Mephisto Waltz and Other Works for Solo Piano

Mephisto Waltz and Other Works for Solo PianoA prolific composer and virtuoso pianist, Franz Liszt (18111886) was the most lionized musical personality of his time. His compositions for solo piano continue to be loved and admired by pianists and their audiences for their lush Romanticism and technical fireworks. They remain among the most frequently performed works in the repertoire. This choice selection of Liszt piano works reveals the powers at this extraordinary composer's command: Mephisto

battle copters

and French singing texts

god silent

Inventively retold and vividly illustrated

extends from the image of a pomegranate

Reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel edition

marriage to the celestial bridegroom

It is also an enlightening summary of the facts and forces which influenced the history of American architecture

elegant presentations of food

one of the fathers of modern beekeeping techniques

"A good deal of my research in physics has consisted in not setting out to solve some particular problem

or romantic—to any handwritten message or meditative journal