''Glanes de Woronince'' (''Gleanings from Woronińce'', or ''Harvest at Woronińce''), S. 249, is a suite of three piano pieces by Franz Liszt, written in 1847 at Woronińce, now (Ukrainian: Воронівці), the Ukrainian estate of Princess

Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (8 February 18199 March 1887) was a Polish noblewoman (''szlachcianka'') who is best known for her 40-year relationship with musician Franz Liszt. She was also an amateur journalist and essayist. It is co ...

. Liszt had first met the Princess when he played in

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on 14 February of that year. She was recently separated from her husband, and she invited Liszt to spend some time on her estate in Podolia. He stayed for 10 days, then left for a concert tour, promising to return in the autumn. He came back around 18 September, and stayed till early January 1848. It was during these three months that Liszt's and Sayn-Wittgenstein's relationship developed to the stage that she planned to petition the tsar, Alexander II of Russia, for divorce, and marry Liszt. During this time, Liszt also completed much of his ''

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses ''Harmonies poétiques et religieuses'' (''Poetic and Religious Harmonies''), S.173, is a cycle of piano pieces written by Franz Liszt at WoronińceVoronivtsi the Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt’s mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-W ...

''. The three pieces of ''Glanes de Woronince'' are: Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein02

They were dedicated to Princess Carolyne's daughter, Princess Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein. Liszt also wrote a

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for piano solo of Chopin's "A Maiden's Wish" in his ''Six Chants polonais'', S. 480, but in conception it is quite a different piece from its appearance in ''Glanes de Woronince''. The suite has had few recordings. They include those by Robert Black, France Clidat,

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, and

Aleksandra Mikulska Aleksandra Mikulska (born November 17, 1981, in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish people, Polish classical pianist. She is the current president of the Chopin Society in Darmstadt, Germany. Biography Mikulska was born in Warsaw. She began piano ed ...

. The middle number was recorded by Conrad Ansorge, a pupil of Liszt,"Conrad Ansorge"
part of liner notes to Naxos 8.558107–10 in a version which does not exactly correspond to the original text.

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