Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
It may seem curious, or at least eccentric, to present a cd containing a composer’s transcriptions for fourhanded piano of some pieces of his own that are regarded as exemplary and extraordinary particularly for their orchestration – this opinion is undoubtedly deserved by two of Respighi’s three famous tone poems in several movements, but probably also by his suites of Antiche danze e arie, which moreover had been expressly conceived as “specimens” of re-invention and orchestration.The fact is that Respighi’s fame as a composer of symphonies and a magician of the orchestra has perhaps overcast his great talent as a pianist and his indubitable mastery of the instrument, which were so considerable as to make it possible for him to perform, as a soloist, in the premieres of some decidedly complex concert pieces for piano of his, that is the Concerto in modo misolidio (1925) and theToccata for piano and orchestra (1928).The transcription of the works presented on this CD, personally edited with great accuracy by the great Italian symphonist, reveals something more than the classical – and, in those days, we could say ”necessary” – piano reduction of his great symphonic works: Gabriele Baldocci and Francesco Caramiello guide us to the listening of these masterpieces, in which it is possible to see – free of the orchestral mixture and colors – the ”heart” of Ottorino Respighi compositional art.
Tracklist
Poema Sinfonico per Orchestra, Trascrizione dell’Autore per pianoforte a quattro mani
i I Pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese)
ii Pini presso una catacomba (Pines near a catacomb)
iii I Pini del Granicolo (Pines of the Janiculum)
iv I Pini della Via Appia (Pines of the Appian Way)
Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto · Suite i (Sec. xvi e xvii)
Trascrizione libera per Orchestra di Ottorino Respighi
Riduzione per Pianoforte a quattro mani dell’Autore
2. i Simone Molinaro (1599), Balletto detto “Il Conte Orlando” 2:21
3. ii Vincenzo Galilei (155), Gagliarda 3:12
4. iii Ignoto (Fine del Sec. xvi), Villanella 4:08
5. iv Ignoto (Fine del Sec. xvi), Passo Mezzo e Mascherada 4:11
Sei Piccoli Pezzi
per pianoforte a quattro mani
6. i Romanza 1:31
7. ii Canto di caccia siciliano 1:09
8. iii Canzone armena 1:35
9. iv Natale, Natale! 1:19
10. v Cantilena scozzese 1:35
11. vi Piccoli highlanders 2:20
Antiche Danze et Arie per Liuto · Suite ii (Sec. xvi e xvii) Trascrizione libera per Orchestra di Ottorino Respighi, Riduzione per Pianoforte a quattro mani dell’Autore
12. i Fabrizio Carosio (1531), Laura Soave (Balletto con Gagliarda, Saltarello e Canario)3:50
13. ii Giov. Batt. Besardo (1617), Danza rustica 4:10
14. iii Autore Incerto (1600) – Mersenne Marin (1636), Campanæ Parisienses - Aria 4:50
15. iv Bernardo Gianoncelli (1650) detto Il Bernardello, Bergamasca 4:31
16. Fontane di Roma 16:23
Poema Sinfonico per Orchestra, Trascrizione dell’Autore per pianoforte a quattro mani
i La Fontana di Valle Giulia all’Alba (The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn)
ii La Fontana del Tritone al Mattino (The Triton Fountain in the Morning)
iii La Fontana di Trevi al Meriggio (The Trevi Fountain at Noon)
iv La Fontana di Villa Medici al Tramonto (The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset)
- Composer: Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
- Performers: Gabriele Baldocci, Francesco Caramiello
- Musicological Text: Francesco Caramiello
- Historical Period: Romanticism
- Code: TC 871804
- Edition: June 2020
- Barcode: 8007194107265
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 16
- Total duration: 79:48
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