Salvatore Percacciolo, the Italian conductor on this album, is the First Kapellmeister of the Nationaltheater in Mannheim and has conducted numerous opera productions and orchestras.
Recording & Production
This album is dedicated to Andreas Baksa, a composer featured on the album, and Raphael Leone, who was a mentor and friend to Francesco Viola and a dedicatee of Baksa's piccolo concerto.
Performer Biography
Francesco Viola, the piccolo soloist on this album, is a leading talent in the Italian piccolo scene and has performed with world-class orchestras like Teatro alla Scala and the Bamberg Symphoniker.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album features four concertos for piccolo and orchestra, which the performer Francesco Viola sees as four paths into the heart of Europe and Mitteleuropa's folk music traditions.
Performer Biography
The Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, featured on this recording, has a history dating back to Elector Carl Theodor's Mannheim court orchestra, which was admired by Mozart.
Interpretation
The Oboe Concerto by Frigyes Hidas, a Hungarian composer, was personally adapted for piccolo and orchestra by Francesco Viola to make it fully idiomatic for his instrument.
Composition History
At the beginning of the 20th century, the idea of a piccolo concerto was considered far-fetched, but composers have since begun to write for it as a solo instrument.
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