Liszt's Un sospiro

Franz Liszt's Un sospiro (Italian for "A sigh") is the third of his Three Concert Études, S.144, for piano solo, composed between 1845 and 1849. Performing Un sospiro involves playing a simple melody with alternating hands, and arpeggios. The melody is quite dramatic, almost impressionistic, radically changing in dynamics at times, and has inspired many listeners.

Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. During the 19th century he was famous throughout Europe for his great skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time.

Liszt composed an extensive and diverse body of works, which influenced subsequent composers such as Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, and Alexander Borodin.