Respighi & Pick-Mangiagalli: Works for Violin & Piano

Featuring

Emy Bernecoli
Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi
Ottorino Respighi
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli

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Compositional Technique

Pick-Mangiagalli's Sonata in B minor, written in 1906, anticipates characteristics found in Respighi's 1917 Sonata, including metrical restlessness and demanding piano writing.

Compositional Technique

Respighi's B minor Sonata features cyclical thematic ideas, complex rhythms and meters, and harmonies with sevenths and ninths, creating expressive tension.

Historical Context

Both Respighi and Pick-Mangiagalli belonged to the 'generation of the 1880s,' which was crucial for the resurgence of Italian instrumental music.

Compositional Technique

Respighi's B minor Sonata uses a varied meter in its first movement, such as 9/8-6/8-3/4-7/8-2/4, and includes a passacaglia in the final movement with twenty variations.

Composer Biography

Ottorino Respighi, born into a family of musicians, studied violin and composition in Bologna and later with Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia, becoming a master of orchestration.

Composer Biography

Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, though born in Bohemia, was considered a Milanese composer, having studied and later directed the Milan Conservatory.

Performer Biography

Emy Bernecoli (violin) and Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) have a broad repertoire, including works written specifically for them by contemporary composers, and have studied with renowned musicians like Bruno Canino and members of the Trio di Trieste.