Cavallone: Music for Guitar / Cristiano Porqueddu

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
March 26, 2021
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      CAVALLONE, FRANCO
    • PERFORMER
      Cristiano Porqueddu
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 26, 2021
    • UPC
      5028421958316
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95831
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. No. 1. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    2. No. 2. Tranquillo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    3. No. 3. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    4. No. 4. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    5. No. 5. Andante mosso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    6. No. 6. Calmo ed espressivo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    7. No. 7. Mosso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    8. No. 8. Moderatamente

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    9. No. 9. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    10. No. 10. Andante poco mosso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    11. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    12. II. Adagietto ritmico

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    13. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    14. I. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    15. II. Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    16. III. Allegro

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    17. I. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    18. II. Lento ma teso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    19. III. Allegro

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    20. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    21. II. Andante affettuoso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    22. III. Andante mosso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    23. Di tante lagrime …

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    24. No. 1. Calmo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    25. No. 2. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    26. No. 3. Legato e flessibile

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    27. No. 4. Lento ma non troppo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    28. No. 5. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    29. No. 6. Allegro

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    30. No. 7. Lirico, moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    31. No. 8. Lento ed espressivo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    32. No. 9. Liberamente, improvvisando

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    33. No. 10. Allegro

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    34. No. 11. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    35. No. 12. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    36. No. 1. Hinne' ma tov

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    37. No. 2. Vihda'h le 'olam teshev

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    38. No. 3. Kesheharrabbì shar

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    39. No. 4. RO'e' vero'a'

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    40. No. 5. Yafutzu Oyevecha

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    41. No. 6. Hevenu shalom

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    42. No. 1. Andante misterioso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    43. No. 2. Cantabile

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    44. No. 3. Allegretto ritmico

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    45. Comme des variations

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    46. No. 1. Riflessivo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    47. No. 2. Lentamente

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    48. No. 3. Leggero

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    49. No. 4. Mestamente

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    50. No. 5. Con calma

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    51. No. 6. Teso e drammatico

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    52. No. 7. Vivo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    53. No. 8. Corale

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    54. No. 9. Solare

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    55. No. 10. Adagio

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    56. No. 11. Arioso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    57. No. 12. Come un ricordo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    58. I. Liberamente non troppo lento, allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    59. II. Adagio

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    60. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    61. I. Con andamento flessibile

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    62. II. Lento

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    63. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    64. Varii lamenti

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    65. I. Ritmico

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    66. II. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    67. III. Vivace

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    68. IV. Moderato

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    69. V. Allegro

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    70. I. Sognante

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    71. II. Mesto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    72. III. Arioso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    73. IV. Grazioso

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    74. V. Elegiaco

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    75. VI. Ritmico

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    76. No. 1. Meditativo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    77. No. 2. Lento, contemplative

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    78. No. 3. Andante largo

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    79. No. 4. Allegretto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    80. No. 1. Dopo la furia

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    81. No. 2. Ombre allungate

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    82. No. 3. Quiete notturna

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    83. No. 1. Campane di natale

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    84. No. 2. I fiori del tempo - Studio da concerto

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu

    85. No. 3. Une petite nuage rose

      Composer: Franco Cavallone

      Performer: Cristiano Porqueddu


Joining the extensive library of guitar music in the Brilliant Classics catalogue, Franco Cavallone is a worthy successor to Italian guitar composers from Giuliani to Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He is an accomplished performer himself, having studied with the likes of Leo Brouwer and Angelo Gilardino, and the pieces recorded here have been composed with an intimate knowledge of the guitar’s technical and timbral possibilities, which Cristiano Porqueddu exploits to the full, with the composer’s enthusiastic approval: ‘He has managed to create a kaleidoscope of sound and sense that is truly rewarding for the listener. I am convinced that this album set is a benchmark recording for my music for the guitar.’ Cavallone’s mastery of diverse idioms is engagingly broad, making these four albums full of discovery and surprise. The four sonatas on album one are each conceived in homage to a different style: ‘to Ponce and Ravel’, American composers, neoclassicism and to 20th century modernism. While Cavallone embraces rich dissonance and an impressionistic handling of chromaticism in the 12 Studies, he also writes with a moving simplicity in the homage to Tarrega, Di tante lagrime. A collection of six Hebrew melodies – dedicated to Porqueddu – demonstrates how effectively he can embroider and enrich folk and popular melodies, enhancing rather than detracting from their original character. Another ‘homage’ piece dedicated to Porqueddu is a three-movement sonata written with Benjamin Britten in mind, and recapturing some of the English composer’s deft, economical sketching of situation and place in his late music, especially Venice. There are three vivid ‘Suggestions’ inspired by the paintings of Lia Laterza and a haunting set of variations on Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna’. A collection of 12 Short Preludes encapsulates Cavallone’s eclectic language in microcosm, continually delighting and intriguing to the curious listener.