Godowsky plays Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 (1925 rec.)

Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) plays this well-known piece of Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Recorded in 1925.

Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love), is a set of three solo piano works (S/G541) by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Often, the term Liebesträume refers specifically to No. 3, the most famous of the three. Originally the three Liebesträume (Notturni) were conceived as songs after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. In 1850 two versions appeared simultaneously as a set of songs for high voice and piano, and as transcriptions for piano two-hands. The Third Liebestraum can be considered as split into three sections, each divided by a fast cadenza requiring dextrous fingerwork and a relatively high degree of technical ability.
The second cadenza in this recording is a "Godowsky special" with added notes in the left hand... The same melody is used throughout the entire piece, each time varied, especially near the middle of the work, where the climax is reached.
It is characteristic of Godowsky's style to make this piece more polyphonic by accentuating the left hand (e.g. highlighting chromatic lines), thus creating interesting counterparts.

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