Franz Liszt ： Hungarian Rhapsody in f-moll S.244/14

A dark and solemn opening grows into expansive song and a festive dance, creating one of the grandest structures in the collection. Its rich thematic material later became the basis of Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasy, and the piano writing often suggests the scale of a concerto. Massive chords, octaves, and cadenzas must be controlled while shaping a large dramatic journey from darkness to a radiant conclusion.