Like the first concerto above, No.2 is played without a break; but whereas No.1 retains clear vestiges of the old four-movement division, No.2 is a thoroughly integrated single-movement structure, its (perhaps) six sections linked together by Liszt's own method of transformation of themes. An early version was complete in 1839 with the title 2d Concerto Symphonique, but again was revised in several stages before its first performance in 1857, this time with Liszt conducting (he never played it himself) and one of his pupils as soloist. It was revised again by 1861, and eventually published by Schott in 1863.

sources

A  Autograph score (1839, but differing substantially from the final version), in the Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv, Weimar

B  Manuscript score copied by Raff in 1857, with Liszt's revisions and corrections up to 1861, in the Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv, Weimar

E  First edition score, published by Schott, Mainz in 1863

Br  Full score, edited by Bernhard Stavenhagen, published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1914

Ur  Urtext edition, edited by Imre Sulyok, published by Editio Budapest in 1986