Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3

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Francesco La Vecchia
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Goffredo Petrassi

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Performer Biography

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, established in 2002, was a rare example of a completely privately funded orchestra in Europe.

Composer Biography

Goffredo Petrassi, the composer, began his musical career as a choirboy at the Schola Cantorum of the Chiesa di San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome.

Composition History

Goffredo Petrassi's reputation was established in 1932 when his work Partita won the Contemporary Music Award and was selected for international festivals.

Composer Biography

Goffredo Petrassi held prestigious teaching posts at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, culminating in his role as head of its masterclass in composition from 1960 to 1978.

Compositional Technique

Goffredo Petrassi's concertos for orchestra from the 1950s show modernist tendencies, incorporating techniques from athematicism to serialism and continuous variation to rhythmical flexibility.

Recording & Production

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma undertook a wide-ranging series of recordings, primarily for Naxos, focusing on important 19th and 20th-century Italian composers, many of which were world premiere recordings.

Composition History

The concept of a 'concerto for orchestra' can be traced back centuries, but the earliest work specifically designated as such was by Hindemith in 1925.