Sigismond Thalberg - Piano Works (Francesco Nicolosi)

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Composer: Sigismond Thalberg

CD1:

1. Grande fantaisie et variations sur "Norma", Op. 12 (after Bellini)
2. Grande fantaisie et variation brillante sur "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", Op. 10 (after Bellini)
3. Grand fantaisie sur l'opéra "Beatrice di Tenda", Op. 49 (after Bellini)
4. Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opéra "La straniera", Op. 9 (after Bellini)
5. Grand caprice sur des motifs de l'opéra "La Sonnambula", Op. 46 (after Bellini)

CD2:

1. Fantaisie sur "La fille du régiment", Op. 68 (after Donizetti)
2. Grande fantaisie sur les motifs de "Don Pasquale", Op. 67 (after Donizetti)
3. Fantaisie sur l'opéra "Lucrezia Borgia", Op. 50 (after Donizetti)
4. Andante final de "Lucia di Lammermoor", Op. 44 (after Donizetti)
5. Introduction et variations sur la barcarolle de l'opéra "L'elisir d'amore", Op. 66 (after Donizetti)

CD3:

1. Grand fantaisie sur l'opéra "Semiramide", Op. 51 (after Rossini)
2. Fantaisie sur des motifs de l'opéra "La donna del lago", Op. 40bis (after Rossini)
3. Grande fantaisie sur "Le barbier de Séville", Op. 63 (after Rossini)
4. Fantaisie sur l'opéra "Moïse", Op. 33 (after Rossini)

CD4:

1. Grande fantaisie de concert sur l'opéra "La traviata", Op. 78 (after Verdi)
2. Grande fantaisie de concert sur l’opéra "Il trovatore", Op. 77 (after Verdi)
3. Souvenir de "Un ballo in maschera", Op. 81 (after Verdi)
4. Souvenir de "Rigoletto", Op. 82 (after Verdi)
5. Impromptu sur des thèmes favoris de "Le siège de Corinthe", Op. 3 (after Rossini)
6. L'art du chant appliqué au piano, Op. 70: No. 19, Casta diva (after Bellini)

CD5:

• 24 Pensées musicales, Op. 75 "Les soirées de Pausilippe"

CD6:

• Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 5
• Fantasia on Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Op. 39
• Nocturne in E Major, Op. 28
• 10 Piano Pieces, Op. 36: No. 5, Canzonette italienne (after Dessauer)
• Un soupir (Mélodie variée)

Francesco Nicolosi, piano

Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

Compilation: 2021

Label: Naxos

https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.506042

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Sigismond Thalberg (8 January 1812 – 27 April 1871) was a composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century.  In the 1830s and the 1840s, his style was a major force in European piano-playing and was imitated by many others. Between the late 1830s and 1850s Thalberg toured the world over with artists such as Bernard Ullmann, Strakosch and Henri Vieuxtemps, traveling to the United States, Brazil, Belgium, Holland, Russia and Spain. Aside from his dozens of piano compositions, many with orchestral accompaniment, Thalberg wrote several Lieder and two chamber works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismond_Thalberg

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sigismund-thalberg-mn0001801365/biography

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Francesco Nicolosi (born December 7, 1954 in Catania) is an Italian pianist. He has lived in Naples, Italy since 1973 where he studied with Vincenzo Vitale. Nicolosi has played in recitals and as a soloist with prestigious orchestras, in some of the most famous concert halls of Europe. He has toured in the US, Argentina, Russia, Japan and China. Since 1996 Nicolosi is the president of the Sigismund Thalberg International Study Centre, as well as Artistic Director of the Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Prize. His recordings include works of Thalberg, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Clara Schumann, Scarlatti, and Paisiello.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Nicolosi

https://www.naxos.com/person/Francesco_Nicolosi/549.htm

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