The album features works by a 'halfway' generation of Italian composers, born between the 1880s and early 1900s, whose music was largely forgotten due to the two world wars and Italy's Fascist dictatorship.
Composer Biography
Ferdinando Busoni (1834-1909), father of the more famous Ferruccio Busoni, drew inspiration for his clarinet works from violin music and Italian vocal music.
Composer Biography
Leone Sinigaglia (1868-1944), a friend of Brahms and Dvořák, was persecuted during the Mussolini dictatorship due to his Jewish origins and died of a heart attack during an arrest in 1944.
Composer Biography
Bruno Labate (1883-1968), an oboist and principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic, was considered by Toscanini to be one of the greatest oboists of all time.
Recording & Production
Many of the works on this album are receiving their first modern recordings, contributing to the rediscovery of this neglected repertoire.
Performer Biography
Sergio Bosi, the clarinetist on this album, is the principal solo clarinet of the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana (FORM) and a clarinet teacher at the Gioachino Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro.
Cultural Impact
In the first half of the 19th century, instrumental music in Italy declined because audiences were overwhelmingly interested in opera, which dominated theatres.
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