Schumann, Robert / Liszt, Franz: Love Song (Dedication) from Myrthen op. 25

In his virtuosic piano arrangement of Schumanns Widmung (Du meine Seele, du mein Herz), Franz Liszt transformed this intimate song into a dramatic declaration that reaches its powerful climax at the phrase Mein guter Geist, mein bessres Ich, using chords to be played con somma passione. In Liszts autograph the melody is overlaid by the song text, but he changes the title to Liebeslied. The first edition, published in Leipzig in 1848, retained this heading, and thus the song is still known today under two different titles. In collaboration with Liszt scholar Mria Eckhardt Henle Verlag presents this best-known of all of Liszts Schumann arrangements in a reliable Henle Urtext quality edition.