🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Winterreise (Schubert) S.561 R.246 – Der Lindenbaum

This is Liszt’s arrangement for solo piano of Schubert’s song “Der Lindenbaum.” Centered on the familiar melody, it preserves the flow of the original song while expanding the accompaniment’s movement and register through the piano’s rich textures. A key attraction is the contrast between passages that speak with calm warmth and those shaded by the fluctuations of memory and emotion. In performance, the melody should be allowed to sing, while the inner voices and accompaniment are carefully balanced so that they do not come to the foreground. The pedal should support the resonance without making it blurred; natural transitions between sections bring out both the lyricism of the original and the brilliance of Liszt’s piano writing.