Ulisse Matthey (1876-1947)
This discographic work completes the previous Tactus album (TC871380) dedicated to the complete organ works by Ulysses Matthey, famous concert artist and teacher of the Italian historical twentieth century. After the original works, the organist Fausto Caporali – using period instruments – tackles the complete execution of the organ transcriptions in this double CD. The album is including pages of virtuosity and meditation, from the famous Chaconne in D minor by Bach for solo violin (a fascinating ”lighthouse” for many composers) to the symphonic pages of Liszt, Berlioz, Debussy, Grieg and Wagner, passing through Geminiani and Paganini. Matthey”s compositional refinement finds fertile ground in the organ adaptation of sublime pages of musical history, thanks to his experience as an instrument tester and over two thousand concerts held throughout Europe during his incredible career.
Tracklist
Disco n.1
Franco Alfano
1 - Cyrano di Bergerac (8:05)
2 - Pax (4:55)
Johann Sebastian Bach
3 - Ciaccona (14:26)
Hector Berlioz
L’Enfance du Christ op. 25
4 - L’Adieu des bergers (3:24)
Claude Debussy
Children’s Corner
5 - La neige dance (2:57)
Gabriel Fauré
Pelléas et Mélisande
6 - Fileuse (2:58)
Francesco Geminiani
7 - Andante (3:43)
Edward Grieg
8 - Jour des noces – Troldhaugen op. 65 n. 6 (8:37)
Adolf von Henselt
9 - Ave Maria op. 5 n. 4 (3:48)
Carlo Jachino
10 - Pastorale di Natale (5:29)
Disco n.2
Carlo Jachino
Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
1 - Benedizione di Dio nella solitudine (15:50)
Deux Légendes
2 - Saint François de Paule marchant sur les flots (10:07)
Modest Mussorgsk
3 - Il vecchio castello (5:41)
Niccolò Paganini
4 - Moto perpetuo (3:53)
Henry Rabaud
5 - La processione notturna (15:03)
Maurice Ravel
6 - La vallée des cloches (5:21)
Jean Sibelius
7 - Il cigno di Tuonela (9:16)
RichardWagner
8 - Parsifal - Incantesimo del Venerdì Santo (7:56)
- Composer: Ulisse Matthey (1876-1947)
- Performers: Fausto Caporali, organo
- Historical Period: Romanticism
- Code: TC871390
- Barcode: 8007194200607
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 18
- Total duration: 132:44
- Notes: Recorded at Istituto dei Ciechi, Milano, Organo Balbiani Vegezzi Bozzi 1918 [CD 1: 1, 4, 7-8, 10; CD 2: 7-8], July 2021;
Chiesa di Santa Rita, Mestre, Organo Tamburini 1958 [CD 1: 2-3, 5-6, 9; CD 2: 1-6], May 2021.
With unpublished scores. - Texts: Organ transcriptions
