Opera Transcriptions
Album by Franz Liszt & Jean‐Yves Thibaudet
Opera Transcriptions is a collection of piano transcriptions by Franz Liszt, composed across the mid-19th century (primarily the 1830s–1860s). These highly virtuosic arrangements translate operatic melodies and orchestral textures into elaborate solo-piano works that pushed the instrument's technical and expressive boundaries and helped to establish Liszt's role in popularising and reworking operatic repertoire for the piano.
First released: 1993
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- 1.Rigoletto: paraphrase de concert6:36
- 2.Valse de concert sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina9:06
- 3.Valse de l'opéra Faust9:03
- 4.Polonaise from Eugene Onegin5:42
- 5.Spinning Chorus from Der fliegende Holländer5:40
- 6.Recitative and Romance (‘O du mein holder Abendstern’) from Tannhäuser6:10
- 7.Lohengrin's Verweis an Elsa (‘Lohengrin's Admonition’) from Lohengrin4:42
- 8.Schluss-Szene aus Tristan und Isolde – Isoldens Liebestod7:45
- 9.Fantasie uber 2 Motive aus W.A. Mozarts Die Hochzeit des Figaro13:41
