Francesco Nicolosi: Fantasies on Operas - COMPACT DISCS

Francesco Nicolosi: Fantasies on Operas - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Fantasies on Operas

Artist:

Francesco Nicolosi

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313550227

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2022-05-27

Number of Discs:

1

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.

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