Need help identifying Liszt excerpt

[perprocrastinate]

What is the piece played immediately at the beginning of the video?

[j_menz]

Right at the start? Liszt's transcription of the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde (S 447).

Score here.

[perprocrastinate]

Right at the start? Liszt's transcription of the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan & Isolde (S 447).

Score here.

Thank you! Those few seconds of music were so immediately captivating that I just had to hear more, and that doesn't happen to me very often with Liszt.

[j_menz]

Thank you! Those few seconds of music were so immediately captivating that I just had to hear more, and that doesn't happen to me very often with Liszt.

To be fair, the captivation probably owes a bit to Wagner. Try the original

Or better still, listen to the whole opera!

[invictious]

To be fair, the captivation probably owes a bit to Wagner. Try the original

Or better still, listen to the whole opera!

Only if you have 5 hours to spare!

The sore back and starving stomach is absolutely worth it though!