Composer: Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Performer: Alessandro Marangoni
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572608-09
Release: 2012
Size: 553 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Péchés de vieillesse, vol. 8, Album de château
01. No. 1, Specimen de l’ancien regime
02. No. 2, Prelude petulant-rococo
03. No. 3, Un regret –
04. No. 3, Un espoir
05. No. 4, Bolero tartare
06. No. 5, Prelude pretentieux
07. No. 6, Specimen de mon temps
08. No. 7, Valse anti-dansante
Péchés de vieillesse, vol. 9, Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor
09. No. 9, Prelude italien
10. No. 12, Petite fanfare a quatre mains
CD 02
Péchés de vieillesse, vol. 8, Album de château
01. No. 8, Prelude semipastorale
02. No. 9, Tarantelle pur sang
03. No. 10, Un reve
04. No. 11, Prelude soi-distant dramatique
05. No. 12, Specimen de l’avenir
Péchés de vieillesse, vol. 9, Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor
06. No. 6, Echantillon du chant de Noel a l’italienne
07. No. 7, Marche et reminiscences pour mon dernier voyage
08. No. 11, Echantillon de blague melodique sur les noires de la main droite
During his last decade, Rossini wrote a series of 13 volumes he called Sins of Old Age, of which volume 8 is subtitled Album de château. It contains 12 pieces, each richly characterised. Many are fuelled by an operatic sense of vitality, and we also find dances, fugal writing, and a nightmarish dream episode of great intensity. The five pieces from volume 9 offer equal pleasures – a Christmas Carol, self-quotations from his operas, and a skittish black note joke, all served up with his inimitable gift for melody and enjoyment. ‘Marangoni has a beautiful legato touch, and a keen sense of phrasing.’ (American Record Guide, on Vol. 1: 8570590-91)