Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chamber Works for Strings / Alogna, Stassi, Trainini, Pascalucci

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Naxos
Release Date
November 9, 2018
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, MARIO
    • PERFORMER
      Alogna, Pascalucci, Stassi, Trainini
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 09, 2018
    • UPC
      747313400379
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574003
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Drammatico

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Fiorenzo Pascalucci

    2. II. Lento - Grave e triste

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Fiorenzo Pascalucci

    3. III. Molto moderato (quasi un'Introduzione)

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Fiorenzo Pascalucci

    4. I. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Federico Stassi, Roberto Trainini

    5. II. Nenia: Molto moderato

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Federico Stassi, Roberto Trainini

    6. III. Vivace (Ritmico e balzante)

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Federico Stassi, Roberto Trainini

    7. I. Lento misterioso

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Roberto Trainini

    8. II. Cavatina: Andante

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Roberto Trainini

    9. III. Scherzo: Mosso, con spirito - Alla Serenata (in 1)

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Roberto Trainini

    10. IV. Rhapsody: Introduzione (Liberamente - quasi improvvisando)

      Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

      Performer: Davide Alogna, Roberto Trainini


The three previously unpublished and unrecorded chamber works in this programme were all written after Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s enforced move to the United States from his native Italy. Evoking the emotional day on which the composer sailed into New York for the first time, the Third Violin Concerto was composed for Jascha Heifetz specifically as a duo for violin and piano. Established as a highly regarded teacher and composer of film music, Castelnuovo-Tedesco rediscovered the joy of chamber music making as part of the Hollywood musical community. He considered the Sonata for Violin and Cello, Op. 148 his finest in this genre, while the String Trio, Op. 147 recalls the shores of the Mediterranean.