Liszt - Réminiscences des Huguenots, S412iii (Cohen)

A stunning operatic fantasy, with an incredibly badass Finale. Liszt’s Meyerbeer fantasies occupy an important place amongst his operatic piano works, and in his fantasy on Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer’s dramaturgy is excellently captured by Liszt, his imagination catching fire from such fine material. The work was first completed in 1836, and published the following year (the original conception was enormous and ran something over twenty minutes in performance). Shortly afterwards, Liszt published an interme