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Italian Inspirations / Alessio Bax

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Details

Composer
BACH DALLAPICCOLA LISZT RAC
Artist
Alessio Bax
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Feb 07, 2020
Catalog #
SIGCD611
UPC
635212061121

About

Alessio Bax plays an Italian inspired programme, picking his favourite pieces taken from a rich history of music from one of the most romantic countries in the world.

He opens the programme with a J.S. Bach transcription of a oboe concerto by Venetian composer Alessandro Marcello, which reveals a deep insight into Bach’s mind. This is followed by Rachmaninov’s last ever work for solo piano, which is incredibly eloquent, introspective and personal. The Dallapiccola continues this eloquent theme, showing some beautifully crafted dodecaphonism. The recording is rounded off with two pieces of Liszt, which take the listener on a multi-legged journey through hell, purgatory and heaven, with beauty and drama along the way.



REVIEW:



This Italian’s salute to his home country is inspired indeed. The standout performance is a spellbinding account of the Dante Sonata in which Bax masterfully combines scrupulous observation of Liszt’s agogics and dynamics (trusting the composer here really does pay dividends) with quite thrilling bravura in which he throws caution to the wind. Few accounts of the first two pages are so filled with menace and mystery.


– Gramophone

Tracklist 38 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante 02:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  2. 2 II. Adagio 03:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  3. 3 III. Presto 03:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  4. 4 Theme: Andante 00:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    Theme: Andante
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  5. 5 Variation 1: Poco più mosso 00:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 1: Poco più mosso
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  6. 6 Variation 2: L'istesso tempo 00:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 2: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  7. 7 Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto 00:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  8. 8 Variation 4 - 5 01:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 4 - 5
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  9. 9 Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 00:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 6: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  10. 10 Variation 7: Vivace 00:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 7: Vivace
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  11. 11 Variation 8: Adagio misterioso 00:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 8: Adagio misterioso
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  12. 12 Variation 9: Un poco più mosso 00:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 9: Un poco più mosso
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  13. 13 Variation 10: Allegro scherzando 00:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 10: Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  14. 14 Variation 11: Allegro vivace 00:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 11: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  15. 15 Variation 12: L'istesso tempo 00:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 12: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  16. 16 Variation 13: Agitato 00:28
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 13: Agitato
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  17. 17 Intermezzo 01:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    Intermezzo
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  18. 18 Variation 14: Andante (come prima) 01:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 14: Andante (come prima)
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  19. 19 Variation 15: L'istesso tempo 01:30
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 15: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  20. 20 Variation 16: Allegro vivace 00:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 16: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  21. 21 Variation 17: Meno mosso 00:53
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 17: Meno mosso
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  22. 22 Variation 18: Allegro con brio 00:30
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 18: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  23. 23 Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato 00:23
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  24. 24 Variation 20: Più mosso 00:50
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variation 20: Più mosso
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  25. 25 Coda: Andante 01:44
    Track
    25
    Title
    Coda: Andante
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  26. 26 I. Simbolo 02:36
    Track
    26
    Title
    I. Simbolo
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  27. 27 II. Accenti 00:30
    Track
    27
    Title
    II. Accenti
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  28. 28 III. Contrapuntus primus 01:08
    Track
    28
    Title
    III. Contrapuntus primus
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  29. 29 IV. Linee 00:47
    Track
    29
    Title
    IV. Linee
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  30. 30 V. Contrapunctus secundus 00:19
    Track
    30
    Title
    V. Contrapunctus secundus
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  31. 31 VI. Fregi 01:23
    Track
    31
    Title
    VI. Fregi
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  32. 32 VII. Andantino amoroso e Contrapunctus tertius 01:22
    Track
    32
    Title
    VII. Andantino amoroso e Contrapunctus tertius
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  33. 33 VIII. Ritmi 01:10
    Track
    33
    Title
    VIII. Ritmi
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  34. 34 IX. Colore 01:11
    Track
    34
    Title
    IX. Colore
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  35. 35 X. Ombre 01:47
    Track
    35
    Title
    X. Ombre
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  36. 36 XI. Quartina 01:34
    Track
    36
    Title
    XI. Quartina
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  37. 37 2 Légendes, S175/R17: No. 1. St. François d'Assise - La prédication aux oiseaux 08:50
    Track
    37
    Title
    2 Légendes, S175/R17: No. 1. St. François d'Assise - La prédication aux oiseaux
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Alessio Bax
  38. 38 Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b: No. 7. Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata (After Reading Dante) 14:59
    Track
    38
    Title
    Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b: No. 7. Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata (After Reading Dante)
    Duration
    14:59
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Alessio Bax