Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968)
The duo formed by Valentina Vanini (half soprano) and Giuseppina Coni (piano) is the protagonist of this recording dedicated to the Florentine composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, including chamber lyrics and piano pieces. All the compositions collected in this double CD saw the light in the early twentieth century, and more precisely between 1913 and 1928. A kaleidoscopic panorama of impressions and emotions – from the evocation of the childhood world, to the poetic themes of great breadth up, to the pictorial evocations of the great Italian schools of the past – unravels in the succession of pieces, characterized by a very refined musical style, often not simple but incredibly fascinating and evocative. Not conventionally counted as part of the “Generazione dell’ottanta”, in reality Castelnuovo-Tedesco pursues the same ideals and intentions (brca of his studies with Ildebrando Pizzetti), which are fully manifested in these compositions, superbly interpreted by the Vanini-Coni duo.
Tracklist
Disco n.1
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
1 - L’infinito op. 22 (4:21)
2 - Il libro di Dolcina (6:05)
3 - La sera fiesolana (7:46)
4 - Piccino picciò (ninna nanna) op. 26 (3:12)
5 - 2 preghiere per i bimbi d’Italia op. 29 (3:21)
6 - La barba bianca op. 28 (2:42)
7 - La canzone della vita (3:16)
8 - Briciole op. 8 (6:00)
9 - Ore sole op. 52 (3:16)
10 - Stelle cadenti. 12 liriche brevi op. 6 (18:38)
11 - Quattro sonetti da La vita nova op. 41 (8:48)
12 - Ninna nanna per l’album di una bimba op. 4 (3:02)
13 - I naviganti op. 13 (8:03)
Disco n.2
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
1 - La sirenetta e il pesce turchino op. 18 (9:04)
2 - Vitalba e Biancospino op. 21 (6:36)
3 - Cipressi op. 17 (8:49)
4 - Questo fu il carro della morte op. 2 (5:25)
5 - Il raggio verde op. 9 (6:59)
6 - Alghe op. 12 (4:34)
7 - Epigrafe op. 25 (5:59)
8 - Le stagioni op. 33 (10:03)
9 - Tre poemi campestri op. 44 (15:42)
- Composer: Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968)
- Performers: Valentina Vanini, mezzosoprano
Giuseppina Coni, pianoforte - Musicological Text: Cesare Orselli
- Historical Period: Romanticism
- Code: TC890390
- Edition: October 2023
- Barcode: 8007194200638
- Set: 1
- Total tracks: 22
- Total duration: 153:03
- Texts: Castenuovo-Tedesco: Liriche da Camera • Opere pianistiche