Franz Liszt - Tre Sonetti di Petrarca (S.270a)

[@JAndrade96]

I’m impressed, i was not expecting Pavarotti singing some stuff of Liszt, wonderful

[@Bruceykeys]

Incredible! The first is my favourite sonnet but i had no idea Liszt transcribed them for piano and voice

[@treesny]

It was the other way round. This version for tenor voice and piano came first, followed by the two different transcriptions for piano solo, followed by the late version for low voice (baritone or mezzo-soprano) and piano.

[@Bruceykeys]

@@treesny oh right thank you for that

[@bridges7173]

You upload very interesting pieces on the channel!! I knew these pieces for piano, I didn't know there were adaptations for piano and voice. Amazing!!! I subscribe to receive all updates. I hope the channel grows more and more.

[@mezzzzzzzzo]

Thank you!

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[@treesny]

The original version of the three Petrarch Sonnets is this one for tenor and piano. Liszt later made two different transcriptions for piano solo, the second of which forms part of Year Two: Italy of the Pilgrimage Years. Later still, Liszt made a new version for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and piano -- much more reflective and less histrionic. So far as I know, while Liszt made many piano-only transcriptions of his songs for voice and piano, with one or two minor exceptions he never turned an original piano piece into a vocal work.

[@ruramikael]

@@treesny Actually, Ab Irato was expanded to the song Le Juif Errant, and the 2nd Liebestraum existed as a short piano piece as early as 1845.

[@treesny]

Thank you for this helpful information; I've adjusted my original post accordingly. I should have caught the first one (as I know both pieces), but was unaware of the second. The latter certainly makes sense, as Liszt repeats parts of the text in "Gestorben was ich" as though he were trying to fit words to an existing melody, which apparently he was.@@ruramikael

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