Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Donizetti / Nicolosi

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 27, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sigismond Thalberg
    • PERFORMER
      Francesco Nicolosi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 27, 2022
    • UPC
      747313550227
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555502
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most distinguished pianists of his time, embarking on a solo career in the 1830s and touring as far as the Americas. Thalberg was considered a rival to Liszt though their supposed animosity was largely a journalistic invention. The creation of transcriptions of popular operatic melodies and their transformation into virtuoso concert pieces was hugely fashionable, but Thalberg’s treatments were also admired by Schumann for their Classical transparency, and for stylish technical innovations that saw him imitated throughout Europe. These fantasies on themes by Donizetti are full of the lyrical charm and drama of the original operas, combined with pianistic fireworks that delighted audiences worldwide.