Années de Pèlerinage

"Années de Pèlerinage" ("Years of Pilgrimage") (S.160, S.161, S.163) is a set of three suites by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Liszt's complete musical style is evident in this masterwork, which ranges from virtuosic fireworks to sincerely moving emotional statements. His musical maturity can be seen evolving through his experience and travel. The third volume is especially notable as an example of his later style: it was composed well after the first two volumes and often displays less showy virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation.

The suites

Première Année: Suisse

The title translates to "first year: Switzerland". It was published in 1855. Nos. 1–4, 6, 8 and 9 are revisions, composed 1848–1854, of pieces in the cycle "Album d'un voyageur", composed 1835–1836 and published in 1842. ["Années De Pèlerinage, Complete." Franz Liszt, J. Milstein. (ed.) (Dover Publications, 1987) ISBN 0486256278]

# "Chapelle de Guillaume Tell" (William Tell's Chapel)
# "Au Lac de Wallenstadt" (At the Lake of Wallenstadt)
# "Pastorale"
# "Au Bord d'une Source" (Beside a Spring)
# "Orage" (Storm)
# "Vallée d'Obermann" (Obermann's Valley)
# "Eglogue" (Eclogue)
# "Le Mal du Pays" (Homesickness)
# "Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne" (The Bells of Geneva: Nocturne)

Deuxième Année: Italie

Title translates as "second year: Italy" Published 1856; composed 1837–1849; nos. 4–6 are revisions of "Tre sonetti del Petrarca" (Three sonnets of Petrarch) composed ca. 1839–1846 and published 1846.
# "Sposalizio" (Marriage (of the Virgin: a painting by Raphael))
# "Il Pensieroso" (The Thinker (a statue by Michelangelo))
# "Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa" (Canzonetta of Salvator Rosa)
# "Sonetto 47 del Petrarca" (Petrarch's Sonnet 47)
# "Sonetto 104 del Petrarca" (Petrarch's Sonnet 104)
# "Sonetto 123 del Petrarca" (Petrarch's Sonnet 123)
# "" (After Reading Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata)
* "Venezia e Napoli" (Venice and Naples (supplement to the Second Year)) Published 1861; composed 1859, partially as a revision of an earlier set with the same name Composed ca. 1840)
# "Gondoliera"' (Gondolier's Song (based on the song "La Biondina in Gondoletta" Giovanni Battista Peruchini))
# "Canzone" (Canzone (based on the gondolier's song "Nessun Maggior Dolore" in Rossini's Otello))
# "Tarantella" (Tarantella (using themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, 1797–1847))

Troisième Année

Title means "third year". Published 1883; nos 1–4 and 7 composed in 1877; no 5, 1872; no 6, 1867
# "'Angélus! Prière aux Anges Gardiens" (Angelus! Prayer to the Guardian angels (dedicated to D. von Bulow))
# "Aux Cyprès de la Villa d'Este I: Thrénodie" (to the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este I: Threnody)
# "Aux Cyprès De La Villa d'Este II: Thrénodie" (to the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este II: Threnody)
# "'Les Jeux d'Eaux à la Villa d'Este" (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)
# "Sunt Lacrymae Rerum/En Mode Hongrois" ("There are Tears for Things"/In the Hungarian Mode (dedicated to Hans von Bulow))
# "Marche Funèbre" (Funeral March (in memory of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico)
# "Sursum Corda"' (Lift Up Your Hearts)

In media

ound recordings

There have been a few recordings made of the suites, in complete or incomplete form.

:Claudio Arrau ("1ere Année: Suisse") 1928, 1969, 1989:Claudio Arrau ("2e Année: Italie") 1937, 1969, 1982, 1984:Claudio Arrau ("3e Année: Italie") 1928, 1969, 1983:Jerome Rose (Complete Suite, 1973):Lazar Berman ("Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage") (Deutsche Grammophon) 1977:Zoltan Kocsis ("Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année") (Philips) 1986 :Aldo Ciccolini ("Liszt: Les Années de pèlerinage") (EMI Classics) 2003:Stephen Hough ("Liszt: Années de pèlerinage - Suisse") (Hyperion Records) 2005:Yoram Ish-Hurwitz ("Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année (Suisse)") (Turtle Records) 2004 :Yoram Ish-Hurwitz ("Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année (Italie)") (Turtle Records) 2003 :Yoram Ish-Hurwitz ("Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année") (Turtle Records) 2004 :Leslie Howard ("All 3 Années de Pèlerinage") 1995, 1996 and 1990 (Hyperion Records):Tamas Vasary ("2e Année: Italie") (BBC music Magazine) recorded 1986, published May 1997:Jeffrey Swann (Complete Suite, 1989) (akademia):Roberto Poli ("2e Année: Italie") OnClassical recorded 1998, published 2008

Video

:Alfred Brendel (Deutsche Grammophon) DVD

In print

Dover Publications has issued a complete transcription of the 3 suites in one bound volume. This edition includes an appendix of related works including earlier versions of pieces later revised for the suite: Lyon (from the first book of Album d'un voyageur), Apparitions, Tre sonetti del Petrarca, and the original version of Venezia e Napoli. At one time, the American publisher Schirmer issued separate editions of the suites, but these appear to have fallen out of print.

References

External links

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* [http://www.onclassical.com/artists/poli/italie/ Free audio in MP3 of Deuxième Année] OnClassical - Creative Commons BY-NC-SA, 1.0 - licensed