Campagnoli - 41 Caprices, op.22 (arr. Tottmann)
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96551
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 18th November 2022
Contents
Artists
Marco Misciagna (viola)Marco Ciannella (piano)
Works
Caprices (41) for viola, op.22 (arr. KA Tottmann for viola and piano)Artists
Marco Misciagna (viola)Marco Ciannella (piano)
About
Karl Albert Tottmann (1837–1917) was a German musician and composer. Leaving the Leipzig Conservatory, he entered as first violin of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and in 1868 he was named director of the Vieux Théâtre Orchestra, remaining in this role until the end of 1872. Campagnoli’s 41 Caprices for viola were published in Leipzig around 1815, with Tottmann later adding a piano accompaniment. Capriccio no.17, a theme with variations in E minor, is the most musical and consistent of the collection and is particularly suitable for a performance as a concert piece; an alternative piano accompaniment for this caprice was later created and published by Grażyna Bacewicz. The 41 Caprices are the most important and well-known compositions by Campagnoli and one of the most important collections of violistic teaching. The studies deal with a wide category of technical issues for the left hand and for the bow, covering the problems of the solo, chamber and orchestral repertoire of the time, to the point of being defined as the ‘Kreutzer-Fiorillo’ of the viola. In studies nos. 19 and 20 we find scales and arpeggios, in no.7 the slurred staccato. Octaves and other intervals, string jumps and arpeggios characterise nos. 16, 17, 37; and the thirds and sixths are dealt with in Study no.2. The study of the cantabile is also very important, and in numerous caprices the rapid and technical part is preceded by a slow introduction which involves much legato and double chords (nos. 1, 2, 24, 34). Many of the caprices end on the dominant, and this allows in many cases an immediate harmonic connection between one capriccio and the next.
Played by Marco Misciagna (viola) and Marco Ciannella (piano). Marco Misciagna is one of the leading viola players of our time. He has performed in the most famous concert halls of Europe such as the Berliner Philarmonie, Essen Philarmonie, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Mannheim Rosengarten, Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg, Prinzregententheater Munich, Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, Musikverein in Wien and in the most prestigious halls of America.
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