Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a Florentine-born composer, was among many musicians who emigrated from war-torn Europe to America in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Castelnuovo-Tedesco believed music should progress and renew while retaining contributions from past generations, aiming for simpler, more direct, and clearer expression.
Performer Biography
Alessandro Marangoni, the pianist on this recording, has recorded the complete piano works of Rossini and Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum for Naxos.
Composer Biography
Prior to his mid-twenties, Castelnuovo-Tedesco showed little interest in his Jewish heritage, but this changed after hearing Ernest Bloch's Schelomo and discovering musical prayer settings among his grandfather's papers.
Composer Biography
Castelnuovo-Tedesco settled in Los Angeles and worked in the film industry, notably teaching later-generation composers like Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, and John Williams.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Castelnuovo-Tedesco stated in his autobiography, 'The cello is an instrument I've always particularly loved,' and he valued the piano's role as a duo partner.
Performer Biography
Enrico Dindo, the cellist on this recording, won First Prize at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris in 1997 and plays a Pietro Giacomo Rogeri cello of 1717 (ex Piatti).
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