La campanella (Italian for The little bell) is the nickname given to the third of Franz Liszt‘s Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (1851). It is in the key of G-sharp minor. This piece is a revision of an earlier version from 1838, the Études d’exécution transcendente d’après Paganini, S. 140. Its melody comes from the final movement of Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, where the tune was reinforced metaphorically by a ‘little handbell’. This is portrayed by the top note jumps that need to be played within the timeframe of a 16th note.
La Campanella: Other Performance
Khatia Buniatishvili
Liszt: Other Etude
Feux Follets by Trifonov
Transcendental Étude No 5 in B-Flat Major
