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CHAN 10712

Casella: Concerto for Orchestra/A notte alta/Symphonic Fragments

Released Date:
01 May 2012

Recorded in 24 Bit / 96Khz

 Originally recorded in 2011
Artists:

BBC Philharmonic


Gianandrea Noseda


Martin Roscoe

piano

Venue:

MediaCity UK, Salford



Producer:

Mike George


Brian Pidgeon


Ralph Couzens

(Executive)

Engineer:

Stephen Rinker


Mike Smith

(Assistant)

Record Label
Chandos

Genre:

Piano


Orchestral & Concertos

Total Time - 72:37
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ALFREDO CASELLA

(1883-1947)
   
premiere recording
 

Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61

 26:55  
  À Willem Mengelberg ed all'orchestra del Concertgebouw di Amsterdam  
1 I Sinfonia. Allegro ma non troppo - Poco meno mosso - Calmo - Tempo, un poco animato - 8:22
2 II Passacaglia. Molto grave (Andante molto moderato) - 11:36
  Variazione I  
  Variazione II  
  Variazione III Pochissimo meno mosso  
  Variazione IV L'istesso tempo  
  Variazione V Un poco più mosso  
  Variazione VI Ancora un poco più mosso  
  Variazione VII L'istesso tempo  
  Variazione VIII Molto larghetto - Divertimento Tempo del principle -  
  Variazione IX (tema aumentato) Dolce e sereno  
  Variazione X (canone alla quinta) Sempre l'istesso tempo  
  Variazione XI Pochissimo più mosso  
  Variazione XII L'istesso tempo  
  Variazione XIII Molto tranquillo  
  Variazione XIV Molto calmo ed espressivo. Calmando e diminuendo  
3 III Inno. Allegro impetuoso ed animato - Molto sonoro, ma nobile e non fragoroso - 6:47
   
 

A notte alta, Op. 30

 19:53  
  Poema musicale per Pianoforte ed Orchestra  
  À Yvonne  
4 Lento molto, misterioso. Grave - Lento - Tempo I - Un poco meno - Poco più mosso - 5:27
5 Andante molto tranquillo e calmo, quasi adagio. Un poco movendo - Tempo I - 6:58
6 Agitando e cresc, molto. Stringendo e crescendo sempre - Sempre più forte e concitato - 1:50
7 Lento molto, misterioso. Alquanto movendo - Calmando - Lento, molto grave 3:35
8 Andante molto tranquillo e calmo, quasi adagio. Dolcissimo senza rallentare sino all fine 2:01
 Martin Roscoe piano
 

Symphonic Fragments from 'La donna serpente', Op. 50

 26:16  
  First Series  
  À Fritz Reiner  
9 Musica del sogno di re altidor. Andante (Tempo di Berceuse) 2:50
10 Interludio. Andante moderato 1:22
11 Marcia Guerriera. Tempo di marcia (piuttosto vivace ma non troppo). 5:15
   
  Second Series  
  À Bernardino Molinari  
12 Sinfonia Allegro vivacissimo. Pocchissimo meno mosso - Riprendeno - 5:25
13 Preludio Lento, ma non troppo. Sempre più fortissimo 6:46
14 Battaglia e Finale Allegro vivacissimo. Sempre fortissimo - 4:23


This is Volume 2 in the series of orchestral works by Alfredo Casella, performed by the BBC Philharmonic and Gianandrea Noseda, with the pianist Martin Roscoe. The album also forms part of the ‘Italian Series’ on Chandos, in association with Ricordi Music and the BBC Philharmonic. International Record Review said of the previous volume: ‘Anyone with more than a passing interest in this fascinating composer needs to have this remarkable disc.’
 Albeit largely forgotten today, Casella was in fact one of the most important composers of his generation, possessing creativity in abundance, and rare technical skill.
 The earliest music on this album, A notte alta (In Deepest Night), is Casella’s only piece of programme music, inspired, the composer tells us, ‘by sentimental events in my personal life’. You do not need to look far to get a good understanding of what these events might have been: the dedication ‘To Yvonne’ and the 1917 date on the solo piano version clearly indicate that they relate to his affair with a student, Yvonne Müller, who would become his wife after his first marriage was annulled in 1921.
 Unlike most Italian composers of his generation, Casella had no operatic ambitions in the early part of his career. It was not until after his return to Italy from Paris in 1915 that he began to take a creative interest in the theatre, and the result was La donna serpente. This operatic score has much in common with Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, from the magic and comic elements to the heroic rescue of a beautiful young woman, in this case a half fairy-queen condemned to assume the shape of a serpent for 200 years.
 The Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61 was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. It was performed for the first time by this orchestra in its famous concert hall in 1938.

"...I am once again dumbstruck by how engaging and wonderful this music is.The orchestra plays its collective heart out, and the Chandos recording is stunning in its realism and
impact. I was thrilled to see that the CD Cover states “Orchestral Works: Volume 2.” I eagerly await future release from these performers.
 
David A. McConnell - MusicWeb-International.com - 13 August 2012


                        Music *****      Sound *****

                             Excellent

Andreas Friesenhagen - Fono Forum - August 2012
 


"...as in their previous recording of Casella’s Second Symphony, reviewed here, the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Gianandrea Noseda get right into the thick of things and bring out all of this music’s punch, beauty and effulgence."

Jean-Yves Duperron - Classical Music Sentinel - July 2012
 


                   ****      Excellent

Michel Fluery – Classica magazine – July/August 2012
    


“...Enthusiastically recommended. I look forward to future instalments.”

Andrew Achenbach – Gramophone magazine – August 2012
 


"...The adventurous listener will be very well rewarded by this very imaginative and colourful music."
 
Ian Lace  - musicweb-international.com - 11 June 2012


                Performance ****                Recording ****   

“...Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic capture the verve and spirit of Casella’s oft-changing music.”

 

Christopher Dingle – BBC Music Magzine – July 2012


“...It’s music that ... makes its impact through colour: here the orchestra provides a slithering, chromatic background for an incisively luminous Martin Roscoe.  Quite wonderful ... Casella’s imagination and grasp of orchestral colouring simply shine through. Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic are the performers to bring it to life.”

Ivan Moody – International Record Review – June 2012


“...these forthright performances with all musicians on top form come thoroughly recommended.”

Adrian Edwards – BBC web-site review -  11 May 2012


“...Casella’s orchestration is superb, often beguiling ... The music is enchanting, scenic, lively and unfailingly attractive. Suffice to say that the performances are labours of love ... this ... issue sounds quite superb ... with wonderful tangibility, and perspective and clarity in perfect accord.”

Colin Anderson – Classicalsource.com – 12 May 2012


“Gianandrea Noseda’s commendable Italian legacy at the BBC Philharmonic continues with this programme of three works by Alfredo Casella ... whose Concerto for Ochestra of 1937 brilliantly taps the instrumental colour and virtuosity that Casella knew he could expect from the work’s dedicatees, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.”    ****

Geoffrey Norris -  The Telegraph – 12 May 2012




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