Cilea Collection (Italian Romantics Series)

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
March 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Raffaele Cacciola, Francesco Cilea, Leonardo Leo
    • PERFORMER
      Enrico Bronzi, Massimo Quarta, I Virtuosi della Scala, Ilaria Cusano, Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421971971
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI97197
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante appassionato

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Massimo Quarta

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    2. II. Tempo di minuetto (Allegretto)

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Massimo Quarta

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    3. III. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Massimo Quarta

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Massimo Quarta

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    5. Il Canto Dell' Amore (version for soloists and string orchestra)

      Composer: Raffaele Cacciola

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Massimo Quarta, Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    6. I. Andante sostenuto e grazioso

      Composer: Leonardo Leo

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    7. II. Larghetto, con poco modo

      Composer: Leonardo Leo

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    8. III. Allegro con bravura

      Composer: Leonardo Leo

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    9. Introduzione alla danza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    10. I. Danza moderato

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    11. II. Notturnino andante sostenuto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    12. III. Alla marcia allegro giusto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Virtuosi del Teatro Alla Scala

      Performer: Enrico Bronzi

      Conductor: Filippo Arlia

    13. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    14. II. Alla romanza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    15. III. Allegro animato

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    16. I. Allegro sostenuto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    17. II. Scherzo: Presto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    18. III. Andante molto espressivo

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    19. IV. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Jacopo Di Tonno, Domenico Codispoti

    20. 3 Vocalizzi da concerto: No. 2 in D minor (arr. for violin and piano)

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Domenico Codispoti

    21. Theme and Variations

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Ilaria Cusano, Domenico Codispoti

    22. No. 1. Melodia

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    23. No. 2. Serenata

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    24. No. 3. Danza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    25. Chanson du rouet, Op. 4

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    26. Canto del mattino, Op. 5

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    27. The petite coquette, Op. 9: Air de danse

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    28. Mazurka Impromptu, Op. 10: C'est toi que j'aime

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    29. Foglio d'album: Aria campestre

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    30. Flatterie, Op. 11

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    31. Mazurka, Op. 14

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    32. Badinage, Op. 15

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    33. Berceuse, Op. 20

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    34. Notturno, Op. 22

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    35. Seconda danza, Op. 26

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    36. No. 1. Loin dans la mer

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    37. No. 2. Feuille d'album

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    38. No. 3. Pensée espagnole

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    39. No. 1. Romana

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    40. No. 2. Scherzino

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    41. No. 3. Barzelletta

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    42. Gocce di rugiada, Op. 33

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    43. Au village, Op. 34

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    44. Mazurka, Op. 35

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    45. Valse, Op. 36

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    46. Foglio d'album, Op. 41

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    47. I. Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    48. II. Sarabanda

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    49. III. Capriccio

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    50. Foglio d'album, Op. 41

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    51. Fuga reale

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    52. No. 1. Verra?

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    53. No. 2. Acque correnti

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    54. No. 3. Valle fiorita

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    55. No. 1. Risonanze nostalgiche

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    56. No. 2. Festa silana

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    57. Scherzo

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    58. Scherzando

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    59. Danza Calabrese

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    60. Impromptu

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    61. Mazurka

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    62. Preludio

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    63. Vespero

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    64. Foglio d'album

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    65. Invocazione

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    66. Serenata a dispetto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    67. Danza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi

    68. Untitled in A Major

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    69. Chansonnette, Op. 31

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    70. Sentiment poëtique

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    71. Amour joyeux, Op. 37

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    72. Idillio

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    73. Alla Gavotta

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi, Marco Gaggini

    74. Romanza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    75. Il mio canto

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    76. Alba novella

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    77. Nel ridestarmi

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    78. Serenata, "Mormorante di tenero desio"

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    79. Romanza

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: David Boldrini

    80. Vita breve

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    81. Ninna nanna Savoiarda

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    82. Maria mare (arr. D. Boldrini for voice and piano)

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    83. Statuit di dominus

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    84. Badinage, Op. 15

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: David Boldrini

    85. Au village, Op. 34

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: David Boldrini

    86. Ave Maria

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    87. Pensiero spagnolo

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: David Boldrini

    88. Bionda larva

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    89. La tilda, Act III: Ave Maria

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    90. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: Lenny Lorenzani, David Boldrini

    91. Fuga sul tema (after Adriana Lecouvreur's Io son l'umile ancella)

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Performer: David Boldrini


The most complete set ever issued of the non-operatic music by the composer best known for verismo masterpieces such as L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur. Born in Palmi (in the Calabrian province of Italy) in 1866, at the tender age of seven Cilea was sent to Naples to study law. He found the idea of becoming a musician far more attractive, however, having been entranced by a performance of Bellini's Norma at the age of four. Against his parents' wishes he enrolled at the city's conservatoire in Naples to study piano, harmony and counterpoint. There he proceeded to excel, and he soon came to the notice of the influential publishers Sonzogno. The scores by which we know Cilea were written within a relatively short period of 15 years either side of the turn of the last century. The failure of his last opera Gloria in 1907 (despite the presence of Toscanini on the podium) hit Cilea's confidence badly. He effectively retired from writing for the stage, but he continued to compose in other genres, resulting in most of the music featured here. The orchestral suites, chamber music and songs share with his better-known operas a cultivated gift for melody, but the Suite for Violin and the Piccola Suite for Orchestra (CD1) reveal Cilea's careful attention to counterpoint and scoring as well as an approach to tonal harmony that reflects his awareness of innovation, especially among French composers of the period. The Cello Sonata and Piano Trio on CD2 predate his operatic career, being written in the late 1880s in a more Brahmsian vein. He composed the piano works on CD3-4 through the course of his career, but around 1900 he began to alternate more conventional pieces (aimed at middleclass Italian audiences steeped in opera) with more novel experiments in timbre, such as Au village Op.34, which features a witty interplay of echoes and interwoven voices. Many of the piano pieces are also essentially neoclassical in spirit, like the concertante suites on CD1, whereas the songs on CD6 belong to the salon, while embodying Cilea's lifelong love of the human voice: 'The true instrument of expression of the passions is the divine human voice, with which no instrument can ever rival'. All the recordings in this set were made in Italy by native musicians, steeped in Cilea's idiom, within the last 10 years, and received critical praise when first issued. - A new issue in the attractive and innovative series "Italian Romantics", featuring Italian composers from the turn of the 19/20th century in instrumental music. - Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) is best known for his operas, particularly "Adriana Lecouvreur." However, his contributions to instrumental music are equally valuable. Though less renowned than his operatic output, Cilea's instrumental works exhibit a melodic richness and emotional depth characteristic of the Romantic era. The orchestral works show his mastery of lyrical themes and dramatic expression. His works are imbued with a sense of Italianate warmth and passion, reflecting the composer's deep connection to his native land. - This collection presents orchestral and concertante works, a cello sonata and piano trio, and the complete piano music. - Artists include I Virtuosi della Scala (Filippo Arlia, conductor), Enrico Bronzi and Pier Paolo Vincenzi.