🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Polonaise brillante (Weber) S.455 S.367

In this work, Liszt transforms Weber’s polonaise into a piece of brilliant piano writing. Built around the polonaise’s stately dance rhythm, it unfolds through a powerful presentation of the theme and brilliant passages that make wide use of the keyboard’s register. The clear rhythmic character, radiant tone, and virtuosic runs featuring rapid scales and leaps are among its highlights. It is important to keep the outline of the theme clear, maintain a good balance with the accompaniment, and avoid making the accents excessively heavy. Rather than relying on brilliance alone, careful shaping of the breathing of each phrase and subtle flexibility in the tempo bring out both the dance’s elegance and the exhilarating character of a concert work.