Liszt: Transcendental Etudes

The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. hese études are among the most difficult works ever written for the piano. Together with Chopin’s Études, they serve as a basis for piano technique and had a significant influence on subsequent piano music, most notably that of Debussy, Rachmaninov, Bartók, and Ligeti. (BIS)