Franz Liszt Popular Song Ranking [2026]

Transcendental Étude No. 4 in D minor, “Mazeppa”Franz Liszt96rank/position

LISZT:Etudes D’execution Transcendante No.4 Mazeppa

It was used in the commercial for Casio’s digital piano, Privia.

The video includes sheet music, so I hope you’ll check it out.

I’m completely overwhelmed—both visually and aurally—by the densely packed notes and the torrent of sound.

Transcendental Étude No. 4 “Mazeppa,” S.139/4, R.2bFranz Liszt97rank/position

Miroslav Kultyshev – Mazeppa

Born in 1811, Liszt was known as a virtuoso pianist and enjoyed popularity throughout Europe.

This work, inspired by an epic poem by Victor Hugo, was completed in 1851.

Liszt first composed it at the age of fifteen and later revised it multiple times.

The protagonist’s fate, bound to a horse, is depicted through intense cascades of sound and tolling bells, gripping the listener’s heart.

Demanding advanced technique, this piece is recommended for piano enthusiasts and music students.

Experience a work brimming with Liszt’s passion and virtuosity.

Transcendental Étude No. 1 “Prelude”Franz Liszt98rank/position

List: Transcendental Etudes No. 1 “Prelude” by F. Liszt / Masaya Kamei

This is a work by Franz Liszt, who was active as a pianist and composer and left behind numerous highly challenging piano pieces.

The Transcendental Études contain twelve studies for piano, and the opening piece, “Prélude,” is brimming with excitement that builds anticipation for the pieces to follow.

Among this collection of notoriously difficult études, it is relatively short and comparatively approachable to play, so if you play the piano and want to experience Liszt’s unique musical world, be sure to give it a try!

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DedicationRobert Schumann/Franz Liszt99rank/position

List: Dedicated to You (Dedication) 2010 Competition Finals – Special Grand Prix / Tomoyo Umemura

This is Schumann’s Widmung arranged by Franz Liszt.

It’s a brilliant and beautiful piece.

With both charm and sweetness, Widmung conveys the warmth of spring.

Among Liszt’s works, isn’t it one of the gentler, calmer ones? It always leaves me feeling elegant whenever I listen.

Please enjoy it as if you were nobility.

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TotentanzFranz Liszt100rank/position

Liszt Totentanz

The mysterious yet ominous atmosphere conjured by the profoundly weighty piano is truly unique to this piece.

Composed by Franz Liszt—dubbed the “magician of the piano” for his transcendental virtuosity—it is also known in Japan by the title “Dance of Death.” Here’s where it gets a bit complicated: although it shares the Japanese title “Dance of Death” with Saint-Saëns’s famous symphonic poem, it is an entirely different work.

Moreover, Liszt himself, inspired by Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre, created a solo piano arrangement of the Saint-Saëns piece, separate from his own original work of the same Japanese title.

The piece introduced here is Liszt’s composition titled Totentanz in the original German, presented in his own solo piano arrangement.

It incorporates phrases from the Gregorian chant Dies irae, and the contrast between its tranquil and tempestuous sections is strikingly beautiful and dramatic.

Why not listen to it while contemplating the 14th-century fresco The Triumph of Death, said to have inspired its motif?

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