Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Performer: Alfonso Soldano
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Divine Art
Release: 2017
Size: 601 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Nocturne in Hollywood
02. Alt Wien
03. Vitalba e Biancospino
04. Cantico
Sonatina Zoologica, Op. 187
05. I. Libellule
06. II. Chiocciola
07. III. Lucertolina
08. IV. Formiche
2 Film Études, Op. 67
09. No. 1, Charlie
10. No. 2, Mickey Mouse
11. Cielo di settembre, Op. 1
Piedigrotta
12. I. Tarantella scura
13. II. Notte e luna
14. III. Calasciunate
15. IV. Voce luntana
16. V. Lariulà
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is best known for two things – his evocative guitar music, and his work during his long association with the movie industry in Hollywood. His extensive body of piano music has been largely neglected despite the fact that it is exceptional, impressionistic, and in the best post-Romantic tradition of ‘lighter’ music – though only relatively ‘light’ in that it is written in traditional harmony. Many of the works in this album are receiving their first recording. Alfonso Soldano, the last pupil of Aldo Ciccolini, is a brilliant Italian pianist whose debut recording of the piano music of Sergei Bortkiewicz attracted worldwide acclaim. He has just been appointed Artistic Director of the Aldo Ciccolini Academy in Trani, Italy.