This volume contains free arrangements written by Franz Liszt in 1850-54. In addition to the nine pieces under the title Soirées de Vienne (Schubert) and five arrangements made from Wagner's operas Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, the volume contains two movements each from Berlioz and Raff, and arrangements of French and Hungarian national themes (La cloche sonne, Ungarischer Romanzero). The latter is published for the first time, making it particularly interesting. Another first appearance in print is the last, 1876 version of Einzug der Gäste auf Wartburg, which has additions and alterations on five autograph pages compared to the 1874 version, and this ''Neue vermehrte Ausgabe'' (new extended edition) was not published in Liszt's lifetime, nor has it been since.

Similarly to previous volumes in the series this edition is published in hard blue clothbound and soft paper bound versions. A detailed description of the sources and the critical notes on the musical text are in the clothbound edition.

Works marked by an asterisk in the Contents are published here for the first time in print.