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Piatti: 12 Capricci for Cello Solo / Tarantino
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Piatti: 12 Capricci for Cello Solo / Tarantino

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Composer
Alfredo Piatti
Artist
Luciano Tarantino
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 21, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96471
UPC
5028421964713

About

Alfredo Carlo Piatti began a precocious and distinguished career as a cellist in his native Bergamo, as well as in Turin and Milan. He left Italy at 21 to seek his fortune and on his travels met Franz Liszt, who gave him an Amati cello, and Felix Mendelssohn, who conducted one of his first concerts in London. In early 1847, having performed across Europe and with considerable experience under his belt, he settled permanently in London. After enjoying an illustrious half-century among the upper echelons of London’s musical elite, he returned to Italy in 1898 and spent his final years living with his daughter and editing his body of compositions. On his death in 1901, he bequeathed the Fondo Piatti-Lochis to the city of Bergamo, a precious collection of manuscript and print editions of his entire oeuvre, containing around 60 instrumental pieces, a similar number of short vocal compositions and around 40 transcriptions and reworkings of music by major composers of the past. It includes the first edition (produced by Piatti himself) and two autograph manuscripts of his 12 Caprices Op.25. Both manuscripts bear the same date: ‘London, 26 June 1865’. The Caprices became Piatti’s best-known compositions, and they have been recorded and performed by cellists all over the world, who find them difficult to master but also undoubtedly an extremely interesting challenge. Within them, Piatti explores the full technical and expressive potential of his instrument. The left hand is forced into possible and seemingly impossible positions, often giving the impression of flying rapidly and lightly over the strings, while the right hand adroitly manages the bow, testing out all the various ways of generating sounds and traversing all pitches and tonal colors.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Allegro quasi presto 01:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Allegro quasi presto
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  2. 2 No. 2. Andante religioso 06:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Andante religioso
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  3. 3 No. 3. Moderato 02:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Moderato
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  4. 4 No. 4. Allegretto 04:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  5. 5 No. 5. Allegro comodo 03:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Allegro comodo
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  6. 6 No. 6. Adagio largamente 04:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Adagio largamente
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  7. 7 No. 7. Maestoso 02:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Maestoso
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  8. 8 No. 8. Moderato ma energico 02:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Moderato ma energico
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  9. 9 No. 9. Allegro 02:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Allegro
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  10. 10 No. 10. Allegro deciso 03:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Allegro deciso
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  11. 11 No. 11. Adagio - Allegro 03:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino
  12. 12 No. 12. Allegretto capriccioso 03:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Allegretto capriccioso
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Luciano Tarantino