Casella: Symphony No 2, A Notte Alta / La Vecchia, Sun Hee You, Rome Sinfonica

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 27, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CASELLA, ALFREDO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma
    • PERFORMER
      Hee You, La Vecchia
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 27, 2010
    • UPC
      747313241477
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572414
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Lento grave solenne

      Composer: Alfredo Casella

      Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

      Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia

    2. II. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Alfredo Casella

      Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

      Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia

    3. III. Adagio quasi andante

      Composer: Alfredo Casella

      Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

      Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia

    4. IV. Finale: Tempo di marcia ben risoluto con fuoco

      Composer: Alfredo Casella

      Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

      Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia

    5. A notte alta, Op. 30

      Composer: Alfredo Casella

      Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

      Performer: Sun Hee You

      Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia


From the very first notes, with their tolling bells, Casella’s Symphony No. 2 is deeply indebted to its model, Mahler’s own Symphony No. 2, whose Parisian première was championed by Casella during his years in the French capital. A notte alta (‘In deepest night’), which Casella described as ‘the only piece of programme music I have ever composed…inspired by emotional events in my personal life’ (Casella’s love for his Parisian student Yvonne Müller), is a work of intimate self-revelation and sombre meditation on ‘the utter indifference of Nature to human passions’.