The substantial cycle, published in 1853, unites splendid concert pieces (Bénédiction and Funérailles) and simple, short compositions, which partly make use of Gregorian modes. The volume was composed over a long period of time. As early as 1835 No. 4 was published in a compositionally revolutionary first version entitled Harmonies poétiques et religieuses after the volume of poetry with the same title by Lamartine. In 1853 Liszt distanced himself from the important early piece, presenting it in...

• Invocation
• Ave Maria
• Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
• Pensée des morts
• Pater noster
• Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil
• Funérailles
• Miserere d'après Palestrina
• Andante lagrimoso
• Cantique d'amour
• Appendix: Pensée des morts (first version)