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Gilardino: Homage to Naples / Testa, VirtuosoDuo; Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
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Gilardino: Homage to Naples / Testa, VirtuosoDuo; Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino

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Details

Composer
GILARDINO, ANGELO
Artist
Virtuosoduo, Testa
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Mar 26, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96171
UPC
5028421961712

About

The history, legends, culture, art and music of Naples were constant companions to composer Angelo Gilardino in his formative years. Never attracted as a composer to pictorial music, he does feel that the impressions derived from the experience of places and literary works leave profound imprints on the emotions and the intellect, which can provide the impulse to write music associated with a particular place. A project to create music based on the mythical Parthenope (precursor of modern Naples) began with a conversation between Gilardino and two Neapolitan masters of the guitar: Aniello Desiderio, virtuoso guitarist acclaimed throughout the world; and Lucio Matarazzo, who embodies the forthright Neapolitan style so typical of the school of Eduardo Caliendo (the guitarist who collaborated in the performances and recordings of Roberto Murolo). Having joined forces in a new duo, the two guitarists asked Gilardino to compose a concerto for guitar and orchestra, and he replied with the Concerto del Sepeithos for two guitars and orchestra in 2013. The river Sepeithos (Sebeto) flowed through ancient Neapolis, and Gilardino was drawn to accounts of the raging current making its way through the city and into the sea at today’s Piazza del Municipio. The duo’s response to the Concerto del Sepeithos was another request: for Gilardino to write a Sonata for two guitars for them, as well. In 2014 they were rewarded with Riviera di Chiaia – Passeggio reale, a piece evoking an imagined Naples informed by impressions ranging from Cimarosa to Anna Maria Ortese, Leonardo Leo to Nicola Pugliese. In particular, the composer was reading Pugliese’s novel Malacqua (Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples) while writing the second movement, ‘Pioggia’ (Rain).

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro impetuoso 09:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro impetuoso
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo, Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
    Conductor
    Massimo Testa
  2. 2 II. Adagio sostenuto 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo, Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
    Conductor
    Massimo Testa
  3. 3 III. Allegretto 04:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo, Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
    Conductor
    Massimo Testa
  4. 4 IV. Andante molto calmo 05:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante molto calmo
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo, Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
    Conductor
    Massimo Testa
  5. 5 V. Allegro capriccioso 09:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegro capriccioso
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo, Orchestra del Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa di Avellino
    Conductor
    Massimo Testa
  6. 6 I. Allegro impetuoso 08:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro impetuoso
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  7. 7 II. Pioggia - Adagio 05:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Pioggia - Adagio
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  8. 8 III. Allegretto 05:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  9. 9 I. Allegro felice 05:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro felice
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  10. 10 II. Munasterio - Adagio 03:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Munasterio - Adagio
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  11. 11 III. Ghiribizzo - Allegro capriccioso 02:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Ghiribizzo - Allegro capriccioso
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo
  12. 12 IV. Allegro non troppo 05:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Angelo Gilardino
    Ensemble
    VirtuosoDuo