Franz Liszt

Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini, S. 150

LW A5 · R. 29 · 1824

The impromptu is based on four themes, one each from Gioacchino Rossini’s operas La donna del lago and Armida and Gaspare Spontini’s operas Olympie and Fernand Cortez.

Liszt later re-used the introduction to this piece as the introduction to the seventh études of the Douze Grandes études (S. 137; LW A39; R. 2a) and the Douze Études d’exécution transcendante (S. 139; LW A172; R. 2b).

Recommended editions

New Liszt Edition (Editio Musica Budapest) · II/1 · Z. A/B 8766 · Free Arrangements I · ed. Györgyi Éger/Géza Gémesi/Imre Mező/Imre Sulyok

Duration: 11' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini, S. 150