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Thalberg: L'Art du Chant Applique au Piano, Op.70, Vol. 1 / Commellato
Piano Classics

Thalberg: L'Art du Chant Applique au Piano, Op.70, Vol. 1 / Commellato

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Details

Composer
Sigismond Thalberg
Artist
Alessandro Commellato
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Jan 07, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10242
UPC
5029365102421

About

Thalberg has a reputation as the only pianist who made Liszt feel nervous, but he also won praise from Mendelssohn for the fidelity of his approach to the letter and the spirit of a score. He gathered four volumes of operatic and song transcriptions under the umbrella of L’art du chant appliqué au piano, with the first two volumes published in 1853 and followed a decade later by Volumes 3 and 4. While it opens with the Quartet from Bellini’s I Puritani, Thalberg’s selection of original material ranges far and wide beyond masterpieces of bel canto. There is a haunting transformation of a duet once attributed to the Neapolitan composer Stradella; a straightforward but affectionate transcription of Adelaide, the song by Beethoven that became his most popular piece of vocal music during the 19th century; as well as a much more elaborate fantasia on a number from the incidental music composed by Carl Maria von Weber for the Spanish drama Preciosa. There are some quintessentially Romantic-era walls of sound in the first two volumes of the collection, such as Thalberg’s version of the Lacrimosa from Mozart’s Requiem, but the limpid textures and uncluttered singing lines of L’art du chant mark a salutary contrast with the cascades and thunderbolts of the hyper-virtuoso repertoire. In this regard, the lighter touch of the fortepiano is well suited to the ideals of vocal expression, transferred to the keyboard, enshrined in Thalberg’s collection. Roberto Commellato’s new version therefore brings something new to the work’s selective but distinguished discography.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. A te, o cara (quartet from Bellini's I Puritani) 05:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. A te, o cara (quartet from Bellini's I Puritani)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  2. 2 No. 2. Tre Giorni (Pergolesi) 04:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Tre Giorni (Pergolesi)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  3. 3 No. 3. Adelaïde (Beethoven) 06:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Adelaïde (Beethoven)
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  4. 4 No. 4. Pietà, signore (attr. Stradella) 06:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Pietà, signore (attr. Stradella)
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  5. 5 No. 5a. Lacrimosa (from Mozart's Requiem) 03:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5a. Lacrimosa (from Mozart's Requiem)
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  6. 6 No. 5b. Sull'aria (from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro) 02:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5b. Sull'aria (from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  7. 7 No. 6. Perchè mi guardi e piangi (from Rossini's Zelmira) 06:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 6. Perchè mi guardi e piangi (from Rossini's Zelmira)
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  8. 8 No. 7. Bella adorate incognita (from Mercadante's Il Giuramento) 05:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 7. Bella adorate incognita (from Mercadante's Il Giuramento)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  9. 9 No. 8. Nel silenzio fra l'orror (from Meyerbeer's Il Crociato) 05:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 8. Nel silenzio fra l'orror (from Meyerbeer's Il Crociato)
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  10. 10 No. 9. Einsam bin ich nicht alleine (from Weber's Preciosa) 04:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 9. Einsam bin ich nicht alleine (from Weber's Preciosa)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  11. 11 No. 10. Der Müller und der Bach (from Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin) 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 10. Der Müller und der Bach (from Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  12. 12 No. 11. Schelm, halt fest! (from Weber's Der Freischütz) 04:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 11. Schelm, halt fest! (from Weber's Der Freischütz)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato
  13. 13 No. 12. Il mio tesoro (from Mozart's Don Giovanni) 05:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 12. Il mio tesoro (from Mozart's Don Giovanni)
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Sigismond Thalberg
    Performer
    Alessandro Commellato