The Piano at the Opera - music of Czerny, Glinka, Thalberg & List adapted for 2 pianos / Portenaw Piano Duo

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Album Summary

Ensemble

• Portenaw Piano Duo

Composers

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871)

Notes & Reviews:

This collection brings together selected opera themes adapted for two pianos. Fantasias and variations by Carl Czerny, who was a worldwide name at the time, were extremely popular; this disc includes his Introduction and Variations Op.398 based on the cavatina from Donizetti 's Don Pasquale and La cornetta del postiglione Op.282.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998).

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Works Details

Czerny, Carl : Variations on "So anch'io la virtú magica" from Donizetti's Don Pasquale, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 39

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Thalberg, Sigismund : Fantasia on themes from "Moïse," Op 33 (Rossini)

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 14 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Liszt, Franz : Marche et Cavatine de Lucia de Lammermoor, transcription for piano (after Donizetti), S. 398 (LW A23

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 10 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1839

Liszt, Franz : Fantasie sur des motifs favoris de La Sonnambula, for piano (after Bellini; 3 versions), S. 393 (LW

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 13 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841-1842

Glinka, Mikhail : Impromptu & Galop on the barcarolle from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, for piano, 4 hands in B flat

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Czerny, Carl : La cornetta del postiglione, variations on a theme of Rossini, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 282

• Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo
• Notes: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)
• Running Time: 10 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic