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Petrassi - Dallapiccola: Complete Piano Works / Andrea Molteni
Piano Classics

Petrassi - Dallapiccola: Complete Piano Works / Andrea Molteni

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Composer
DALLAPICCOLA PETRASSI
Artist
Andrea Molteni
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Apr 23, 2021
Catalog #
PCL10222
UPC
5029365102223

About

The strident conviction of Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003) his seven postwar Concertos for Orchestra could hardly be anticipated from the fluent pastiche of his piano Partita, composed in 1926. The Baroque titles of the four movements introduce a disarming simplicity of expression, whose dominant strains are the Classicism of Mozart and Beethoven. Even the more exploratory harmonies of the Toccata (1933) are couched in an idiom of gentle introspection – a far cry from the contemporary toccatas of Bartok and Prokofiev, for example – and an escapist, playful spirit courses through the seven Inventions of 1944. Extant surveys of Petrassi’s piano music end there, whereas Andrea Molteni adds three further, attractive miniatures: a mischievous Petit Piece of 1950 and then the two movements of Oh Les Beaux Jours! (1976), which rework material from the early 1940s including an unfinished Divertimento Scarlattiano. Unexpected this may be, for all but the most devoted student of Petrassi, but Andrea Molteni brings out the most attractive and witty features of his piano writing.

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was, if anything, an even keener student of Baroque music than Petrassi, and blessed with a more subversive wit: in one of his most famous works, the Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera (1951-2) he fashions a dodecaphonic sequence on Bach’s name (B.A.C.H). Twelve-tone counterpoint should be a contradiction in terms, but that would underestimate Dallapiccola’s powers of technique and invention, which create a genuine homage in the spirit of his own time. Before that, Andrea Molteni presents two further works in a haunting neoclassical vein: a ‘Canonic Sonata’ based on Paganini’s Capricci for solo violin, and a set of three ‘Episodes’ drawn from his ballet Marsia, by turns anguished and serene in mood.

REVIEW:

Petrassi and Dallapiccola were born the same year. Their earliest piano works reflect past styles and history. Petrassi’s four-movement Partita is crackling Neoclassical and the bittersweet Toccata is a theme and variations. Dallapiccola’s Sonatina Canonica leverages material from Paganini’s violin caprices. Both composers gravitated towards lean styles: Petrassi’s Invenzioni demonstrate atonal counterpoint whereas Dallapiccola jumped wholeheartedly into serialism as evidenced by the excerpts from the ballet, Marsia. The pair of short pieces in Petrassi’s Oh Les Beaux Jours! is playful and spontaneous, hinting at earlier efforts. Rarely heard, the 11-part Quaderno offers crafted miniatures reflecting serialism and canons.

-- La Folia

Tracklist 35 tracks

  1. 1 I. Preludio 02:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Preludio
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  2. 2 II. Aria 02:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Aria
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  3. 3 III. Gavotta 01:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Gavotta
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  4. 4 IV. Giga 01:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Giga
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  5. 5 Toccata 06:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  6. 6 Piccola invenzione 00:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Piccola invenzione
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  7. 7 I. Presto volante 01:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Presto volante
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  8. 8 II. Moderato - Più presto, quasi allegro 02:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Moderato - Più presto, quasi allegro
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  9. 9 III. Presto leggero 01:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto leggero
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  10. 10 IV. Moderatamente mosso, scorrevole 02:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Moderatamente mosso, scorrevole
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  11. 11 V. Andantino, non molto mosso e sereno 04:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Andantino, non molto mosso e sereno
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  12. 12 VI. Tranquillo 02:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Tranquillo
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  13. 13 VII. Scorrevole 02:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    VII. Scorrevole
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  14. 14 VIII. Allegretto e grazioso 02:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    VIII. Allegretto e grazioso
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  15. 15 Petite pièce 01:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    Petite pièce
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  16. 16 I. Bagatelle 03:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Bagatelle
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  17. 17 II. Petit chat 03:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Petit chat
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Goffredo Petrassi
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  18. 18 I. Allegro comodo 03:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Allegro comodo
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  19. 19 II. Largo - Vivacissimo - Tempo primo 01:57
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Largo - Vivacissimo - Tempo primo
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  20. 20 III. Andante sostenuto 02:26
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  21. 21 IV. Alla marcia: Moderato 02:12
    Track
    21
    Title
    IV. Alla marcia: Moderato
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  22. 22 No. 1. Angoscioso 04:29
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 1. Angoscioso
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  23. 23 No. 2. Ostinato 03:51
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 2. Ostinato
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  24. 24 No. 3. Sereno 04:59
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 3. Sereno
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  25. 25 I. Simbolo 03:23
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Simbolo
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  26. 26 II. Accenti - 00:33
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Accenti -
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  27. 27 III. Contrapuntus primus 01:09
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Contrapuntus primus
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  28. 28 IV. Linee - 00:44
    Track
    28
    Title
    IV. Linee -
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  29. 29 V. Contrapunctus secundus 00:23
    Track
    29
    Title
    V. Contrapunctus secundus
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  30. 30 VI. Fregi - 01:18
    Track
    30
    Title
    VI. Fregi -
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  31. 31 VII. Andantino amoroso e Contrapunctus tertius 00:58
    Track
    31
    Title
    VII. Andantino amoroso e Contrapunctus tertius
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  32. 32 VIII. Ritmi - 01:14
    Track
    32
    Title
    VIII. Ritmi -
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  33. 33 IX. Colore - 00:59
    Track
    33
    Title
    IX. Colore -
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  34. 34 X. Ombre 01:49
    Track
    34
    Title
    X. Ombre
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni
  35. 35 XI. Quartina 01:37
    Track
    35
    Title
    XI. Quartina
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Luigi Dallapiccola
    Performer
    Andrea Molteni