Favorite Piece by Liszt?

[outin]

True, I think he totally continued what chopin would have as well, if he didn't  pass away...

You think? I sometimes think if Chopin had lived close to the 20th century he might have done something along the lines of Scriabin, just with a more concervative flavor (less weird like his early stuff was).

[stoudemirestat]

True, I think he totally continued what chopin would have as well, if he didn't  pass away...

I disagree with this. They were two completely different composers.

[stoudemirestat]

As I said, I can't choose absolute favourites with Liszt...but here's a virtually unknown piece i've been listening to a lot lately and is probably now part of what would be my list of favourite Liszt piano works.

What an incredible piece!

[j_menz]

What an incredible piece!

Indeed. If you are not already aware of them, the other two funeral odes in the set may also be to your taste:

[stoudemirestat]

Indeed. If you are not already aware of them, the other two funeral odes in the set may also be to your taste:

Yes, I do know these works quite well. I really like both of them, but not quite as favourites. The Tasse piece is the one I like most, for sure, but the cycle as a whole I think deserves more attention - one of his most heartfelt and profound!

I actually prefer the version of Les Morts for orchestra, choir, and narrator to the piano version although I wouldn't quite call it a favourite among his choral works either. I believe it was Paul Merrick who thought it one of his finest works and an essential psychological document for understanding Liszt and his art.

[redbaron]

La Campanella
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Spanish Rhapsody
Paganini Etude No. 6
Mazeppa
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Consolation No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 1
Tarantella
Liebestraum No. 2

[dalekcaanman]

My Favourite peices by Liszt are Hungarian no.2, La Campanella and Transcendental Etude no. 1.

[chopin2015]

Which one?

Oh they are both pristine, but I love the first one, makes me cry like a baby.( I say that about alot of things o_O )

Oh and I am sorry I did not know there were 3 but I still just like the first one the most. All his valse are nice though.

[chopianologue]

Grand concert etude no.3 - Un Sospiro
Rondeau Fantastique
Paganini etude no.6(A minor)
La Campanella
Mozart-Liszt - Requiem
Liebestraum no.3
La Campanella
Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt - Danse Macabre

and the great final is:
Hungarian Rhapsody no.2

[vsrinivasa]

My favourite Liszt pieces are (in order):
Romance in E minor
Un Sospiro
Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este
Au lac de Wallenstadt
Au bord d'une source
Liebestraum No. 3

[cmg]

"Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude"

[stoudemirestat]

Alright. I think I can finally do this, but only in a broad sense and my favourites change almost daily.

All in a rough order.

Solo Piano.

Including groups:

1. Piano Sonata.
2. Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen.
3. Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année; Italie.
4. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses.
5. Douze études d'exécution transcendante.Ballade No. 2.
6. Années de pèlerinage. Première année; Suisse.
7. Ballade No. 2.
8. Deux épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau.
9. Réminiscences de Norma, Réminiscences de Don Juan.
10. Trois Odes Funèbres.
11. Années de pèlerinage. Troisième année.
12. Deux légendes.

Single pieces

1. Piano Sonata.
2. Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen.
3. Pensée des morts.
4. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata.
5. Vallée d'Obermann.
6. Ballade No. 2.
7. Chasse-Neige.
8. Mephisto Waltz No. 1.
9. Réminiscences de Norma.
10. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.
11. Réminiscences de Don Juan.
12. Le Triomphe funèbre du Tasse.

Orchestra.

1. Eine Faust-Symphonie.
2. Eine Symphonie zu Dante's Divina Commedia.
3. Les préludes.
4. Deux épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau.
5. Orpheus.
6. Trois Odes Funèbres.
7. Héroïde funèbre.
8. Hungaria.
9. Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo.
10. Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe.
11. Hunnenschlacht.
12. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne.

Choral

1. Christus.
2. Missa solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran.
3. Via Crucis.
4. Die Glocken des Strassburger Münsters.
5. Hungarian Coronation Mass.
6. Psalm 13.
7. Psalm 137.
8. Die heilige Cäcilia.
9. The Legend of St. Elisabeth.
10. Ave verum corpus.
11. An die Künstler.
12. Missa choralis, organo concinente.

Other (he wrote many (supposedly very good) lieder, but I don't know them well enough to give even a somewhat accurate list).

1. Piano Concerto No. 2.
2. Totentanz.
3. Piano Concerto No. 1. 
4. Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale Ad nos, ad salutarem undam.
5. Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien.
6. Malédiction.

Overall.

1. Piano Sonata.
2. Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen.
3. Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année; Italie.
4. Eine Faust-Symphonie.
5. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses.
6. Eine Symphonie zu Dante's Divina Commedia.
7. Christus.
8. Douze études d'exécution transcendante.
9. Années de pèlerinage. Première année; Suisse.
10. Missa solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran.
11. Les préludes.
12. Ballade No. 2.
13. Deux épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau.
14. Piano Concerto No. 2.
15. Totentanz.
16. Réminiscences de Norma.
17. Trois Odes Funèbres.
18. Orpheus.
19. Années de pèlerinage. Troisième année.
20. Deux légendes.
21. Réminiscences de Don Juan.
22. La lugubre gondola II.
23. Piano Concerto No. 1.
24. Héroïde funèbre.
25. Via Crucis.

Hoorah.

[nanabush]

Well, the second Hungarian Rhapsody was the piece I heard that gave me the impression "Holy cow, Liszt kicks ass!", and it left a huge impression (who cares if everyone knows it!).  I'd probably say that one just because of the genuine reaction it drew from me when I was like 13.  I'm 23 now, and when I hear a new piece by a composer, I find that studying music at university h has forced me to put on a 'critical' listening cap... I zone in on the bad spots and the good spots, and have trouble just kicking back and enjoying a piece.

So, I stick by it:  HR2

Followed closely by the 6th HR, the 2nd and 10th TE's, and his Totentanz.

All of his stuff is great though!

[thesixthsensemusic]

Transcendental Etude no. 4 'Mazeppa'
Mephisto Waltz no. 1
Liebestraum no. 3
Au Bord d'Une Source
Waldesrauschen
Gnomenreigen

[williampiano]

La Lugubre Gondola no. 2

[starstruck5]

Au Lac de Wallenstadt -Consolation Db -Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 -Sonata in B Minor -

Proper music.

[redrobin62]

Totentanz, S525
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C#m

His transcription of the Tannhauser Overture makes me wonder, though. All the slight delays just before certain chords/passages are depressed - did Liszt write it this way or did Leslie Howard take liberties with the score? Also, the tempo is a bit slow and draggy compared to Wagner's original.