Composer: Alfredo Casella, Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Gian Francesco Malipiero
Performer: Nikolay Shugaev, Dmitrii Prokofiev
Orchestra: Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Valentin Uryupin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574393
Release: 2022
Size: 503 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Malipiero: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Lento
03. III. Allegro
Ghedini: L’Olmeneta (The Elm Grove)
04. I. Allegro molto moderato e tranquillo
05. II. Caccia nell’olmeneta. Allegro vivace
06. III. Molto adagio
07. IV. Allegretto quieto
Casella: Notturno e tarantella, Op. 54
08. I. Notturno
09. II. Tarantella
The composers of these 20th-century Italian works were all associated with the cello from a young age. Their deep understanding of the instrument reveals itself in three contrasting concertante pieces where soloist and orchestra collaborate to explore a wide range of colours and moods, and whose slow movements are among the most beautiful each composer ever wrote. Malipiero viewed the soloist in his concerto as a voice rising in a crowd; the mysterious and autumnal L’Olmeneta is the largest and most individual of Ghedini’s cello works; and Casella’s Notturno e tarantella is a sunny piece, expertly orchestrated.