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Thalberg’s Introduzione e Variazioni sulla Barcarola dell’ Elisir d’amore

Thalberg turns the love song into an occasion for pianistic fireworks – runs up and down the piano, arpeggios in the right and left hands, melodies played in the thumbs – all of which emphasize and make variations on the familiar melody.

Sigismund Thalberg: Introduzione e Variazioni sulla Barcarola dell' Elisir d'amore, Op. 66

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