Top 5 Favorite Liszt Works

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne
Héroïde funébre
Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
Faust Symphony
Les préludes

[North Star]

Années de pèlerinage
Sonata in B minor
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Via Crucis
Totentanz

[Karl Henning]

I was going to say that Karlo's is a mighty fine list . . . and was going to add how much I like the Héroïde funébre and the Faust Symphony . . . in conclusion, how great to have another thread where there is no wrong answer 

[Sergeant Rock]

Les Préludes
Piano Concerto No.2 A major
Orpheus
Dante Symphony
Gretchen am Spinnrade (arranged by Liszt for piano solo)

[Mandryka]

1. Reinbert de Leeuw's Via Crucis
2  Janos Ferencsik's Requiem
3. Arpad Joo's St Elizabeth
4. Nikolai Gedda Lieder (3 vols)
5. Nyiregyhazi's LP with the threnodies
6  Mykola Suk's Hungarian Rhapsodies
7. Roger Woodward's Beethoven/Liszt Eroica
8. Padrone's Schubert/Liszt
9. Nikolai Petrov's Berlioz /Liszt Symphony Fantastique
10.Kemal Gekic  Dante Sonata
11. Ernst Levy's big bad sonata
12. Glenn Gould's (allegedly) Beethoven/Liszt 7 (on YouTube)

[Karl Henning]

Usually it takes longer, doesn't it, for the number suggested by the OP to be disregarded?

0:)

[Brian]

Bénédiction de Dieu dans le solitude
Vallée d'Obermann
Années de Pèlerinage, II: Italie
Piano Concerto No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9, "Pesther Carnaval"

Karlo's list is great, but I thought including the complete "Années" as one work was cheating!

[Karl Henning]

Les Préludes
Piano Concerto No.2 A major
Orpheus
Dante Symphony
Gretchen am Spinnrade (arranged by Liszt for piano solo)

Especially Orpheus.  This is why I can't get started here:  so many pieces I should be aghast to leave off.

(Well, and another day, I'd just list the first five which come to mind . . . so don't take my finickiness too seriously.)

[Wanderer]

Sonata in B minor
Années de pèlerinage
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
12 Études d'exécution transcendante
Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 2
Totentanz
Dante Symphony
Faust Symphony
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth

[Florestan]

Today's liszt:

La ricordanza
Au bord d'une source
Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil
Piano Concerto No. 1
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe

[Spineur]

Almost the same choice as North Star
Années de pèlerinage
Sonata in B minor
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Via Crucis
Six études after Paganini

I just felt that one work should reflect the multitudes of praphrases of operas and other composers he wrote.  His version of La Campanella is probably even more famous as Paganini original.  I perfectly understand the choice of other for some of his symphonic poems.  He invented the genre.  Unfortunately the bombastic moments sort of spoil many of them.

[Sergeant Rock]

1. Reinbert de Leeuw's Via Crucis
2  Janos Ferencsik's Requiem
3. Arpad Joo's St Elizabeth
4. Nikolai Gedda Lieder (3 vols)
5. Nyiregyhazi's LP with the threnodies
6  Mykola Suk's Hungarian Rhapsodies
7. Roger Woodward's Beethoven/Liszt Eroica
8. Padrone's Schubert/Liszt
9. Nikolai Petrov's Berlioz /Liszt Symphony Fantastique
10.Kemal Gekic  Dante Sonata
11. Ernst Levy's big bad sonata
12. Glenn Gould's (allegedly) Beethoven/Liszt 7 (on YouTube)

Usually it takes longer, doesn't it, for the number suggested by the OP to be disregarded? 0:)

My count may be slightly off, but I think Mandryka listed 134 favorites...slightly more than the OP suggested 

Sarge

[North Star]

My count may be slightly off, but I think Mandryka listed 134 favorites...slightly more than the OP suggested 

Sarge

Funny context for Brian's quibble, certainly. 

Karlo's list is great, but I thought including the complete "Années" as one work was cheating!

[Karl Henning]

For our part, thou'rt pardon'd, Karlo   

[North Star]

For our part, thou'rt pardon'd, Karlo   

*whew*

(Totentanz and the Troisième année would get the axe if I had to choose five S. numbers, I think.)

[SymphonicAddict]

Fantasia for organ on 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S.259 (One of the best pieces for organ, it's delicious)
Piano sonata
A Faust Symphony
Tasso
Totentanz

[Dancing Divertimentian]

All of the big gun works, plus Liszt in his late prime:

Funérallies
Nuages gris
La lugubre gondola
Kleine Klavierstücke, no.3
R.W. - Venezia

[Turner]

I´d rather do 10, but:

Christus Oratorio
Sonata for piano
Annees de Pelerinage
Les Preludes
La Lugubre Gondola I-II

[Overtones]

Années de pèlerinage - Troisième année
La lugubre gondola
Totentanz
Piano sonata in B minor
Nuages gris

[amw]

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173
Années de pèlerinage, S. 160-163
Symphonie Fantastique, S. 470
Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
4 Valses Oubliées, S. 215

I'm not sure what this list says about me.

(If I had to pick one S number of the Années I'd go with S. 163.)

(Original #5 was the 3 Concert Etudes, S. 144, before I remembered the Valses Oubliées exist. Ironically enough I had forgotten about them.)