Antonio de Almeida & Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Malipiero: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 and 2 & Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte (2009)

Artist: Antonio de Almeida, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Title: Malipiero: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 and 2 & Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:17:15
Total Size: 282 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Malipiero: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 and 2 & Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:17:15
Total Size: 282 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte: I. Danza Tragica (12:28)
2. Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte: II. Sinfonia del Silenzio (10:54)
3. Sinfonie del Silenzio e de la Morte: III. Il Molino Della Morte (9:30)
4. Symphony No. 1, "In Quattro Tempi, Come Le Quattro Stagioni": I. Quasi Andante. Sereno (5:50)
5. Symphony No. 1, "In Quattro Tempi, Come Le Quattro Stagioni": II. Allegro (6:11)
6. Symphony No. 1, "In Quattro Tempi, Come Le Quattro Stagioni": III. Lento, Ma Non Troppo (4:52)
7. Symphony No. 1, "In Quattro Tempi, Come Le Quattro Stagioni": IV. Allegro, Quasi Allegretto (5:44)
8. Symphony No. 2, "Elegiaca": I. Allegro Non Troppo (5:23)
9. Symphony No. 2, "Elegiaca": II. Lento Non Troppo (5:31)
10. Symphony No. 2, "Elegiaca": III. Mosso (3:11)
11. Symphony No. 2, "Elegiaca": IV. Lento (7:48)
Gian Francesco Malipiero may be considered the most original and inventive of the generation of Italian composers born around 1880 (the so-called “generazione dell’Ottanta”).
This second Naxos issue of the cycle of 11 numbered and 6 unnumbered symphonies features the largest and most ambitious of the early “symphonies”, the turbulent and at times macabre Symphonies of Silence and Death.
At the heart of Symphony No. 1, ‘in Four Movements like the Four Seasons’, is the autumnal third movement, rich in radiantly melancholy sonorities. Symphony No. 2 “elegiaca” is notable for the plaintive beauty of its two slow movements, especially the exquisite closing pages of the second, which also conclude the work.
This second Naxos issue of the cycle of 11 numbered and 6 unnumbered symphonies features the largest and most ambitious of the early “symphonies”, the turbulent and at times macabre Symphonies of Silence and Death.
At the heart of Symphony No. 1, ‘in Four Movements like the Four Seasons’, is the autumnal third movement, rich in radiantly melancholy sonorities. Symphony No. 2 “elegiaca” is notable for the plaintive beauty of its two slow movements, especially the exquisite closing pages of the second, which also conclude the work.