Franz Liszt - Paganini Etude No. 4 (audio + sheet music)

Paganini’s first caprice (which quotes Locatelli’s seventh) is the basis for Liszt’s fourth study. In the first edition it appears in two versions: the first as a single-note arpeggio in each hand, the second (and more difficult) with double-note arpeggios in both hands. Even though they are both marked andante quasi allegretto, they inhabit the very edge of the technically-possible with their stretches, leaps and hand-crossings. Liszt adds grand melodic lines in counterpoint to the straightforward broken chords of the original. In the 1851 version the piece is marked vivo and the music is printed, uncannily like Paganini’s original to the casual view, on one stave; the hands intricately alternate in a neatly-woven replica of the caprice, shorn of all added melodies. (Wikipedia) Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry. Original audio: (Performance by: MIDI) Original sheet music: études_de_Paganini,(Liszt,_Franz)