Francesco Nicolosi - Thalberg: 24 Pensées musicales, Op. 75 "Les soirées de Pausilippe" (2022)

Sigismond Thalberg was a virtuoso pianist whose training included studies with Mozart’s pupil Johann Hummel, and whose rivalry with Franz Liszt became the talk of Paris in the 1830s. Thalberg excelled in the fashionable solo piano genre of operatic paraphrase but, while drawing on themes by the ever-popular Rossini, Les Soirées de Pausilippe avoids ostentatious excess. Instead Thalberg preferred an elegant simplicity in which the piano is allowed to sing in emulation of the operatic originals. With rhythmic dances, expressive arias and more, this is a collection that embraces moods that range from Mendelssohnian charm to Chopinesque pianism.
Tracklist
1. No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Andantino
2. No. 2 in E Major, Moderato
3. No. 3 in A Minor, Molto agitato
4. No. 4 in D Major, Andantino
5. No. 5 in G Minor, Tempo di tarantella
6. No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Molto vivace
7. No. 7 in C Major, Lento con molta espressione
8. No. 8 in A Minor, Presto
9. No. 9 in D Major, Andantino con moto
10. No. 10 in B-Flat Major, Andante cantabile
11. No. 11 in F Major, Allegretto moderato
12. No. 12 in D-Flat Major, Allegretto
13. No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Molto adagio
14. No. 14 in D Major, Allegretto ma non troppo
15. No. 15 in G Minor, Presto agitato
16. No. 16 in D-Flat Major, Allegro vivace
17. No. 17 in F Major, Adagio
18. No. 18 in D Minor, Moderato
19. No. 19 in B Minor, Molto vivace
20. No. 20 in B-Flat Major, Allegro vivace
21. No. 21 in A Minor, Allegretto moderato
22. No. 22 in D Minor, Allegretto ma non troppo
23. No. 23 in B Major, Andantino
24. No. 24 in A-Flat Major, Tempo di polacca