Title: Opera Fantasies
Artist: Thalberg / Viner, Mark
Label: Piano Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060385450277
Genre: Classical

A swashbuckling extravaganza of nineteenth century pianism and a veritable contribution to Romantic Revivalism. This, Viner's début recording, presents the operatic paraphrases of the neglected pianist-composer, Sigismond Thalberg, aristocratic rival of Liszt and innovator of the so-called 'three-hand effect'.Here are some of the very finest of his works; a music of opulent grandeur which draws upon all the heady romantic rhetoric and dramatic narrative of the opera house whilst being sumptuously conceived for the piano. A tour de force of virtuosity and an evocation of an era.Mark Viner is one of the most exciting young British pianists of his generation. 1st prize winner of the 2012 Alkan-Zimmerman Competition in Athens, he is also the Chairman of the Alkan Society and is steadily gaining a reputation for his bold championing of unfamiliar pianistic terrain."Viner established a remarkable combination of personal integrity and artistic maturity".

Tracks:
1.1 Fantaisie Sur Des Themes de L'opera Moise de G. Rossini, Op. 33
1.2 Grande Fantaisie Sur la Serenade Et Le Menuet de Don Juan, Op. 42
1.3 Andante Final de Lucia de Lammermoor, Op. 43
1.4 Grand Caprice Sur Des Motifs de la Sonnambula de Bellini, Op. 46
1.5 Grande Fantaisie Sur Don Pasquale, Op. 67

Thalberg / Viner, Mark: Opera Fantasies

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