Wai Yin Wong - Franz Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 52 - Transcriptions from Operas by Auber and Verdi

Over a four-decade span Liszt turned to a sequence of transcriptions drawn from operas by Verdi and Auber. Auber�s La muette de Portici (�The Mute Girl of Portici�) marks the beginnings of French grand opera, to which Liszt responded with two versions of a Tarantelle that differ relatively little from each other but offer formidable challenges to the performer in their increasingly complex virtuosity. His elaborate variations on Auber�s La fianc�e and his concert paraphrase on Verdi�s Ernani and on a prayer from I Lombardi (called J�rusalem in the French staging) offer their own profoundly expressive textures.