Piano Sonata in B minor / Grandes Études de Paganini

Album by Franz Liszt & Cécile Ousset

Piano Sonata in B minor / Grandes Études de Paganini is a pairing of piano works by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, composed in the mid‑19th century (the sonata completed in 1853 and the Grandes Études composed across roughly 1838–1851). Both works exemplify Liszt's virtuosic Romantic piano style: the sonata is a single‑movement, thematically unified masterpiece that expanded the structural and expressive possibilities of piano composition, while the études adapt violin virtuosity into technically demanding piano studies that shaped the instrument's concert repertoire and pedagogy.

Piano Sonata in B minor / Grandes Études de Paganini by Liszt - album cover

First released: 1985

Classical

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1.
Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
29:25
2.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 1 in G minor: Preludio: Andante
5:08
3.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 2 in E-flat major: Andante - Andantino capriccioso
5:44
4.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 in G-sharp minor "La Campanella": Allegretto
4:45
5.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 4 in E major: Vivo
2:08
6.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 5 in E major: Allegretto
2:44
7.
Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 No. 6 in A minor: Quasi presto
5:08