Malipiero, G.F.: Symphonies, Vol. 1 - Nos. 3 and 4 / Sinfonia Del Mare
1/29/2009, 9 Tracks, 1:12:15
Featuring
Antonio de Almeida
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Gian Francesco Malipiero
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Compositional Technique
Malipiero's symphonies are described as 'motivic' rather than 'thematic', meaning melodic motifs generate other motifs and reappear, but do not carry the musical discourse.
Performer Biography
Antonio de Almeida, the conductor on this album, had a distinguished career, appearing with major orchestras like the Chicago, Philadelphia, and Berlin Philharmonic, and was a leading authority on Offenbach.
Composition History
Malipiero attended the premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Paris in 1913, which he later said 'awoke him from a long and dangerous lethargy', leading him to repudiate most of his earlier works.
Composer Biography
Gian Francesco Malipiero, an Italian composer, was described by Luigi Dallapiccola, a famous Italian composer of the next generation, as 'the most important musical personality that Italy has had since the death of Verdi'.
Performer Biography
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, established in 1989, is one of Russia's leading orchestras and has received several international awards for its over one hundred recordings, primarily for Naxos and Marco Polo.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Malipiero's musical outlook was shaped by an ambivalent attitude towards the Austro-German tradition and a deep commitment to rediscovering pre-19th-century Italian music.
Compositional Technique
Malipiero defined the Italian symphony as 'a free kind of poem in several parts which follow one another capriciously, obeying only those mysterious laws that instinct recognizes'.
