Sigismond Thalberg - Fantasy on Auber's Opera 'La muette de Portici', Op. 52

Auber's opera 'La Muette de Portici' has quite the historical significance. It's often cited as the first grand opera, consisting of five acts and a large-scale production of elaborate set and costume design. The opera, which was based on the Revolt of Naples in 1647, inspired the Belgian Revolution in 1830. Thalberg uses many themes from the opera, including the tarantella from Act III (on which Liszt wrote his own paraphrase). Though Liszt's piece is much more popular today, Thalberg's fantasy on Auber's opera should not be so unfairly neglected.
pf: Mark Viner
original audio: • Grande fantaisie sur d...

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Love Mark Viner's rendition of this, been listening to it for a while, so I'm glad that someone finally made a score video to this!

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Suonato molto bene a tempo e chiaro, nonostante la difficoltà 🎉🎉

[@JamesBower-yj6ew]

As per usual, a very well and ingeniously constructed piece by Thalberg - the coda sounds elegant and so very beautiful! This is very bold and accurate rendition by Viner; I could Imagine Thalberg played it similarly.
Thanks as always 😊

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