🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Sarabande and Chaconne from the Singspiel “Almira” (Handel) g-moll S.181/R.25

This arrangement by Liszt is based on Handel’s Singspiel Almira and presents a Sarabande followed by a Chaconne. In the opening Sarabande, the poised dance rhythm is maintained while the changing melodic and harmonic colors can be appreciated with care. The later Chaconne unfolds within a structure centered on repetition, making the growing richness of the sonority and sense of tension a key point of interest. In performance, it is important to keep the inner voices from being obscured and to incorporate the ornaments naturally into the musical flow. Clear contrasts between the sections, a firm sense of meter, and broad phrasing bring out both the arrangement’s weight and its supple character as dance music.