Franz Liszt
Piano transcendence — Sonata in B minor
The greatest pianist of the nineteenth century and the inventor of the solo recital. His late piano pieces — sparse, dissonant, prophetic — anticipate Debussy and Bartok.
Key works
- Sonata in B minor1853— The Romantic piano's greatest single-movement work
- Transcendental Etudes1852— Virtuosity as visionary expression