Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia - Alfredo Casella: La donna serpente - Partita (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Introduzione: Largo e solenne
02. Introduzione, aria e toccata, Op. 55: Aria
03. Introduzione, aria e toccata, Op. 55: Toccata. Allegro un poco moderato e man mano movendo
04. Partita, Op. 42: I. Sinfonia
05. Partita, Op. 42: II. Passacaglia
06. Partita, Op. 42: III. Burlesca
07. La donna serpente Suite No. 1, Op. 50bis: I. Musica del sogno di re altidor: Andante
08. La donna serpente Suite No. 1, Op. 50bis: II. Interludio: Andante moderato
09. La donna serpente Suite No. 1, Op. 50bis: III. Marcia Guerriera: Tempo di marcia
10. La donna serpente Suite No. 2, Op. 50ter: I. Sinfonia. Allegro vivacissimo
11. La donna serpente Suite No. 2, Op. 50ter: II. Preludio. Lento, ma non troppo
12. La donna serpente Suite No. 2, Op. 50ter: III. Battaglia-IV. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo


This latest disc in the Naxos series of Casella’s orchestral music represents what Casella felt was his ‘definitive personality’. The Introduction, Aria and Toccata epitomises his ‘monumental Baroque style’ of the late 1920s and early 1930s. A few years earlier, his neoclassical Partita for piano and small orchestra had been a huge hit, with Casella himself touring right across Europe and the USA playing the solo part. In between, he at last – in his late forties – composed his first opera, La donna serpente: the orchestral fragments recorded here colourfully reflect the story’s tragicomic twists and turns.

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