Liebestraume No. 3 is one of the most famous solo piano works of Franz Liszt.
The last of a set of three Liebesstraume ("dreams of love"), its fame so outweighs the other two that it is often just called Liebestraume, without its number, the other two works being completely ignored.
LiebestraumeNo. 3 is one of the most famous solo piano works of Franz Liszt.
Subtitled "Notturno", the piece, like the other two Liebestraume, is an arrangement of one of Liszt's songs, in this case a setting of the 19th-century German poet Ferdinand Freiligrath's "O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst".
The Liebestraume were published at the same time as the songs on which they were based in 1850.
Pianist Stefan Askenase (1896-1985) was known for his Chopin interpretations in addition to his reputation as a teacher, whose pupils include such luminaries as Martha Argerich and Mitsuko Uchida.
He begins No. 4 at a whisper and incrementally steps up the conversational tension between the melody and processional left hand chords.
55 No. 2, yet the overall impression is remarkably straightforward and compact, approaching the proportion and easy fluidity of Ignaz Friedman's classic account.
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