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Piatti: Complete Cello Sonatas / Curtoni, Miglietta
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Piatti: Complete Cello Sonatas / Curtoni, Miglietta

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Composer
Alfredo Piatti
Artist
Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 27, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96299
UPC
5028421962993

About

A capacious library of Baroque-era works bears the name of the Italian cellist Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901) as an assiduous and pioneering editor, arranger and promoter of music for his instrument. Much less familiar are Piatti’s own original pieces. This is the first modern recording and the only available collection on record of all six sonatas by a man hailed by Liszt as ‘the Paganini of the cello’. Ever true to his word and generous, Liszt presented Piatti with a replacement instrument after the Italian had been forced to sell his cello, having fallen into reduced circumstances. Piatti played with him in concert, as he did with Joseph Joachim and many other luminaries of mid-19th-century Europe. Of all his own music, Piatti was apparently proudest of the sonatas. They were written over an eleven-year period begun in 1885, during the last part of Piatti’s creative life, long established as a celebrity of musical life in Victorian London. He gave the first performances of each one at the series of Popular Concerts, and to huge acclaim. While many virtuosos have written for their own instruments, the cello sonatas of Piatti stand out for their artistic confidence, their balance of extroversion and well-wrought sensitivity to form.

All the Sonatas embody qualities associated with Piatti, especially in the handling of melody, which is distinctly operatic in its lyricism. The slow movements share the passion that Verdi put into the lead characters of his operas. In terms of construction they are also highly varied, while remaining true to the traditions of cantabile and display which underpin his Italian heritage. Born in 1987 in Piacenza, the cellist Lamberto Curtoni introduces this new recording of Piatti’s sonatas with an invaluable survey of the works within the context of their times and their place in the composer’s career.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  2. 2 II. Andantino 06:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  3. 3 III. Presto 04:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  4. 4 IV. Agitato vivace 04:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Agitato vivace
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  5. 5 I. Lento - Allegro spiritoso 07:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  6. 6 II. Adagio lento 06:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio lento
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  7. 7 III. Variazioni del tempo I 03:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Variazioni del tempo I
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  8. 8 IV. Presto ma non troppo 01:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto ma non troppo
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  9. 9 I. Allegro energico 09:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro energico
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  10. 10 II. Romanza: Lento 05:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Romanza: Lento
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  11. 11 III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo 07:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  12. 12 I. Allegro assai moderato 04:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro assai moderato
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  13. 13 II. Intermezzo: Vivo ed agitato 01:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Vivo ed agitato
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  14. 14 III. Allegro ma tranquillo 06:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Allegro ma tranquillo
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  15. 15 I. Introduzione: Largo - Allegro 07:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Largo - Allegro
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  16. 16 II. Intermezzo: Adagio 03:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Adagio
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  17. 17 III. Allegro vivo 05:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Allegro vivo
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  18. 18 I. Allegro non troppo 05:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  19. 19 II. Andante religioso 03:01
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Andante religioso
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  20. 20 III. Canone 01:33
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Canone
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta
  21. 21 IV. Vivo 04:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    IV. Vivo
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Alfredo Piatti
    Performer
    Lamberto Curtoni, Giovanni Doria Miglietta