李斯特論自己的作品《輕盈》(La Leggierezza) (附英文版)

李斯特

「這些曲子是三十年前的作品。那時人們說：『這些曲子沒有人彈得來。不錯，如果李斯特彈得來，那麼曲子還是行的，但除了李斯特，其他人根本難以演奏！』大師把主題彈得很平靜，但速度不太慢。他強調，自己原創作品裡的跑動音型，一般來說他都不會彈得很快，『因為我覺得這樣太混亂、太含糊了』。『曲子本身還寫得不太壞；這樣的作品，當時不但沒有人沒聽過，甚至沒有人寫過呢。』

-- 李斯特論自己的作品《輕盈》﹝《三首音樂會練習曲》第二首﹞，1885年6年29日 (《李斯特鋼琴大師班1884-1886─戈勒列茲筆記本》，頁75)

“These pieces were written thirty years ago; in those days it was said, “No one can play that. Indeed, if Liszt plays such pieces they work, but otherwise they are quite unplayable!” The master himself performed the theme very calmly, but not too slowly. He stressed that as a rule, he does not take runs in his original compositions very fast, “because the business becomes too messy and blurred for me.” “That is not such a bad piece; in its day nothing like it had been heard or even writte.”

-- Liszt on his La Leggierezza, No. 2 from 3 Etudes de concert (The Piano Master Classes of Franz Liszt 1884-1886 - Diary Notes of August Göllerich, p. 75)