"As I write, I see again that long pale face casting seductive glances at his audience while from beneath his fingers, almost unconsciously, and with an astonishing range
of nuances, there murmured, surged, boomed, and stormed the waves... St. Francis of Paola walking on the waters." - Saint-Saëns (Alan Walker's "Franz Liszt", Vol. 3).
"On his outspread cloak he strides firmly, steadfastly over the tumultuous waves.
And his left hand holding burning coals, his right hand giving the sign of blessing.
His gaze is directed upwards..." - Liszt (a letter to Wagner, May 31, 1860).
Liszt's "St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waters";
György Cziffra, piano, 8:30 min audio:
