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Margola, Ghedini, Rieti: Piano Trios / Mythos
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Margola, Ghedini, Rieti: Piano Trios / Mythos

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Composer
Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Franco Margola, Vittorio Rieti
Artist
Mythos Trio
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 21, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96382
UPC
5028421963822

About

This recording features rarely performed musical works by three renowned 20th-century Italian composers: Franco Margola, Giorgio Federico Ghedini and Vittorio Rieti. Margola was profoundly influenced by Alfredo Casella, whom he met while still a student of composition. After graduating, Margola began to compose his Piano Trio in A, and on hearing the piece, Casella immediately rated it among the best modern trios, including it in the repertoire of his own piano trio and performing it in Italy and abroad. The composition, in three movements, is characterized by drama and darkness, with moments of great expression but also fleeting, volatile brilliance. Its concision of articulation and form, its ability to consistently maintain a tight and fully logical discourse and its modern but comprehensible harmonic language all conspired to make this composition one of the most appreciated in Margola’s catalogue. In Due Intermezzi (Two Intermezzos), written by Ghedini at the age of 23, the sublime mastery of counterpoint and use of forms that would become the composer’s signature are already evident and accomplished. Each intermezzo has a distinct character: the first, marked “tranquillo” (calm), pervaded by an intimate atmosphere giving in to momentary expressive outbursts; the second tinged with irony and a buoyant spirit. Unlike Margola and Ghedini, who spent their entire professional lives in Italy (both renowned professors and eventually directors of conservatories), the advent of Mussolini’s fascism forced Rieti – who had Jewish roots and whose music was considered deviant by the regime – to emigrate first to Paris and then to the United States. He was a composer particularly admired by the American public and often performed there, despite being almost completely ignored in his native country.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro vibrato e veemente 06:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vibrato e veemente
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Franco Margola
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  2. 2 II. Molto sostenuto e vibrato 08:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Molto sostenuto e vibrato
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Franco Margola
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  3. 3 III. Vigoroso con fuoco 06:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vigoroso con fuoco
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Franco Margola
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  4. 4 No. 1. Tranquillo 06:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Tranquillo
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Giorgio Federico Ghedini
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  5. 5 No. 2. Bizzarro 04:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Bizzarro
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Giorgio Federico Ghedini
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  6. 6 I. Allegro con fuoco 04:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Vittorio Rieti
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  7. 7 II. Adagio cantabile 06:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Vittorio Rieti
    Ensemble
    Mythos
  8. 8 III. Allegro 03:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Vittorio Rieti
    Ensemble
    Mythos