The themes used are: @ 0:00 Intro @ 1:15 Della duchessa ai prieghi @ 3:38 Di pescatore ignobile @ 5:31 Intro @ 6:16 Maffi Orsini signora son'io @ 9:39 Guai se ti sfugge un moto
The source of Donizetti's libretto for his opera, Victor Hugo's Lucrèce Borgia (1833), is a play, not a novel. While the score may not rank at the top of the list of the composer's best works, a great soprano can make something memorable of the title part, and there's also a rewarding "trouser role" for a lively mezzo-soprano. American poet Walt Whitman, during his early days as a newspaper reviewer, wrote a vivid and entertaining description of a performance of the opera in New York City.
Can't help feeling that Liszt and Thalberg both tried their best to invigorate Donizetti's rather lack-lustre work. Neither completely succeeded although I would say that the Thalberg work is simply more engaging that Liszt''s.
"Thalberg work is simply more engaging...." maaan, I know that that's your taste and opinion, but daaaamn, not even in a dream this one is better than Liszt's one
@@RicardoOliveiraRGBDude, "engaging" and "better" are not the same thing. Thalberg's fantasie is much shorter than liszt, and is alot more dense of technical passages, which to some is more engaging. And either way, don't just batter his opinion like that - in some ways this can be better than Liszt's, just not narrowed to musicality...
The themes used are:
@ 0:00 Intro
@ 1:15 Della duchessa ai prieghi
@ 3:38 Di pescatore ignobile
@ 5:31 Intro
@ 6:16 Maffi Orsini signora son'io
@ 9:39 Guai se ti sfugge un moto
Interesting that both Liszt and Thalberg chose similar textures at 10:11, although Liszt’s buildup to the climax is much more satisfying.
The source of Donizetti's libretto for his opera, Victor Hugo's Lucrèce Borgia (1833), is a play, not a novel. While the score may not rank at the top of the list of the composer's best works, a great soprano can make something memorable of the title part, and there's also a rewarding "trouser role" for a lively mezzo-soprano. American poet Walt Whitman, during his early days as a newspaper reviewer, wrote a vivid and entertaining description of a performance of the opera in New York City.
10:53, sounds like 4 hands.
I prefer the Liszt composition, more dramatic for me, but Thalberg’s one is also very good !
Liszt’s is objectively better.
liszts is head and shoulders better
Liszt is better
4:35 am I the only one hearing Happy birthday to you? 😅😅
3:37
4:34
The pianist lol
@@TheModicaLiszt what about him? 🧐
I personally love this short part very much! 🥰
1000x better than Liszt’s over-pompous transcription
I dunno, a thousand is a pretty big number.
Can't help feeling that Liszt and Thalberg both tried their best to invigorate Donizetti's rather lack-lustre work. Neither completely succeeded although I would say that the Thalberg work is simply more engaging that Liszt''s.
"Thalberg work is simply more engaging...." maaan, I know that that's your taste and opinion, but daaaamn, not even in a dream this one is better than Liszt's one
@@RicardoOliveiraRGB maybe it’s more engaging to him because otherwise he couldn’t play it
liszts has some of the most earth shattering, transcendent climaxes in solo piano literature
@@RicardoOliveiraRGBDude, "engaging" and "better" are not the same thing. Thalberg's fantasie is much shorter than liszt, and is alot more dense of technical passages, which to some is more engaging.
And either way, don't just batter his opinion like that - in some ways this can be better than Liszt's, just not narrowed to musicality...