Valentina Vanini, Giuseppina Coni - Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Liriche da camera e opera pianistiche (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. L'infinito, Op. 22
02. Il libro di Dolcina
03. La sera fiesolana
04. Piccino picciò, Op. 26
05. 2 Preghiere per i bimbi d'Italia, Op. 29
06. La barba bianca, Op. 28
07. La canzone della vita
08. Briciole, Op. 8
09. Ore sole, Op. 52
10. Stella cadenti, Op. 6
11. 4 Sonetti da "La vita nova", Op. 41
12. Ninna-nanna, Op. 4
13. I naviganti, Op. 13

CD2
01. La sirenetta e il pesce turchino, Op. 18
02. Vitalba e Biancospino, Op. 21
03. Cipressi, Op. 17
04. Questo fu il carro della morte, Op. 2
05. Il raggio verde, Op. 9
06. Alghe, Op. 12
07. Epigrafe, Op. 25
08. Le stagioni, Op. 33
09. 3 Poemi campestri, Op. 44

The duo formed by Valentina Vanini (half soprano) and Giuseppina Coni (piano) is the protagonist of this recording dedicated to the Florentine composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, including chamber lyrics and piano pieces. All the compositions collected in this double CD saw the light in the early twentieth century, and more precisely between 1913 and 1928. A kaleidoscopic panorama of impressions and emotions – from the evocation of the childhood world, to the poetic themes of great breadth up, to the pictorial evocations of the great Italian schools of the past – unravels in the succession of pieces, characterized by a very refined musical style, often not simple but incredibly fascinating and evocative. Not conventionally counted as part of the “Generazione dell’ottanta”, in reality Castelnuovo-Tedesco pursues the same ideals and intentions (because of his studies with Ildebrando Pizzetti), which are fully manifested in these compositions, superbly interpreted by the Vanini-Coni duo.

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