Liszt: Vallée d'Obermann for Piano SoloVolume I of Liszts Annes de plerinage, entitled Suisse, is based on impressions he gathered during an extended sojourn in Switzerland in 1835 36. The most important piece of the collection, first published in 1841, is undoubtedly Valle dObermann, which offers a vast richness of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic variations on the basis of two contrasting themes. The technically and artistically demanding composition owes its title not to a scenic valley