Mozart-Liszt and Verdi-Liszt played by Giovanni Bellucci

[michael_sayers]

Hi Everyone,

Giovanni Bellucci seems to have a unique ability to make the Mozart-Liszt transcriptions really come alive, as here:

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And his performance here of the Verdi-Liszt Miserere aus Trovatore is extraordinary:

Mvh,
Michael

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Hi Everyone,

Giovanni Bellucci ...

... his performance here of the Verdi-Liszt Miserere aus Trovatore is extraordinary:

Yes, interesting and exciting performance with technique to spare. I know this work well. The rhythmic distortion of the melody in the two bars from 5.01 is very strange though!

I really like his performances of paraphrases on La Sonnambula (both Liszt and Thalberg) -

Liszt (part 1, makes Leslie Howard look like a child):

Thalberg (slightly truncated, unfortunately):

 

[thalbergmad]

Do like his Thalberg. A bit to fast for me. The trills also need to be quiter.

Thal

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Out of curiosity, Thal, what do you think of rival recordings of the Thalberg Sonnambula? Iirc it's one of the better Nicolosi ones; there is a decent live performance by Tomas Kameniak on YT but the sound quality is poor. As with all Thalberg paraphrases, I think Earl Wild was the man for the job, and it's such a shame he only did two.

[thalbergmad]

I think the Sonnambula was Nicolosi's best Thalberg recording. It just sings and flows and the trills melt into the background.

Bellucci sounds like a flock of woodpeckers in comparison.

Thal

[ronde_des_sylphes]

I think the Sonnambula was Nicolosi's best Thalberg recording. It just sings and flows and the trills melt into the background.

Bellucci sounds like a flock of woodpeckers in comparison.

I'll give them both a comparative re-listen later. O/t, but the woodpeckers amuse me, because that's what I think of Nicolosi's trills in La Traviata. If you've not heard it, I recommend you listen to Oleg Marshev here - eccentricities, but fascinatingly played in the grand manner.

[michael_sayers]

I think the Sonnambula was Nicolosi's best Thalberg recording. It just sings and flows and the trills melt into the background.

Bellucci sounds like a flock of woodpeckers in comparison.

Thal

Hi Thal,

Do you have something against woodpeckers?


Mvh,
Michael

[thalbergmad]

Only when they try to play Thalberg.

Thal