Alessandro & Antonio Rolla: Opere per viola sola

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Label
Tactus
Release Date
July 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alessandro Rolla, Antonio Rolla
    • PERFORMER
      Federica Cardinali
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 04, 2025
    • UPC
      8007194108569
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TC780002
    • LABEL
      Tactus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Solo Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Andante (Vaccaj: Giulietta e Romeo, Act III), BI 316

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    2. No.2. Andante (Rossini: Demetrio e Poliblio, Quartetto), BI 317

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    3. No.3. Romanza e Preghiera (Rossini: Otello), BI 318

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    4. No. 4. Cavatina Nel furor delle tempeste (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 319

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    5. No. 5. Meco tu vieni (Bellini: La Straniera), BI 320

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    6. No. 6. Tu vedrai la sventurata (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 321

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    7. No. 7. Duetto Pietosa al Padre (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 322

      Composer: Alessandro Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    8. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    9. No. 2. Adagietto

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    10. No. 3. Allegretto

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    11. No. 4. Andante comodo

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    12. No. 5. Adagio, allegro comodo

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali

    13. No. 6. Lento ma non troppo

      Composer: Antonio Rolla

      Performer: Federica Cardinali


A fascinating instrument, with a warm and intimate timbre, the viola began relatively late to arouse the interest of composers and musicians. Long the recipient of accompaniment lines within orchestral ensembles, it was only in the classical period that the viola took it's first steps in the instrument repertoire for soloist with orchestra as well as for solo instrument. Although some masterpieces still widely performed today stand out (think of Mozart's famous Sinfonia Concertante), this type of repertoire remains meagre and at times unexplored. The two compositions offered here for the first recording are precisely among these hidden treasures to be rediscovered: the Musica Ridotta BI. 316-322 and the Six Idylls, composed for solo viola respectively by Alessandro Rolla and his son Antonio. Not only do these pieces bring out the melodic and cantabile peculiarities of the instrument, but they also deepen it's technical virtuosic aspect. The discographic project thus seeks to restore due consideration to these composers and appreciated violists of European fame at the time, who contributed to the development and emancipation of an instrument of extraordinary beauty.