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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintets

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Details

Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Artist
Alessandro Marangoni, Quartetto Adorno
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 13, 2026
Catalog #
8574692
UPC
747313469277

About

Castelnuovo-Tedesco's chamber works were composed early and late in his career. He considered the Piano Quintet No. 1 in F major from 1932 to be the best of all his chamber works from that period. It exudes Romantic candour and contrapuntal richness, full of lively themes and with a colourful atmosphere. The beautiful Piano Quintet No. 2, composed in 1951, draws on the composer's memories of a serene and rustic Tuscany. Quartetto Adorno's 'reference-worthy performance' (Classicstoday. Com) of the complete string quartets is on 8. 574580.

Critic reviews

  • “Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed his first piano quintet in 1932. It is late Romantic, rich in harmonies and motifs, very lively and colourful in the outer movements and scherzo, and rather melancholic in the andante, in which the Quartetto Adorno and Alessandro Marangoni pull together and…”

    Pizzicato, 5 stars, February 2026

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Lento e sognante - Vivo e appassionato 09:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lento e sognante - Vivo e appassionato
    Duration
    09:37
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  2. 2 II. Andante 04:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Leggero e danzante 03:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Leggero e danzante
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  4. 4 IV. Vivo e impetuoso 08:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Vivo e impetuoso
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  5. 5 I. Le Colline (The Hills): Sereno e scorrevole 08:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Le Colline (The Hills): Sereno e scorrevole
    Duration
    08:52
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  6. 6 II. I Cipressi (The Cypresses): Lento e grave 11:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. I Cipressi (The Cypresses): Lento e grave
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  7. 7 III. Processione nel Mese di Maria (Procession in the Month of Mary): Allegretto innocente 06:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Processione nel Mese di Maria (Procession in the Month of Mary): Allegretto innocente
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno
  8. 8 IV. La Mietitura (The Harvest): Vivace e ritmico 08:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. La Mietitura (The Harvest): Vivace e ritmico
    Duration
    08:55
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Alessandro Marangoni
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Adorno