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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Violin & Piano / Luciani, Motterle
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Violin & Piano / Luciani, Motterle

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Composer
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, MARIO
Artist
Luciani, Motterle
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 18, 2020
Catalog #
BRI95927
UPC
5028421959276

About

Forced into exile from his native Italy by the onset of Fascism, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco sailed to the US in 1939. He arrived at dawn one muggy summer morning, and immortalized the moment, a turning point in his life and his music, in the finale of his Third Violin Concerto. The piece was commissioned from him by Jascha Heifetz, both to give himself an impressive new commission from a young and talented but not too radically inclined composer and as a way of helping a fellow émigré find his feet in a new and strange land. Castelnuovo-Tedesco certainly wrote with Heifetz’s technique in mind as well as his predilection for big cantabile melodies. Despite its concerto title, the piece was conceived for violin and piano like a sonata. The moods of the work, cast in traditional three-movement form, mirror the composer’s own, shifting from initial confusion to nostalgia to ebullience. However, Heifetz did not care for the piece, especially the finale, and it lay unplayed until this pair of Italian musicians gave its first performance of modern times in 2016. Writing in the booklet, Fulvio Luciani considers it ‘one of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s major works’; this is its second recording, but Luciani and Motterle enjoy a familiarity with the music unrivalled by any other living interpreters. As well as several attractive miniatures dating from the composer’s pre-war years in Italy, Luciano and Motterle also present the first recordings of his postwar arrangements of piano music by Chopin and Brahms. They are acts of love on the part of a pianist that engage with the violin, and the outcome is remarkably fresh and persuasive.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Notturno adriatico, Op. 34 05:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Notturno adriatico, Op. 34
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  2. 2 I. Drammatico 07:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Drammatico
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  3. 3 II. Lento - Grave e triste 05:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Lento - Grave e triste
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  4. 4 III. Molto moderato (quasi un'Introduzione) 08:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Molto moderato (quasi un'Introduzione)
    Duration
    08:26
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  5. 5 Vol. 6, No. 2. Arise, "Sea Murmurs" 01:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    Vol. 6, No. 2. Arise, "Sea Murmurs"
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  6. 6 Vol. 8, No. 3. Two Maids Wooing a Man, "Tango" 02:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    Vol. 8, No. 3. Two Maids Wooing a Man, "Tango"
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  7. 7 No. 1 in E-Flat Major 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  8. 8 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor 03:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  9. 9 No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor 05:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  10. 10 No. 1 in C Major 00:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  11. 11 No. 2 in A Minor 01:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  12. 12 No. 3 in G Major 00:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3 in G Major
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  13. 13 No. 4 in E Minor 01:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4 in E Minor
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  14. 14 No. 7 in A Major 00:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 7 in A Major
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  15. 15 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 00:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  16. 16 No. 11 in B Major 00:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 11 in B Major
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  17. 17 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  18. 18 No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 02:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  19. 19 No. 17 in A-Flat Major 02:52
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 17 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  20. 20 No. 24 in D Minor 02:40
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 24 in D Minor
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle
  21. 21 No. 18 in F Minor 01:10
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 18 in F Minor
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Fulvio Luciani, Massimiliano Motterle