Liszt - Valse de bravoure, S214/1 (France Clidat)

Published in 1852 as the first piece of the Trois Caprices-Valses, the Valse de bravoure is of the splendid, virtuoso mien with its rapid and brilliant double-notes, octaves and trills. By turns, light and witty, delicate and languid, brilliant and cheerful, the Valse is full of charm and originality, and the neglect of the Trois Caprices seems inexplicable.