Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Art songs; Piano works

Coni, Giuseppina, Vanini, Valentina

TC 890390

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 (brca of his studies with Ildebrando Pizzetti), which are fully manifested in these compositions, superbly interpreted by the Vanini-Coni duo.

Works:

•Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Likeder
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: L'infinito op. 22
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Il libro di Dolcina
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: La sera fiesolana
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piccini piccio op. 26
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 2 preghiere per i bimbi d'Italia op. 29
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: La barba bianca op. 28
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: La canzone della vita; Briciole op. 8
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ore sole op. 52
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Stelle cadenti (12 liriche brevi) op. 6
• Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quattro sonetti da "La vita nova" op. 41
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ninna nanna per l'album di una bimba op. 4
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: I naviganti op. 13 (Klavier solo)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: KIavierwerke: La sirenetta e il pesce turchino op. 18
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Vitalba e biancospino op. 21
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cipressi op. 17
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Questo fu il carro della morte op. 2
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Il raggio verde op. 9
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Alghe op. 12
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Epigrafe op. 25
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Le stagioniop. 33
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tre poemi campestri op. 44

CD x 2

Tactus

2.10.2023

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