Liszt "Valse de l'opéra Faust" (after Gounod)

Gounod’s Faust, despite its cavalier approach to Goethe, has held the boards from the beginning, but Liszt’s ingenious elaboration of the Waltz, into which he inserts material from the first encounter of Faust and Gretchen, goes a long way towards restoring the demonic spirit of the play, and especially of the dark purpose of Mephistopheles in the relationship of the lovers. Musically, Gounod is transformed and transcended at a stroke!--Leslie Howard, 1990

  VIDEO: Louis Kentner plays Liszt "Valse de l'opéra Faust" (after Gounod)