Malipiero: Complete Music For Solo Piano / Lopez

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
October 30, 2012
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      MALIPIERO, RICCARDO
    • PERFORMER
      José Raúl López
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 30, 2012
    • UPC
      5060113441294
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0129
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. No. 1. Calmo

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    2. No. 2. Stesso tempo

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    3. No. 3. Poco più

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    4. No. 4. Presto molto

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    5. No. 5. Meno

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    6. No. 6. Più calmo ancora

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    7. No. 7. Lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    8. No. 8. Poco più lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    9. No. 9. Lo stesso ma liberamente

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    10. No. 10. Veloce

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    11. No. 11. Come l'inizio

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    12. No. 12. Più rapido

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    13. No. 13. Lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    14. No. 14. Rapido

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    15. I. Moderato

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    16. II. Lento - Un poco più lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    17. III. Mosso - Lento, quasi senza tempo - Tempo I

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    18. I. Mosso

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    19. II. Lento molto

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    20. III. Veloce

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    21. IV. Piacevolmente

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    22. V. Piacevolmente

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    23. VI. Deciso

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    24. VII. Lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    25. VIII. Grave

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    26. IX. Allegramente

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    27. Bars 1-28

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    28. Bars 29-48

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    29. Bars 49-69

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    30. Bars 70-79

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    31. Bars 80-86

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    32. Bars 87-91

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    33. Bars 92-94

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    34. Bars 95-105

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    35. Bars 106-12

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    36. Bars 113-17

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    37. Bars 118-37

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    38. Bars 138-43

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    39. Bars 144-52

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    40. No. 1. Allegramente

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    41. No. 2. Mesto

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    42. No. 3. Spigliato

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    43. No. 4. Lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    44. No. 5. Spiritoso

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    45. No. 6. Lento

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    46. No. 7. Presto

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    47. I. Preludio

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    48. II. Passacaglia

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López

    49. III. Finale

      Composer: Riccardo Malipiero

      Performer: José Raúl López


Italian composer Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003) was the nephew of Gian Francesco Malipiero. He was a pioneer of twelve-tone technique in Italy. His 6 published piano works encapsulate half-a-century of development, from the post-Respighian 14 variazioni (1938), to the classicism of Diario second (1985). This is the first-ever recording of this music.

REVIEW:

The present six works, tracing this Milanese composer’s piano music from 1938 to 1989, are made up of short, separately-tracked musical episodes—the perfect answer to a challenged attention span. There are 49 tracks so Toccata’s attention to detail is nothing short of lavish. In addition the pianist’s essay on the composer and his solo piano music encompasses nine closely packed but perfectly eye-friendly pages. The booklet is in English only. The works recorded here make up Malipiero’s published corpus for piano solo. They here receive their recording premieres.

The 14 Variazioni di un tema musicale are already fully formed in dodecaphonic terms and angular style. Costellazioni finds this composer at close to the peak of the avant-garde’s popularity. We hear awkward figures rumble, ripple and skitter, deep bass chords resound. The hypnotic writing evokes thoughts of distant galaxies. The work ends in a stutter that gutters and then finally peters out. He is the master of Stravinskian scurrying figuration; cool, cold with flourishing rhythmic thunder and grunt.

This is tough music presented with factual and technical diligence as well as artistic qualities. Credit to the pianist for carrying through this distinctive project from concept to execution. There’s no want of valour in choosing this music to champion.

-- MusicWeb International