These six little piano pieces are among Liszt’s best-known works and are comparatively easy to play – a rarity amongst the composer’s often eccentric and virtuosic works. In 1844 Liszt had already begun work on the cycle that was only published in 1850. Although he had the pieces engraved, this version was never actually printed. He replaced no. 3, a precursor to the first Hungarian Rhapsody, with a piece in the style of a nocturne by Chopin (it can occasionally be heard as an encore at piano recitals), and he simplified the remaining numbers. In the second part of our edition we have reproduced the complete early version for the first time.
這六首小鋼琴曲是李斯特最著名的作品之一,而且相對容易演奏——這在他那些風格奇特、技巧精湛的作品中實屬罕見。早在1844年,李斯特就開始創作這套鋼琴曲集,但直到1850年才得以出版。儘管他已將這些樂曲刻版,但這個版本從未正式印刷發行。他將第三首(第一首匈牙利狂想曲的前身)替換成了一首蕭邦夜曲風格的作品(這首曲子偶爾會在鋼琴獨奏音樂會上作為返場曲目出現),並簡化了其餘曲目。在本版樂譜的第二部分,我們首次完整地收錄了這套早期版本。