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Offline klavierkonzerte

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thalbergian fantasias.
on: October 30, 2007, 10:02:50 AM
are there any pianists composers who wrote fantasias similar in style to thalberg?

i love the fantasia/variations form but it's difficult to find a satisfying one, liszt doesn't do it to me but i do, rarely, find somthing  that intrests me in his fantasias

yesterday i was reading a fantasia by prudent on lucia de lammermoor which i found very apealing and i thought finally somthing satesfying and worth studing

clara schumann also wrote an attractive fantasia on theme by bellini

i attached prudent fantasia here so everyone could enjoy it

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Re: thalbergian fantasias.
Reply #1 on: October 30, 2007, 11:42:45 AM
Fantasy by Martucci on La forza del destino - his teacher was a Thalberg pupil, and the influence is clear.

Pixis Fantasy on Robert le Diable.

Tausig Fantasy on Moniuszko's Halka .. more Lisztian than Thalbergian, I suppose, but an excellent piece of music.
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Re: thalbergian fantasias.
Reply #2 on: October 30, 2007, 11:59:42 AM
Some more:

Herz, Kalkbrenner, and the Hexameron variations, which I knew is substantially Liszt, but also has contributions from Thalberg, Pixis, Herz, Czerny and Chopin.
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Re: thalbergian fantasias.
Reply #3 on: October 30, 2007, 08:42:28 PM
The composer pianists from the Italian & French School/Style have a more singing approach towards this genre whilst Liszt produced more orchestral effects.

Martucci is an excellent example as mentioned by ronde and Fumagalli is well worth a look. There are really thousands written in a similar style, most i would wager that have not been played for 100 years.

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Re: thalbergian fantasias.
Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 04:33:05 AM
Just wanted to say hi.

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Re: thalbergian fantasias.
Reply #5 on: November 04, 2007, 11:20:27 AM
hey there thalberg  :-* (in my country men kiss when greeting each others  ;D)


thanks rondes for you great post
the halka is new to me and i like it
the martucci/verdi is one of my all time favorites, thanks to your video , i kinda like your older video.


thalbergmad could you post some of the fantasia you mentioned or send them to me?
here's my email  maxim_gadiri@hotmail.com

and i'm also intrested to see meyerbeer's own operatic transcriptions and piano music, could somone post any of these?

cheers...
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