The last volume of the complete recordings of the piano music composed by Sgambati contains all the transcriptions for piano duo of his orchestral works, the First Simphony in D major op.
\n16, a work of uncertain attribution (Marcia Funebre – Funeral March) and Liszt\u2019s symphonic poem \u201cDie Ideale\u201d.
\nSgambati obtained his first remarkable European successes with the Concerto for piano and orchestra in G minor op.
\n15, composed between 1878 and 1879 and the First Simphony in D major op. 16 composed between 1880 and 1881 and performed on March 28, 1881 at the Quirinale Royal Court.
\nBoth works obtained a great success all over Europe.
\nThe Symphony was introduced in the repertoires of many conductors, such as Martucci (Bolonia Comunale Opera House, 1888), Toscanini (La Scala, 1899) and Ernst von Schuch, and it was much appreciated also by Grieg and Saint-Saens (tr\u00e9s interessante et tr\u00e9s originale symphonie).
\nThe unusual mixture of Italian melodic style and German symphonic tradition of this work was immediately appreciated by the critics.
\nIn fact, his Symphony was welcomed in Italy as \u201ca genuinely Italian work\u201d (Valletta), and in Germany as a \u201cwork of stunning beauty, orchestrated in a peculiarly exotic way, echoing both Italian (Verdi) and modern German tones.
\nThe genuine, authentically Italian Serenata has reached its best achievement.\u201d (Musikalisches Wochenblatt).
\nAs for his Symphony, emphasis was also placed on \u201can expressive style marked with strong dramatic tones informing all the work, with its splendid inspiration and development, which makes it \u2018young\u2019 Italy\u2019s best work of this genre.
\nIts orchestration is such a shining example of musicality that there is no need for missing grand polyphony.
\nThe Scherzo is particularly excellent, with an introduction recalling the Meistersinger, for its powerful imagination and creativity.
\nIn each of the five movements there is plenty of music.
\nThis musical spirit is worthy of a great respect.
\nItaly can be proud of him!\u201d.
\n(Allgemeine Musikzeitung).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The last volume of the complete recordings of the piano music composed by Sgambati contains all the transcriptions for piano duo of his orchestral works, the First Simphony in D major op. 16, a work of uncertain attribution (Marcia Funebre – Funeral March) and Liszt\u2019s symphonic poem \u201cDie Ideale\u201d. Sgambati obtained his first remarkable European […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romanticism"],"yoast_head":"\n