Franz Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli was published in 1861 as a ‘supplement’ to the Italian volume of Années de pèlerinage – a lighter garland of encores. These three numbers are based on popular tunes that Liszt probably first heard during his travels in Italy with Marie d’Agoult.
Gondoliera is a gently undulating piece based on a song by Giovanni Battista Perucchini. This song begins with a rippling, high-velocity, two-handed descent. The “Gondolier’s melody” follows, played by third, fourth, and fifth fingers of the right hand, while the thumb and second finger of the right hand play a trill. As the same time, the left hand supplies a gentle, watery accompaniment. Liszt returns to ebullient high spirits for the concluding Tarantella, incorporating lively themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, in an evocative and triumphantly boisterous showpiece that once again illustrates Liszt’s ingenuity and keyboard inventiveness. Woobin Park
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Franz Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli was published in 1861 as a ‘supplement’ to the Italian volume of Années de pèlerinage – a lighter garland of encores. These three numbers are based on popular tunes that Liszt probably first heard during his travels in Italy with Marie d’Agoult.
Gondoliera is a gently undulating piece based on a song by Giovanni Battista Perucchini. This song begins with a rippling, high-velocity, two-handed descent. The “Gondolier’s melody” follows, played by third, fourth, and fifth fingers of the right hand, while the thumb and second finger of the right hand play a trill. As the same time, the left hand supplies a gentle, watery accompaniment. Liszt returns to ebullient high spirits for the concluding Tarantella, incorporating lively themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, in an evocative and triumphantly boisterous showpiece that once again illustrates Liszt’s ingenuity and keyboard inventiveness. Woobin Park
More music by Franz Liszt
Un Sospiro, from Trois Etudes de concert, S. 144
Tarantelle di bravura, S 386
Orage (Storm) from Book I Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse
Consolation no. 4, S.172
Consolation N° 3
Vallée d'Obermann from Book I Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse
Orage (Storm) from Book I Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse
Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi’s “Rigoletto”
Years of Pilgrimage, First Year: Switzerland
Romance oubliée
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Préludes for Piano, No. 8
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Gondoliera, from Venezia e Napoli
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