Title: Pianoforte a Quattro Mani Artist: Baldocci Caramiello Label: Tactus Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8007194107265 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2020-06-05 Number of Discs: 1
It may seem curious, or at least eccentric, to present a CD containing a composer's transcriptions for four- handed piano of some pieces of his own that are regarded as exemplary and extraordinary particularly for their orchestration - this opinion is undoubtedly deserved by two of Respighi's three famous tone poems in several movements, but probably also by his suites of Antiche danze e arie, which moreover had been expressly conceived as "specimens" of re-invention and orchestration. The fact is that Respighi's fame as a composer of symphonies and a magician of the orchestra has perhaps overcast his great talent as a pianist and his indubitable mastery of the instrument, which were so considerable as to make it possible for him to perform, as a soloist, in the premieres of some decidedly complex concert pieces for piano of his, that is the Concerto in modo misolidio (1925) and the Toccata for piano and orchestra (1928).The transcription of the works presented on this album, personally edited with great accuracy by the great Italian symphonist, reveals something more than the classical - and, in those days, we could say 'necessary' - piano reduction of his great symphonic works: Gabriele Baldocci and Francesco Caramiello guide us to the listening of these masterpieces, in which it is possible to see - free of the orchestral mixture and colors - the 'heart' of Ottorino Respighi compositional art.
Tracks: 1.1 Pini di Roma 1.2 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite I (Sec. XVI e XVII)~I. Simone Molinaro (1599), Balletto detto "Il Conte Orlando" 1.3 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite I (Sec. XVI e XVII)~II. Vincenzo Galilei (155), Gagliarda 1.4 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite I (Sec. XVI e XVII)~III. Ignoto (Fine del Sec. XVI), Villanella 1.5 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite I (Sec. XVI e XVII)~IV. Ignoto (Fine del Sec. XVI), Passo Mezzo e Mascherada 1.6 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~I. Romanza 1.7 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~II. Canto di caccia siciliano 1.8 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~III. Canzone armena 1.9 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~IV. Natale, Natale! 1.10 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~V. Cantilena scozzese 1.11 Sei Piccoli Pezzi per pianoforte a quattro mani~VI. Piccoli highlanders 1.12 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite II (Sec. XVI e XVII)~I. Fabrizio Carosio (1531), Laura Soave (Balletto con Gagliarda, Saltarello e Canario) 1.13 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite II (Sec. XVI e XVII)~II. Giov. Batt. Besardo (1617), Danza rustica 1.14 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite II (Sec. XVI e XVII)~III. Autore Incerto (1600) - Mersenne Marin (1636), Campanæ Parisienses - Aria 1.15 Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto. Suite II (Sec. XVI e XVII)~IV Bernardo Gianoncelli (1650) detto Il Bernardello, Bergamasca 1.16 Fontane di Roma
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