La serenate e l'orgia – 1ière Grande fantaisie, S.422 (2nd version) - Franz Liszt/Gioachino Rossini

Franz Liszt/Gioachino Rossini: Première Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de La serenata e L'orgia des Soirées musicales (second version), S.422ii

"This is a fantasy on themes from the Soirées musicales, which actually antedates the transcriptions of the whole set. It will also be clear to the listener that the subtitles tell only part of the story, for other themes from the collection also become involved (this particular fantasy is based on Soirées musicales Nos.4 and 11). True, large portions of this fantasy were able to be taken over into the transcriptions, although not always in the same key, but there is an opportunity for creating a dramatic structure in this piece which presents the Rossini works in a very different light, and invites comparison with Liszt’s early operatic paraphrases." (notes by Leslie Howard)

First version:    • La serenate e l'orgia – Grande fantai...  
Deuxième fantaisie (2nd Soirées musicales Fantasy):    • La pastorella dell' Alpi e Li marinar...  

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