Amongst the composers of the second generation of Modernism in Italy, Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-75) was undoubtedly the most successful and famous. Following the success of his Partita per orchestra (1930-32), his music became increasingly more chromatic and, fascinated by Webern and Berg, he discovered the twelve tone technique, but deliberately retained strongly diatonic links and lyrical naturalness. With this second “Modern Times” CD, Karl-Heinz Steffens and the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz take care of the still not very famous orchestral pieces of this composer.