🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Six Polish Songs (Chopin) S.480/R.145 No.4 Bacchanal

The fourth piece is Liszt’s arrangement of a Chopin song for solo piano, bringing to the foreground a lively, festive energy suggestive of a bacchanal and brilliant virtuosity. While preserving the vocal melody, it adds the rich chords and intricate motion unique to the piano, leading the music toward vivid exhilaration. Because the roles of melody and accompaniment shift from one passage to another, it is essential to keep the overall flow in view while maintaining a clear melodic line at all times. Crisp articulation suits the buoyant rhythms; in rapid passages, avoiding tension and keeping the pedal from blurring the texture allows a singing quality to emerge alongside the brilliance.