Fantasies on Operas by Gaetano Donizetti
THALBERG Sigismond (1812-1871)
Francesco Nicolosi (Piano)
Label : Naxos
Artikelnummer: 8555502
1 CD Spielzeit : 055:40
CHF 13.50
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.