🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Réminiscences de “Norma” (d’après Bellini) Des-Dur S.394/R.133

A brilliant arrangement for solo piano, in which Liszt reconstructs melodies from Bellini’s opera Norma. From the presentation of singing lines, the music moves into development enriched with ornamentation and passagework, alternating lyrical episodes with dramatic surges before heading toward a powerful culmination. A key attraction is the way it preserves the vocal breath of the original while making full use of the piano’s wide range and varied virtuoso writing. In performance, the melody should remain clearly projected through inner voices and dense chords, while the accompaniment must be carefully balanced to keep the sonority clear. Rapid figures should not be forced; instead, maintain a sense of meter and direction, and distinguish the character of each episode from the scale of the climax.