[brilliant classics]
Kategoria: Kultura. Sztuka. >Muzyka Taniec ŚpiewWysyłka: do 3 dni
Schoenberg aspired in his Book of the Hanging Gardens.The first
Recording of the complete songs by Dallapiccola,
one of the most influential composers of 20th century Italy. His
political...
Pełen opis produktu 'Dallapiccola: Complete Songs' »
Here’s a set unique on record: Dallapiccola’s song cycles with
small ensemble, mostly based on ancient and medieval texts are
well-known as a cornerstone of his reputation for the kind of
lyrical modernism which flowered in the work of Nono and Berio from
the following generation. Like other Italian modernists such as
Bruno Maderna, he was no less passionately interested in his
cultural heritage represented here by the early-Baroque composers
who developed the idea and practice of opera, such as Monteverdi,
and Cavalli. He made practical editions for modern performance of
many Baroque songs in order to disseminate this music at the time
when scholarly interest was just beginning to move beyond academic
confines into concert halls and recording studios, at the birth of
the historically informed performance movement.As the pianist
Filippo Farinelli remarks in the booklet-note, "This is a
repertoire that merits a place alongside Britten’s arrangements of
Purcell and other famous English composers. Dallapiccola did much
more than realise the basso continuo part. Thanks to his
musicological studies, his unique artistic taste and his
understanding of the great composers of the early 20th century, he
was able to breathe new life into early music, allowing listeners
to perceive it in fresh, new terms that ring entirely
true."Alongside these two volumes of songs by Caccini, Stradella,
Frescobaldi and more are placed the two song cycles he conceived
for voice and piano accomapaniment. Both use an adapted 12-tone
language. Rencesvals from 1946 is a setting of fragments from the
medieval Book of Roland (commissioned by Poulenc’s friend, the
baritone Pierre Bernac: the two men gave the cycle’s first
performance), and the four settings of Antonio Machado date from
two years later. Encountering the socialist-realism texts of
Machado was a seminal moment for Dallapiccola, whose work
consistently protests against oppression. In these brief,
high-lying settings we may hear a less sublimated version of the
intense lyricism to which Schoenberg aspired in his Book of the
Hanging Gardens.The first Recording of the complete songs by
Dallapiccola, one of the most influential composers of 20th century
Italy. His political engagement and his experiments with the
12-tone technique established him firmly in the European
Avant-Garde.The main work on this double CD are the transcriptions
he made of 17th and 18th century Italian songs, by Monteverdi,
Caldara, Carissimi, Caccini, Durante, Stradella, Legrenzi and
others. He wrote brilliantly dry and essential, making intelligent
use of counterpoint and canon, with exquisite taste for vocal
timbres and polyrhythm. In that sense they are far more “20th
century” than similar transcriptions by other composers (Respighi,
Busoni a.o.) who romanticised the original early works.Also
included are the two original song cycles by Dallapiccola:
Rencesvals and Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado, fascinating
testimony of his unique style, both severe and warmly
emotional.Beautifully performed by 4 excellent Italian singers who
already recorded successfully the songs by Jolivet (BC9220) and
Ravel (BC94743).Scholarly written liner notes by the pianist,
Filippo Farinelli....