Togni's Sixth Capriccio (Aphorism on the name of Sylvano Bussotti) is based on two notes, A and B flat, derived from Sylvano Bussotti's first name and surname.
Recording & Production
This album is the second of four volumes dedicated to Camillo Togni's complete piano music.
Performer Biography
Aldo Orvieto, the pianist on this recording, was a co-founder of the Ex Novo Ensemble in 1979 and has participated in many world premieres.
Composition History
The Fifth Capriccio (Homage to Bellini) was commissioned for a 1987 International Congress of Musicology in Bologna, alongside works by Sylvano Bussotti, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Battistelli.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Togni's encounter with Schoenberg's music, facilitated by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, led him to explore twelve-tone language, which he believed broadened his emotional scope.
Composer Biography
Camillo Togni's First Serenade for Piano, Op. 10, composed when he was eighteen, marked a decisive turning point in his artistic development.
Compositional Technique
The Fourth Capriccio (Octaves) systematically rehabilitates the octave interval, which Togni had avoided for about twenty years in his atonal music.
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