Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ottorino Respighi, Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4817297
Release: 2018
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor
01. 1. Moderato
02. 2. Andante espressivo
03. 3. Passacaglia – Allegro moderato ma energico
04. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Ballade Op. 107 for Violin and Piano
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne from “Pulcinella” – Arr. by Stravinsky & Dushkin
05. 1. Introduzione
06. 2. Serenata
07. 3. Tarantella
08. 4. Gavotta con due variazioni
09. 5. Scherzino
10. 6. Minuetto e finale
11. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: ‘Rosina’, Fantasia for Violin and Piano from ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’
12. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: ‘Figaro’, Fantasia for Violin and Piano from ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’
13. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: ‘Violetta’, Fantasia for Violin and Piano from ‘La Traviata’
A world premiere recording of three works by the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Of particular note is the composer’s Ballade, which was written for and premiered by Tossy Spivakovsky in 1940. It was left to gather dust until February 2018, when Francesca recovered it with the assistance of the composer’s granddaughter, Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco.Diana contacted Francesca after hearing her on the radio, performing Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s tongue-in- cheek “Figaro” from Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Together, the pair accessed some of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s unpublished and unperformed works from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C, including the Ballade. The work is now published by Edizioni Curci, and this is its world premiere recording. Also included on the album are Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s violin paraphrases of operas by Rossini and Verdi, Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne and Respighi’s Violin Sonata in B minor.