Complete Piano Transcriptions from Wagner’s Operas

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Review: Wagner has always been one of my favorite composers; his music has such incredibly intense emotional power. These transcriptions by Franz Liszt are the work of genius, in bringing off Wagner's orchestral music on the piano. From the Tannhauser "Abendstern" aria to the Tannhauser overture to the Rienzi fantasy to the Walhall transcription, this is great music displaying Wagner's harmonic and melodic genius and Liszt's brilliant pianistic ability.

There are a number of textual mistakes that I've noted in the text, however (actually, quite a few mistakes); but it's worth putting up with to get this edition. You'd have a hard time of finding these pieces in any other edition.

Extremely difficult music, though (even for Liszt) - not for the faint of heart or fingers.