Sigismond Thalberg - Piano Trio, Op. 69 (1854)

Sigismond Thalberg (8 January 1812 – 27 April 1871) was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. Please support my channel: Piano Trio in A major, Op. 69 (1853-54) I. Allegretto molto moderato (0:00) II. Andante cantabile (14:08) III. Allegretto ma non troppo (23:06) The Atlantis Trio Jaap Schröder, violin Enid Sutherland, cello Penelope Crawford, fortepiano Thalberg was one of the most famous and most successful piano composers of the 19th century. In the 1830s and the 1840s, his style was a major force in European piano-playing. He was greatly in fashion and was imitated by others. In 1852, Wilhelm von Lenz wrote: ’The piano playing of the present day, to tell the truth, consists only of Thalberg simple, Thalberg amended, and Thalberg exaggerated; scratch what is written for the piano, and you will find Thalberg.’ Ten years later, in 1862, a London correspondent of the Revue et gazette musicale wrote: ’Nobody in fa