Ghedini: Musica da Concerto, Musica Concertante, Hindemith: Fünf Stücke, Op. 44 No.4

Featuring

Enrico Bronzi
Simonide Braconi
Massimo Belli
Lucio Degani
Nuova Orchestra da Camera Ferruccio Busoni
Giorgio Federico Ghedini

Paul Hindemith

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Composer Biography

Paul Hindemith, one of the composers on this album, was a prolific and versatile musician, proficient on nearly every instrument, an outstanding viola soloist, conductor, and composer in all genres, including pieces for children.

Performer Biography

Enrico Bronzi, the cellist on this album, won first prize in the Paulo Cello Competition of Helsinki in 2002 and performs on a Vincenzo Panormo cello dated 1770.

Performer Biography

Simonide Braconi, the viola and viola d'amore soloist on this album, was chosen by Maestro Riccardo Muti as First Viola in the orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in 1994 and has also performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Compositional Technique

Paul Hindemith's Fünf Stücke Op.44 No.4 for String Orchestra, featured on this album, was composed for a school orchestra but demands significant skill, with Hindemith noting that "the amateur is given some hard nuts to crack."

Composer Biography

Giorgio Federico Ghedini, one of the composers on this album, studied organ, piano, cello, harmony, and counterpoint, and later taught at various conservatories, including serving as director of the Milan Conservatory for over ten years.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Paul Hindemith, one of the composers on this album, strongly believed in Gebrauchsmusik, a philosophy where music is composed for a specific practical purpose rather than solely for its own sake.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Giorgio Federico Ghedini, one of the composers on this album, believed that melody is everything in composition, with harmony serving as a vessel, and found that a mediocre instrument fired his imagination more than a luxurious one.