Elia Macrì, Daniela Mazzucato - Banfield & Levi: Works (2021)

Tracklist

01. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 1, La ninna nanna della cicala
02. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 2, Speranze. Memorie
03. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 3, La rosa del commiato
04. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 4, Sogno
05. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 5, Notte d'inverno
06. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 6, Es verdad
07. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 7, Coquette
08. Liriche per canto e pianoforte: No. 8, Love
09. Quattro anacreontiche: No. 1, I primi fior son questi
10. Quattro anacreontiche: No. 2, Guarda che bianca luna
11. Quattro anacreontiche: No. 3, Clori mi disse un giorno
12. Quattro anacreontiche: No. 4, Seppi che al dubbio lume
13. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 1, Allegro sostenuto
14. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 2, Lento - Allegro vivace
15. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 3, Allegretto mosso
16. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 4, Lento
17. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 5, Allegro vivace
18. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 6, Andante assai
19. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 7, Molto vivace
20. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 8, Allegro
21. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 9, Impetuoso
22. Dieci preludi per pianoforte: No. 10, Moderato
23. Ninna Nanna



The soprano Daniela Mazzucato and the pianist Elia Macrì are the interpreters of the chamber lyrics and piano preludes of two composers who both lived in Trieste in the twentieth century, Vito Levi and Raffaello de Banfield. Coming from different social backgrounds but closely connected in their existence: esteemed musician, essayist and music critic, Levi will introduce the student de Banfield - of noble lineage and son of a legendary Austro-Hungarian military aviation pilot - to the study of music, thanks to which he came in contact with some eminent exponents of the world cultural heritage of the twentieth century, such as Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Igor Strawinsky, Greta Garbo, Winston Churchill, just to name a few. Persecuted by the racial laws [Musica Degenerata Tactus TC900005] Levi had to flee and hide until the end of the war, returning to occupy those teaching chairs that the regime had stolen from him in Trieste, where in the 70s de Banfield would also return, to direct the city's Opera Theatre and the prestigious Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.

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