Composer: Gian Francesco Malipiero
Orchestra: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8570881
Release: 2009
Size: 256 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 7 ‘delle canzoni’
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Lento quasi andante
03. III. Allegro impetuoso
04. IV. Lento
05. Sinfonia in un tempo
Sinfonia per Antigenida
06. I. Ritenuto
07. II. Lento
08. III. Allegro
09. IV. Lento
This fourth volume of Malipiero’s seventeen highly contrasting symphonies features the lyrical Seventh (1948), notable for an intensely eloquent slow second movement that grows in potency when subsequently repeated.
With its pungent harmonies and more complex structures the Sinfonia in un tempo (1950) belongs to a very different expressive and stylistic world from the symphonies of the 1930s and ’40s.
Named after an ancient Theban piffero player, represented by the work’s prominent piccolo part, the Sinfonia per Antigenida (1962) is perhaps Malipiero’s most inscrutable symphony, in which angular lines and aggressive dissonances reflect a bitter, disillusioned attitude to the world.