and Deswert as S.382a/2 172/5 A111b/5 (Andantino) pf E major 1849–50 Piano, original 2nd version of S.171a/5; arr. for org/harm by Liszt and Gottschalg as S.672d/3 172/6 A111b/6 (Allegretto sempre cantabile) pf E ...
The most popular of the series and, along with the third Waltz, most praised musically, the Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke: Erster Mephisto-Walzer ("The Dance in the Village Inn: First Mephisto-Waltz"), or the First Mephisto Waltz, is the second of two short works he wrote for orchestra under the title Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust.
The Deux légendes (French: Two legends) are a pair of pieces for solo piano, (S.175 in the catalogue compiled by Humphrey Searle) by Franz Liszt, written in 1863. In 1863 Liszt made an orchestration of both legendes, S. 113 a/1 and S. 113 a/2.
A score exists in the hand of Liszt's disciple and amanuensis Joachim Raff of an Ouvertüre des Quatre élémens with a four-page correction in Liszt's hand, headed "4 Elements Seite 25", and datable to 1850. [6] The Overture was substantially reworked by Liszt a few years later to become the symphonic poem Les préludes (The Beginnings).
The musicians did not complete the piece on time, but the concert was held as scheduled. The concert's highlight was a piano "duel" between Thalberg and Liszt for the title of "greatest pianist in the world." Princess Belgiojoso announced her diplomatic judgment: "Thalberg is the first pianist in the world–Liszt is unique." [2]
The piece has been described by Carl Lachmund, one of Liszt's students, as more characteristic of Liszt's style than the more renowned D ♭ major third Consolation. [35] Lachmund provides insight into the style in which Liszt played the Consolation, stating: