Respighi - Complete Orchestral Works Vol.3
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94394
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 4th March 2013
Contents
Works
Adagio con Variazioni, P133Concerto gregoriano, P135
Fantasia Slava, P50
Sinfonia drammatica, P102
Toccata for piano and orchestra, P156
Artists
Vadim Brodsky (violin)Chiara Bertoglio (piano)
Andrea Noferini (cello)
Desiree Scuccuglia (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Conductor
Francesco La VecchiaWorks
Adagio con Variazioni, P133Concerto gregoriano, P135
Fantasia Slava, P50
Sinfonia drammatica, P102
Toccata for piano and orchestra, P156
Artists
Vadim Brodsky (violin)Chiara Bertoglio (piano)
Andrea Noferini (cello)
Desiree Scuccuglia (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Conductor
Francesco La VecchiaAbout
The composer’s Sinfonia drammatica, a distinctly gloomy work of huge proportions, reflects the mood of Europe prior to the First World War. Respighi’s exploration of early Italian music is evident in the Concerto gregoriano, to which the influence of Gregorian chant adds a certain spirituality. The work, which combines the use of modal harmony and Respighi’s own creative idiom, showcases some of the composer’s most beautiful, and technically demanding, writing for solo violin (his own instrument).
Similarly, the masterpiece Toccata for pianoforte and orchestra owes much to early music, but is Neoclassical in structure. It includes the influence of organ repertoire – particularly that of Bach, as regards harmonic progression and direct quotations reminiscent of the Fantasia cromatica cadenza – and also Vivaldi and Frescobaldi.
The works are played by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, directed by Francesco La Vecchia, and feature astute readings by soloists Vadim Brodski, Andrea Noferini, Chiara Bertoglio and Désirée Scuccuglia.
The recordings were made in 2009 to 2011 and offer an engaging follow‐up to the other two orchestral volumes in the series.
Contains extensive liner notes on the works and artist biographies in English and Italian.
Contents:
CD 1
- Concerto gregoriano for violin and orchestra (1921)
Vadim Brodsky (violin)
- Toccata for piano and orchestra (1928)
Chiara Bertoglio (piano)
- Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra (1921)
Andrea Noferini (cello)
CD 2
- Sinfonia drammatica (1914)
- Fantasia slava (1903)
Désirée Scuccuglia (piano)
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