LISZT, F. - Saemtliche Klaviermusik / Entire Piano Music (Sealed) (CD)

TRANSCRIPTINS FROM OPERA BY AUBER & VERDI.Over a four-decade span Liszt turned to a sequence of transcriptions drawn from operas by Verdi and Auber. Aubers 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 Aubers La fianc?e and his concert paraphrase on Verdis Ernani and on a prayer from I Lombardi (called J?rusalem in the French staging) offer their own profoundly expressive textures.