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Offline zippi

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Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
on: July 04, 2013, 12:48:30 PM
Hey,

does anyone has a recording of this piece ?

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 01:57:57 PM
Indeed I have as this was recorded by Michael Ponti on the old Vox label. Still available cheaply  under Naxos and is well worth the money.

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #2 on: July 04, 2013, 03:09:45 PM
Somehow i knew that you would answer :p   THX

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #3 on: July 04, 2013, 11:05:23 PM
I seem to recall that the Ponti recording is quite heavily cut. It is a very demanding fantasy.
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #4 on: July 05, 2013, 12:08:18 AM
Lesley Howard must have done it as part of his "everything" effort.
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #5 on: July 05, 2013, 12:26:47 AM
Lesley Howard must have done it as part of his "everything" effort.
Thalberg.. not Liszt.
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #6 on: July 05, 2013, 01:00:24 AM
Thalberg.. not Liszt.

Ooops. Clearly my coffee hasn't worked this morning.  :-[
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #7 on: July 05, 2013, 07:34:04 AM
Hopefully, Howard will keep away from Thalberg.

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #8 on: July 05, 2013, 08:20:45 AM
Hey,

does anyone has a recording of this piece ?

I've never heard any of this artist's work:

https://www.cdbaby.com/artist/HiroshiTakasu

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #9 on: July 05, 2013, 09:34:25 AM
I've never heard any of this artist's work:

https://www.cdbaby.com/artist/HiroshiTakasu

I've heard a couple of his recordings. Hmm. Not without interest, but a bit impetuous/eccentric and sloppy, plus a tendency to curious tempo changes.
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #10 on: July 05, 2013, 10:49:20 AM
Hey ronde_des_sylphes ,
did you think about playing this fantasy ? I love your recordings ;D

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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #11 on: July 05, 2013, 11:17:00 AM
Hey ronde_des_sylphes ,
did you think about playing this fantasy ? I love your recordings ;D

Briefly. Then I looked at the score..  ;D :o
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Re: Thalberg - Fantasy on Robert le Diable op.6
Reply #12 on: July 06, 2013, 05:35:12 AM
For me, this composer is more 'thal' than 'berg'..
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