LisztŒÍs Transcendental Studies (Etudes d'execution transcendante) of 1852 are without doubt among the triumphs of virtuoso piano music, and their visionary language and poetic expression make them a milestone of the romantic age. This set of twelve í©tudes represents the results of the composerŒÍs own revision of a collection already published in 1827 and 1839. Accordingly, the principal source for this edition was a printed copy of the earlier version with myriad changes in the composerŒÍs hand. Each of these pieces, including the famous ŒñHarmonies du soirŒî and ŒñMazeppaŒî,bears its own title and has entered the concert repertoire less as an í© tude than as a tone-poem with its own distinctive flavour.? Edited by Ernst-Gí_nter Heinemann with fingerings by Franz Liszt and preface by MíçriaEckhardt.
