Liszt's birthday - some pieces

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Liszt was born on this day, 22th October, in 1811.

To mark this seismic event in piano history in my own little way, here are a few of my favourite Liszt pieces. I've posted these before over the years but I don't imagine many people will have heard all of them.

Rarely performed Verdi paraphrase:

my personal favourite transcription:
video slideshow:

(apologies if this is blocked in certain countries)

and attached is one of the most flamboyant later Liszt paraphrases.

Hope you like these pieces!

[georgey]

Happy 207th birthday to Franz Liszt.  Great performances!  Thanks for sharing.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Thanks The Rienzi in particular is so pianistically written. It sounds very flashy but isn't actually super difficult.