Pizzetti: Concerto dell'estate / La Festa delle Panatenee
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Concerto dell'estate / La Festa delle Panatenee
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Myron Michailidis
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 May 2009
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This is the first recording in more than 40 years of Ildebrando Pizzetti's masterpiece, Concerto dell'estate (Summer Concerto), described by the composer as a 'pastoral symphony'. One of his most strikingly beautiful early works, the Tre Preludii Sinfonici per L'Edipo Re were written to accompany a production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in Milan in 1904. Pizzetti's passion for Greek music and drama can also be heard in his incidental music for La Festa delle Panatenee (The Feast of the Panathenaea). The Preludio to the opera Clitennestra, based on the ancient Greek myth of Clytemnestra, who murdered her husband, Agamemnon, is a darkly hued work, forewarning of the dire events about to unfold.
"The main work in this collection is the Concerto dell' estate (Summer Concerto), the only one written specifically for concert use. It is more or less a concerto for orchestra in three movements, comprising a sunny opening, a lyrical and tender slow movement, and a dance-like finale based on rhe rhythm of the galiarda. Mediterranean warmth permeates all three movements: Pizzetti loved the Italian countryside, not only for its natural calm and beauty but also for its unbroken connection to antiquity. Leaving aside his operatic work, this Concerto could be regarded as Pizzetti's masterpiece.....[Michailidis'] is a first-class performance of an utterly delightful work." © 2009 Fanfare
" ...this is a real must-have…and this is a really good introduction to this neglected composer." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Concerto dell'estate
1. I. Mattutino: Vivace e arioso 00:10:19
2. II. Notturno: Largo 00:07:52
3. III. Gagliarda e Finale: Allegro vigoroso 00:11:51
Per l'Edipo re di Sofocle
4. No. 1. Largo 00:05:55
5. No. 2. Con impeto, ma non troppo mosso 00:06:02
6. No. 3. Con molta espressione di dolore 00:05:46
7. Clitennestra: Prelude: Molto largo 00:05:12
La festa delle Panatenee
8. I. Preludio: Molto largo 00:03:47
9. II. Danza di Offerta del Peplo a Pallade Atena 00:05:19
10. III. Marcia del Corteo: Andante sostenuto 00:07:12
Total Playing Time: 01:09:15
