Almasio: Organ Works

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Label
Tactus
Release Date
November 7, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francesco Almasio
    • PERFORMER
      Fabio Nava
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 07, 2025
    • UPC
      8007194200720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TC800190
    • LABEL
      Tactus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical Era
    Works ⌄

    1. Ripieno: Moderato maestoso

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    2. Versetto No. 1: Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    3. Versetto No. 2: Moderato

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    4. Versetto No. 3: Moderato

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    5. Versetto No. 4: Andante

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    6. Versetto No. 5:Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    7. Offertorio - Sinfonia: Allegro maestoso, Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    8. Elevazione: Lerghetto

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    9. Consumazione: Moderato scherzo

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    10. Pastorale

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    11. 4 Versetti fugati pel Tantum ergo

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    12. Pastorale No. 1

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    13. No. 1. Lento

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    14. No. 2. Adagio

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    15. Pastorale No. 2

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    16. No. 1. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    17. No. 2. Moderato

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    18. No. 3. Moderato

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    19. No. 4. Allegretto

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    20. No. 5. Moderato

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    21. I. Adagio - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    22. IV. Tema con variazioni: Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    23. Melodia (after S. Golinelli) [Musica Sacra per organo de maestro Francesco Almasio, Vismara, Milano, 1871]

      Composer: Francesco Almasio

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    24. Stabat Mater: Eja, Mater, fons amoris (arr. F. Almasio for organ)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Performer: Fabio Nava

    25. La forza del destino: Sinfonia (arr. F. Almasio for organ)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Performer: Fabio Nava


Francesco Almasio (Milan, 21 April 1802 - Milan, 14 November 1871) was one of the protagonists of the musical life of Milan during the nineteenth century, and is considered the father of the reformation of sacred music in Italy. He was Kapellmeister and organist in several Milanese churches, and the very first teacher in the organ course at the Conservatory of Milan: the few surviving manuscripts of sacred music compositions of his, and the printed corpus of his organ pieces, reveal the everyday life of his liturgical and teaching activities. Francesco Almasio was born in Milan to Pietro Almasio (1780-1846), from Legnano, who also was a Kapellmeister and organist, and Maria Porri; his father made him study the piano, the organ and composition. Organist Fabio Nava uses the historic Bossi-Urbani organ from 1886 in the Prepositurale Church of Leffe (Bergamo) to best render this recording of Francesco Almasio's organ works. In addition to the original compositions, the organ transcriptions by the Milanese composer are particularly interesting. In addition to famous pieces such as Eja Mater from Rossini's Stabat Mater and the symphony from Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino, true musts of the era, he surprisingly adapts two movements from Beethoven's Septet for organ, enriching the sacred and liturgical repertoire of his time with chamber music genre.