Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886-1943)
This first complete edition of organ music by Pietro Alessandro Yon represents an important piece in the mosaic of the Italian organ production of the Cecilian generation where Marco Enrico Bossi, Giovanni Tebaldini, Oreste Ravanello, were the main exponents. Pietro Yon, friend of Bossi, was like a career concert artist and acclaimed by the crowds for the virtuosity and singability of his performances; he made his fortune in America, where he developed his musical talent like his great business skills, never forgetting Italy, that always remained in his heart. The young Bolognese organist Elisa Teglia performs this repertoire on four historical instruments alternating pieces of rare expressiveness with others based on spectacular technicalities, often including popular themes, national anthems and famous melodies, that Yon concertista used for bewitching the crowds at his extraordinary performances.
Tracklist
Dai 12 Divertimenti:
4. n. 1 Rimembranza (Melody for oboe) [1918] 4:16 - 5. n. 3 Elan du coeur (Poemetto) [1918] 5:43 - 6. n. 5 Minuetto antico e Musetta [1918] 4:18 - 7. n. 6 Christmas in Settimo Vittone (Melodia popolare) [1918] 4:43 - 8. n. 7 Eco (Double canon in unison) [1918] 2:59
9. n. 8 Arpa notturna (Harp solo) [1918] 4:29 - 10. n. 11 Trio all’ottava [1915] 2:24
11. n. 12 Cornamusa siciliana [1915] 3:07
12. Hymn of Glory [1921] 11:23
CD 2
Sonata Romantica [1922]
1. Introduzione ed Allegro 9:18 - 2. Adagio 5:26 - 3. Finale 9:44
4. Pastorale Sorrentina [1914] 4:09
Concerto Gregoriano [1921]
5. Introduzione ed Allegro 11:05 - 6. Adagio 5:36 - 7. Scherzo 3:05 - 8. Finale 10:45
CD 3
1. Dai 12 Divertimenti: n. 9 Rapsodia italiana (Inni patriottici e danze piemontesi) [1918] 8:24 - 2. Pastorale (dalla IV Sonata) [1949] 4:50 - 3. Dai 12 Divertimenti: n. 2 Humoresque “l’organo primitivo” (Toccatina for flute) [1918] 2:22 - 4. Elegia [1914] 5:57
Avvento – Prima suite religiosa per organo [1943]
5. Prelude (Rorate Coeli) 4:05 - 6. Introit (Veni Emmanuel) 3:03 - 7. Offertory (Veni Domine) 3:05 - 8. Communion (Ave Maria) 3:35 - 9. Finale (Toccata sull’inno gregoriano Creator alme siderum) 3:53 - 10. Marche-Pastorale (Shepherd’s march) [1942] 2:43
11. Dai 12 Divertimenti: n. 4 Speranza (Solo for Diapason) [1918] 5:19 - 12. Canto elegiaco [1937] 5:53 - 13. Dai 12 Divertimenti: n. 10 American Rhapsody [1919] 12:29
CD 4
1. Preludio-Pastorale “Dies est lætitiæ” [1913] 9:32
Sonata Prima per organo [1916]
2. Allegro con spirito impetuoso 4:02 - 3. Adagio, ma non troppo 5:11 - 4. Minuetto 4:01 - 5. Tema e variazioni 6:45
6. Toccata [1912] 6:38- 7. Concert Study [1913] 4:28 - 8. La Concertina (Suite Umoresca) [1921] 5:21 - 9. Second Concert Study [1915] 3:52
Sonata Cromatica (Seconda) [1917]
10. Andante Rustico – Allegro vigoroso 6:53 - 11. Adag
- Composer: Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886-1943)
- Performers: Elisa Teglia, organ
- Musicological Text: Elisa Teglia, Lorenzo Pestuggia
- Historical Period: Romanticism
- Code: TC 882370
- Edition: July 2018
- Barcode: 8007194400038
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 45
- Total duration: 04:16:06
- Notes: 4CD Box Set · World Premiere Edition · Historical Instruments
Organ Balbiani Vegezzi Bossi Op. 1519, 1932, Duomo di Como
Organ Tamburini/Bonato 1914/2004, Chiesa Arcipretale della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria di Trebaseleghe
Organ Francesco Vegezzi-Bossi 1914, Cattedrale di Cuneo
Organ Giuseppe Zanin & Figlio 1964, Chiesa dell”Annunziata di Bologna
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