Stanislav Neuhaus plays Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) Deuxième année: Italie 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Petrarch’s Sonnet 123) Stanislav Neuhaus (1927-1980), piano Live recording, 1963 The Italian poet Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) inspired Liszt to take three poems and set them to music, first as songs. Only later he decided to transcribe the songs for solo piano, and included them into this second suite. English translation of the sonnet 123: I once beheld on earth celestial graces And