Sigismond Thalberg - Tarantella Op. 65 (audio + sheet music)

[@Medtnaculuss]

Great to see more love for Thalberg. An amazing composer!

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

His opera fantasies can occasionally be quite good indeed but Thalberg is by no means an "amazing" composer. Nevertheless I still respect him for having the balls to stand up to Liszt in their feud.

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

@Lunar Orbit Because most of his original works are incredibly uninteresting and mundane. The same can't be said for other piano composers like Chopin and Liszt. There is a reason Thalberg is little known in today's times and Chopin and Liszt are well known!

[@Chorizo727]

@@AndreiAnghelLisztLiszt sucks

[@phartmann5213]

I find his works rather soulless, he served the greed for virtuosity that was emerging at the time.

[@edsedlavzelaznog]

I love so much classical music and I know plenty of composers from the well-known and almost unknown ones. However, I didn't know about this wonderful and virtuous pianist and composer since a day ago while reading the Count of MonteCristo by Alexander Dumas who in chapter LVXXVI he wrote about Danglar's daughter "Eugenia" playing the piano like a living Thalberg. Amaizing and exhilarating discovery.

[@jennysenjuk6308]

It is interesting to read about Thalberg and Liszt.

[@ninakruglova286]

Замечательная музыка, соответствующее исполнение... Вообщем блеск! Теперь имею представление о композиторе... Недаром шлеф славы до наших дней....

[@axelvaillant]

Wonderful! You just want to get up and dance to this. And beautifully played too. Thanks for the upload.

[@thenameisgsarci]

No need to thank me, I'm just simply doing my thing. :)

[@m.a.3322]

From 4:33 onwards a very beautiful soft section pops up every few bars and then quickly disappears forever... Magical

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

Huh. I wonder why he didn't write it in 6/8. That would have saved him from marking all those triplets.

[@leoribic1691]

Probably to avoid people getting the beats wrong. Some people (albeit not many) might otherwise play three beats per measure, despite the left hand having two, a bit like Chopin's F minor étude. I guess having triplets makes it clear that each first note in each triplet should get the agogic emphasis. Plus he'd have to dot all the left hand notes!

[@lukisIVIII]

great, cheerful yet powerful thanks to its simplicity

[@bitchslappedme]

Good piece. And a very inspired performance

[@PianoScoreVids]

REALLY good playing!

[@carlus6432]

Yoooo

[@A_T216]

What a happy little piece! Put a smile on my face.

[@jerry_moo]

I think this Tarantella is more enjoyable than Thalberg's other works. Well, among his original works that is. I think Fantasias and Paraphrases are pretty much his forte.

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Браво блестяще сыграл

[@beyondtheirlevel3726]

Well I'm more #teamliszt but Thalbergs works are still good

[@samthepianoman]

Yeah same

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

Liszt gang 😎

[@elthpiano]

I’m not a massive Liszt fan myself actually.

[@erikfreitas7093]

@@elthpiano Liszten to more than just Liebesträum #3 and Hungarian Rhapsody #2 and you’ll become one.

[@luigifiore2838]

complimenti veramente. bellissimo pezzo, complimenti per la scelta di questo brano quasi sconosciuto ma eguagliabile a grandi come Haidyn. complimenti

[@thenameisgsarci]

Sei il benvenuto, amico mio. :)

[@irinashem29]

прекрасное произведение!

[@cinziavidali411]

Le mani lavorano!

[@harryandruschak2843]

Wonderful :)

[@Piflaser]

After 4:39 I listen some Grieg avant la lettre. Nice!

[@kefka34]

Like the finale of Weber´s fourth piano sonata.

[@gayerest]

Moar lesser known Thalberg works pl0x.

[@thenameisgsarci]

Let's see about that in the future.

[@Archiekunst]

The beginning sounds a lot like Chopin's. When was this composed? I'm sure one of the either copied from the other. Or it may be an idiosyncratic way to start a Tarantella.

[@thenameisgsarci]

1) I don't think so. 2) Read the title card. 3) Chopin composed his tarantella 7 years before Thalberg composed his, so it may be a theory. 4) I think it's fine.

[@Archiekunst]

Oh I always skip the title card. It drives me nuts in anticipation because I'm greedy for content. But I follow why you do it. It is to explicitly ascertain acknowledgement. It may be so that thalberg took the flavor of the introductory bar from Chopin. I'm not convinced that it wasn't a coincidence though.

[@thenameisgsarci]

Well, I might say, Thalberg was in good terms with Chopin...

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

@@thenameisgsarci I don't know about that, Chopin couldn't care less about Thalberg.

[@matthewparis1907]

I can't help thinking this piece would go better without pedal and a staccato touch to give it more bite. I know the score says: use the pedal.

[@krismariasy9728]

could you do music by Edvard Mirzoyan? he has a great piece for piano titled 'Poem' or if you can't find anything by him, maybe Leo Ornstein or Henry Cowell?

[@thenameisgsarci]

I don't think I can do Mirzoyan, as there is no sheet music that I have access to. Maybe I will do the other two in the future... :)

[@krismariasy9728]

+thenameisgsarci please please do some Ornstein. not too many people are aware of his music, and its a shame because he is so important in regards to clusters. he also lived to be 108 years old!

[@thenameisgsarci]

Well, I actually have done some Ornstein videos back then. They're still up in my channel.

[@krismariasy9728]

+thenameisgsarci do Cowell than! :)

[@thenameisgsarci]

Hold your horses, my sergeant...

[@irinashem29]

вообще то вступление начинается с Lento! с постепенным ускорением.

[@user-oy2bx3ht2i]

I am dying to 4 : 35 - 4 : 50 part but other parts are ehhh.. boring

[@erika9763]

That 15 seconds wasn't even interesting lol Perhaps I was hoping for too much.

[@Kalen1457]

Some parts remind me of the Pieczonka tarantella. Not one of Thalberg's "better" pieces in my opinion, such as the Rossini paraphrases/transcriptions. Though I suppose it's a good piece for an intermediate preteen or teenager. Interesting rarity nonetheless.

[@AndyAand]

ouch...

[@thenameisgsarci]

Here's a band-aid. *insert imaginary band-aid here* You're welcome. :)

[@AndyAand]

u wud nid antybiotics to soooooth the pain heer. Basura beyond any lazines.....

[@thenameisgsarci]

Can you speak Tagalog?

[@AndyAand]

can u speak music?

[@thenameisgsarci]

Not very fluent, but pretty much yeah. :)

[@kimsahl8555]

It is a bad black bottom, very good is Liszt tarantelle

[@morganmartinez8420]

If this piece is a bad black bottom, your comment is flat out a piece of flaming shit.