Bellini arr. S. Thalberg, Casta diva
My studio recording of the famous virtuoso Sigismund Thalberg s (18121871) arrangement of the famous aria Casta diva from Bellini s opera Norma. Recorded 5th Sept 2012, Reid Hall, Edinburgh. This piece is part of Thalbergs collection of arrangements of setting from opera and song, L art du chant appliqué au piano, This recording formed the eighth track on my first album of transcriptions and paraphrases taken from opera; please visit for the full album, reviews and further details, or you may stream the album here: The Casta diva paraphrase is a lovely, warmly hued work and receives a commensurately fine performance. It too derives from the set but is more intricately deployed with the melody lines skittering from hand to Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International.
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