IDAGIO | Martucci, G.: Orchestral Music (Complete), Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La Canzone Dei Ricordi 747313093175

Featuring

Francesco La Vecchia
Gesualdo Coggi
Silvia Pasini
Rome Symphony Orchestra
Giuseppe Martucci

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Recording & Production

This album is part of the Naxos Martucci Edition, which comprises his complete orchestral works, and is the third disc in the series.

Compositional Technique

La canzone dei ricordi is significant because orchestral song-cycles were almost unknown in Italy at the time, and it anticipates later works with its subtle continuity of mood and thematic links.

Composer Biography

As a conductor, Martucci introduced Italian audiences to works by Berlioz, Schumann, and Brahms, including the Italian premiere of Brahms's Second Symphony in 1882.

Composition History

La canzone dei ricordi (The Song of Remembrance) is Martucci's only major vocal work from his maturity, composed in 1887 with piano and orchestrated eleven years later.

Composer Biography

Martucci was a full-time student at the Real Collegio in Naples from 1868, studying piano with Beniamino Cesi and composition with Paolo Serrao, who influenced him with Austro-German repertoire.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Martucci, the composer, began piano lessons with his father and gave recitals with his sister before the age of nine.

Composition History

Martucci's First Piano Concerto was completed in Paris in 1878, likely intended for his own performance, but he never performed it, and the manuscript remained unpublished for 95 years.