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A Tribute to Teresa de Rogatis / Milani
Brilliant Classics

A Tribute to Teresa de Rogatis / Milani

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Details

Composer
ROGATIS, TERESA DE
Artist
Cinzia Milani
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95627
UPC
5028421956275

About

Born in Naples in 1893, Teresa de Rogatis was a child prodigy who gave her first recital at the age of seven. She studied piano, composition, counterpoint, harmony, conducting and voice at the Conservatorio San Pietro in Naples. While in Egypt on a concert tour, she met and soon married a Swiss man of means living in Cairo, Paolo Feninger. Settling there in the 1920s, Rogatis helped to found the National Conservatory of Egypt, where she also taught piano and guitar for over 40 years. Her husband’s death prompted her retirement in 1963 back to Naples, where she lived quietly until her death in 1979. Her career as a teacher allowed little time for composition, but de Rogatis took a selfless attitude to her own work. ‘If teaching hundreds of young people about the poetry and beauty of music, instead of composing works and symphonies, means giving one’s life up, then that’s what I’ve done. But if some of these young people, who are now adults, can understand a Beethoven symphony or sonata and find in it solace and a guide for their own lives, then I will live in their memories just as I would have done in my works, and my life will have been equally useful.’ Her relatively slender output – 60 acknowledged works – is dominated by piano music, but de Rogatis also wrote instrumental songs and dances for the guitar, and a four-movement Sonatina of no less ready melodic appeal, all presented here by her modern-day counterpart, the Italian guitarist Cinzia Milani. In a personal introduction to the scholarly booklet note, Milani observes how de Rogatis ‘reconciled brilliant virtuoso flair with an elegantly feminine touch, even when the overall tone is jocular or ironic.’ Milani’s decision to record this music on a distinctly modern instrument is part of ‘an imaginary dialogue between different periods and the changes they heralded: like glancing backwards while walking towards the future.’

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Soirée madrilène 03:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Soirée madrilène
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  2. 2 Divertimento 02:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Divertimento
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  3. 3 L'oasi incantata 03:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    L'oasi incantata
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  4. 4 Fuochi fatui 02:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fuochi fatui
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  5. 5 Mormorio della foresta 04:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mormorio della foresta
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  6. 6 Tarantella diabolica 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tarantella diabolica
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  7. 7 Balletto 06:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Balletto
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  8. 8 Fantasia araba 03:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fantasia araba
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  9. 9 Studio per la mano sinistra 01:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    Studio per la mano sinistra
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  10. 10 Alba sul mare 02:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    Alba sul mare
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  11. 11 Recuerdos de España 02:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    Recuerdos de España
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  12. 12 Bagdad 01:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    Bagdad
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  13. 13 Studio sul tremolo 01:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Studio sul tremolo
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  14. 14 I. Andantino 05:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Andantino
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  15. 15 II. Largo 05:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  16. 16 III. Tempo di minuetto 01:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani
  17. 17 IV. A capriccio 01:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. A capriccio
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Teresa de Rogatis
    Performer
    Cinzia Milani