Liszt in Spain: "Yo que soy contrabandista" 

The song “Yo que soy contrabandista”, which comes from Manuel García’s tonadilla El poeta calculista, enjoyed wide popularity throughout the nineteenth century and became one of the stereotypes of Spanish music in Europe during the Romantic period. Liszt used its melody in his Rondeau fantastique S 252, an early work of dazzling virtuosity that the pianist dedicated to George Sand, who wrote her story Le contrabandier after hearing it.
Manuel García: Yo que soy contrabandista, de El poeta calculista
Franz Liszt: Rondeau fantastique sur un thème espagnol ("El contrabandista") S 252
Leslie Howard, piano & Laia Falcón, soprano
Extract of th concert from the cycle “Liszt in Spain (1844-1845)”
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May 20, 2015
Juan March Fundation, Madrid
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