Top 5 Favorite Liszt Works

[San Antone]

Five works is not nearly enough.  These are off the top of my head:

Sonata in B Minor
Via Crucis
Christus
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Années de pèlerinage
La lugubre gondola
Nuages Gris
Funerailles


And oddly enough, Krystian Zimerman recorded about the best Liszt album I could ask for with several of these works on it:



But there are dozens of works I could include; Liszt is one of my favorite composers.

[vers la flamme]

I don't see Zimerman as much of a Lisztian (though I don't know his recorded work much at all with a few exceptions)—but you've piqued my interest with your superlative praise, plus I enjoy a lot of those works too. Looks great.

[Karl Henning]

Five works is not nearly enough.

Veritas.

[Spineur]

Same as San Antone,

I would add his

Transcriptions and Paraphrases
Legend of St Elisabeth of Hungary

His symphonic poems have also some great moments although the overall result leaves to be desired.
I also like his mélodies.

[Symphonic Addict]

An update:

Fantasia on 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S.259
Héroïde funèbre
Trois odes funèbres
Piano Sonata
Hungarian Rhapsodies

Bonus track: Totentanz

[Maestro267]

Piano Concerto No. 2
Hunnenschlacht
Faust Symphony
Totentanz
Hungaria

[vers la flamme]

Piano Concerto No. 2
Hunnenschlacht
Faust Symphony
Totentanz
Hungaria

Ah, I was hoping to see some love for one of the piano concertos. I really like both of them, but especially No.2.

Afraid I'm still too Liszt-naïve to come up with a good list of 5.

[kyjo]

Variations on a Theme of Bach, S. 180 (heard a live performance by a friend recently and was utterly blown away)
Sonata in B minor
Les préludes
Tasso - Lamento e trionfo
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Tunes for piano and orchestra

[Lisztianwagner]

Liszt composed many masterpieces, it's quite hard to pick up only 5, but:

Années de pèlerinage
Totentanz
Faust Symphony
Les préludes
Transcendental Etude No. 5 "Feux Follets"