Liszt - Transcendental Ètude No. 3 (Paysage)

Paysage is a piece written by Franz Liszt in 1826. At just 15 years old, he had written a set of 12 études and titled them, “Étude pour la piano en douze exercises”, which became the first edition of the now renowned Transcendental Étude set. It was revised in 1838 and then was again in 1851 to remove technical challenges. Contrary to other pieces in this set, this piece is quite laidback, having a peaceful atmosphere and also poses nearly to technical barriers to the average intermediate pianist. It is said that what inspired Liszt was a train ride through Austria. Thus, it is widely regarded as the easiest piece out of the 12 Études. My playing of this was.. okay. I had made many mistakes and also hesitated a fair amount. Such as, in the “Un poco più animato il tempo” section, around 2:21, I hesitated and also didn’t do a good job at playing the repeated A at the top of each chord. At 2:33, I had accidentally played a C and E♭. I figured it didn’t sound super bad as it misleads the natural resolution of the ear and also makes it a bit more complex. However, I probably would have changed it so that the second resolution onto C major is changed to C minor. I decided not to redo it again. Other than that, my playing was.. certainly satisfactory but not exceptional. Most places where rubato is almost necessary to give the piece more emotion was replaced with hesitations that made it sound choppy. I intend to replace this with a better playing at some point, but it may not be soon since I don’t have the time. #sheetmusic