Liszt - Grande Fantaisie symphonique, S120 (Jandó)

In 1831, Hector Berlioz composed the first version of his monodrama Lélio, ou le retour à la vie (Lelio, or the return to life) as a sequel to the Symphonie fantastique; Liszt, who was amongst Berlioz’s staunchest admirers, had already transcribed the Symphonie for solo piano, but there was no chance of his doing the same for its sequel. Instead, and much to Berlioz’s liking, he used just two themes from Lélio to construct a large-scale work in two joined parts: the Grande Fantaisie symphonique. The importa