Classical Music | Piano Music

Recorded on 10/20/2021, uploaded on 10/20/2021

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Twenty years separate the famous Mephisto Waltz No 1 from its companion pieces of the 1880s, but the work marks a point of transition to Liszt’s later style. Early critics were shocked by the daring harmonies, especially at the beginning where a devilish pile of fifths is assembled. Mephisto Waltz No 2, in both the concurrently written piano and orchestral versions, is dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns (from notes by Leslie Howard © 1986)