Sinigaglia: Romanza e umoresca, Op. 16, Violin Concerto, Op. 20 & Regenlied, Op. 35 No. 1 (Live)

Featuring

Marco Zuccarini
Fernando Caida Greco
Laura Marzadori
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
Leone Sinigaglia

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Composer Biography

Sinigaglia's early compositions were promoted by his teacher Giovanni Bolzoni, a violinist and conductor who directed a monographic concert of Sinigaglia's works in 1892.

Composition History

The Concerto per violino e orchestra in La maggiore op. 20 was completed in 1899 and dedicated to Sinigaglia's friend, the violinist Arrigo Serato.

Critical Reception

Sinigaglia's Violin Concerto was highly popular and appreciated by figures like Otakar Ševčik, a leader of the Bohemian violin school, who preferred it to Dvořák's Violin Concerto.

Composer Biography

Sinigaglia spent five years studying in Vienna, where he associated with prominent musicians like Mahler and Brahms, whom he called 'the greatest living symphonist'.

Composer Biography

Leone Sinigaglia, a Jewish composer, died in Turin in 1944 of a syncope while being arrested by Nazi-Fascist forces.

Composer Biography

Arturo Toscanini, the renowned conductor, was a close friend of Sinigaglia and significantly promoted his works in Italy, Europe, and the United States starting in 1908.

Notable Performances

Arrigo Serato, the dedicatee of the Violin Concerto, gave its premiere in Berlin in 1901 and its Italian debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1902, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.