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Trois Études de concert, S. 144

LW A118 · R. 5 · 1848

[Wikipedia] · [IMSLP]

Total duration: 20'

1. Il lamento
2. La leggierezza
3. Un sospiro

The Italian titles for the études are not by Liszt.

Recommended editions

New Liszt Edition (Editio Musica Budapest) · I/2 · Z. A/B 5412 · Studies II · ed. Zoltán Gárdonyi/István Szelényi
Editio Musica Budapest · Z. 15071 · ed. Adrienne Kaczmarczyk
Henle · HN 481 · ed. Peter Jost

1. Il lamento

Duration: 9' 30"

Difficulty: 4

Trois Études de concert, S. 144; 1. Il lamento

2. La leggierezza

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 4.5

Trois Études de concert, S. 144; 2. La leggierezza

3. Un sospiro

Liszt wrote multiple cadenzas to be played after the ascending scale that ends bar 52: one for Henrik Gobbi (listed with S. 144), one each for Auguste Rennebaum and Lina Schmalhausen (both S. 144/3bis), and one each for Luisa Cognetti and Eduard Dannreuther (both S. 144/3ter). Liszt also wrote a slight variant of the closing bars for Lina Schmalhausen (listed with S. 144).

Duration: 5' 30"

Difficulty: 4.5

Trois Études de concert, S. 144; 3. Un sospiro