Franz Liszt – 6 Consolations 1st & 1850 Version Piano Book

Franz Liszt – 6 Consolations 1st & 1850 Version Piano Book

These six little piano pieces are among Liszt’s best-known works and are comparatively easy to play a rarity amongst the composer’s often eccentric and virtuosic works. In 1844 Liszt, had already begun work on the cycle that was only published in 1850. Although he had the pieces engraved, this version was never actually printed. He replaced no. 3, a precursor to the first Hungarian Rhapsody, with a piece in the style of a nocturne by Chopin (it can occasionally be heard as an encore at piano recitals), and he simplified the remaining numbers.

In the second part of our edition, we have reproduced the complete early version for the first time. Edited by Ernst-Ganter Heinemann, AuriaEckhardt with fingerings by Klaus Schilde. 48 pages.

Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era and remains one of the most popular composers in modern concert piano repertoire.