Liszt - Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Soirées musicales, S422ii (Vittorio Bresciani)

The youthful fantasy on themes from Rossini’s Soirées musicales (a collection of vocal solos and duets with piano accompaniment) was composed in 1835/6, and not only casts the Rossini works in a very different light to the transcriptions, but invites comparison with Liszt’s early operatic paraphrases such as the fantasy on La Juive. Aside from La serenata and L’orgia, other themes from the collection also become involved in this spirited work.