Anyone who had ever held a music magazine in their hands knows how much do critics like comparing anything they review to music it allegedly resembles (“…a bit of early Chopin with distinct influence of the Second Viennese School,” let us say), but in case with Sigismond Thalberg they were nonplussed: there was no one else like Swiss composer, neither before nor – I venture to suggest, – after.
Also virtuoso pianist, Thalberg was maybe the most praised musician ever, spellbinding attendees in Europe's finest concert halls with his playing. The only virtuoso of the same scale was Franz Liszt, who, being Thalberg’s contemporary, had heebie-jeebies because of the latter’s popularity…
Sheet music of several Thalberg’s pieces can be found here: Three Fantasias for Piano, Op.72, 20, 42. Enjoy!
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