Franz Liszt - Aida di Verdi: Danza Sacra e Duetto Finale, S.436 (Dossin)

"Next to Wagner, Verdi was the operatic composer who inspired the greatest number of Liszt’s opera pieces. (One hesitates to say just transcriptions, or fantasies, or paraphrases, and Liszt himself was rather lax about the distinctions between them—the rule of thumb ought to be: a ‘transcription’ is simply that; a ‘paraphrase’ is a freer version of material which remains intact in some way; a ‘fantasy’—which Liszt often called ‘Réminiscences’—is a new musical structure incorporating variation and extension.) Liszt called his Aida piece a transcription, but it is surely a paraphrase, in which the religious themes are somewhat altered to make a more mystical tone-poem, and the duet is separated from the temple chorus at the end—Verdi’s ‘split level’ effect would be impossible to realise on the piano!" (Howard)

Pf: Alexandre Dossin

[abderxd]

We Can call this Grande Caprice Sur Les motifs de Danza Sacra
Beautiful ❤️ thnx for sharing 🌷

[lisztferencz]

Thanks for reminding me about this one. Shit. . . that was a long time ago.

[treesny]

Liszt's pieces based on music from Verdi's operas are all wonderful, but I have to say that along with the Rigoletto (quartet) paraphrase this one on themes from Aida is my absolute favorite. So perceptive of Liszt to seek out the intimate spiritual moments in an opera which is usually thought of (erroneously) as being about spectacle and loud climaxes. P.S. Astonishing to see that the magical quiet ending is marked "ad libitum"!

[memo]

Interesting... Are the sheet music from NLA or NLS?

[МаркБикеев-фъ]

9:12 здесь немного попахивает "Одой к радости" из финала 9 симфонии Бетховена

[ゆくちゃんLiszt]

There are two drafts for this song alone