Roberto Trainini, Stella Ala Luce Pontoriero - Casella, Mulè, Respighi Pizzetti: Musica per violoncello e pianoforte (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro assai
02. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8: II. Adagio
03. Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8: III. Allegro, ma non troppo
04. Largo for Cello & Piano
05. Notturno e tarantella, Op. 54 (Version for Cello & Piano): I. Notturno
06. Notturno e tarantella, Op. 54 (Version for Cello & Piano): II. Tarantella
07. Adagio con variazioni, P. 133 (Version for Cello & Piano)
08. 3 Canti (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 1, Affettuoso
09. 3 Canti (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 2, Quasi grave e commosso
10. 3 Canti (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Appassionato

A cross-section of the Italian production for cello and piano, conceived during the hazy beginning of the twentieth century, shows us how the most varied influences – coming from all sorts of styles: Gregorian, Monteverdi, operatic, German and French late-romantic, avant-gardist, Franco-Russian impressionist, French symbolist, veristic – are absorbed and remoulded, accepted and rejected, by various personalities of the world of composition. In this cultural ambience, a crucial role was played by the so-called Generation of Eighteen-Eighty, whose components, Casella, Malipiero, Pizzetti, Respighi, friends and collaborators, stood out for their pursuit of innovation and their aim to create a character peculiar to Italian music; this quest was accompanied, at least in their artistic choices, by a certain lack of political commitment. Within this recording, cellist Roberto Trainini and pianist Stella Ala Luce Pontoriero are delivering an anthology of precious musical gems as necessary testimony to the great value of some obscured and forgotten Italian early twentieth century repertoire.

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