Liszt’s 6 Etudes after Paganini K. 67 are virtuosic piano pieces based on Niccolò Paganini’s violin works, showcasing extreme technical demands and transforming violinistic challenges into piano showpieces, and include the iconic Etude No. 3 “La Campanella” and Etude No. 5 “La Chasse”.

These studies, which the composer revised in 1851 from an earlier set, are staples of piano repertoire, demonstrating Liszt’s goal of creating a “devil’s pianist” to match Paganini’s “devil’s violinist”.

Between 1914-1923, Ferruccio Busoni created challenging, expanded arrangements, showcasing incredible technical demands like rapid octaves, scales, and tremolos for piano.