Hungarian-born pianist and composer Liszt was a towering figure in the romantic era how was a dazzling and flamboyant piano virtuoso.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (LW A179) 1851 30:03 Keyboard
Ballade, for piano No. 2 (II) in B minor, S. 171 (LW A181) 1853 14:41 Keyboard
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4) 1835 18:29 Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125 (LW H6) 1839 20:53 Concerto
Légendes (2), for piano, S.175 (LW A219) 1863 17:40 Keyboard
Nuages gris (Trübe Wolken), for piano, S. 199 (LW A305) 1881 03:01 Keyboard
Totentanz, for piano & orchestra, S. 126 (LW H8) 1847 15:22 Concerto
Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3) 1848 15:50 Orchestral
Mephisto Waltz, for orchestra No. 1 ("Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke"), S. 110/2 (LW G16/2) (Episoden aus Lenaus Faust No. 2) 1857 11:08 Orchestral
Consolations (6), for piano, S. 172 (LW A111a/2) 1849 17:03 Keyboard
Paganini Etudes (6) (Grandes Études de Paganini), for piano, S. 141 (LW A173) 1851 20:59 Keyboard
Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, for piano, S. 434 (LW A187) (after Verdi) 1859 06:56 Keyboard
Orpheus, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 98 (LW G9) 1853 11:17 Orchestral
Weihnachtsbaum, for piano, S. 186 (LW A267) 1873 13:08 Keyboard
Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo, symphonic poem for orchestra (4 versions), S. 96 (LW G2) 1847 20:29 Orchestral
Bagatelle sans tonalité, for piano, S. 216a (LW A338) 1885 02:56 Keyboard
La Lugubre gondola I, for piano, S. 200/1 (LW A319a) 1884 05:02 Keyboard
Venezia e Napoli II (3), for piano, S. 162 (LW A197) 1859 18:06 Keyboard
Variationen über das Motiv von Bach: Weinen, Klagen, for organ, S. 673 (LW E17) 1863 17:49 Keyboard
Mazeppa, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 100 (LW G7) 1851 16:13 Orchestral
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