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Gino Marinuzzi: Piano Works / Martina Colli and Rossella Rubini, piano

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-01-08

Works: Gino Marinuzzi: Partita, for 2 pianos; Divertimento su un Tema popolare, for piano, 4 hands; Lagerlieder, for piano, 4 hands
Performers: Colli, Martina; Rubini, Rossella

Son of the famous conductor and composer Gino Marinuzzi, this composer was born in New York in April 1920, during one of his father's U.S....continue...
Recording information: Conservatorio "Alfredo Casella" L'Aquila (03/2011)....continue...

Lino Liviabella & Nino Rota: Works for viola & piano / Luca Sanzo, viola; Maurizio Paciariello, piano

1 CD / Tactus / 2012-04-10

Works: Lino Liviabella: Prima Sonata in un tempo, for viola & piano; Seconda Sonata, for viola & piano; Nino Rota: Sonata for viola & piano no 2 in G major; Sonata for viola & piano no 1 in C major; Interme...
Performers: Paciariello, Maurizio; Sanzo, Luca

Great contemporary chamber music by two Italian masters/composers: Nino Rota (famous worldwide for his soundtracks) and Lino Liviabella!...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Terenziano Capranica - Viterbo (08/2011)....continue...

Nino Rota: works for Flute & Piano / Roberto Fabbriciani, flute

1 CD / Tactus / 2011-10-11

Works: Nino Rota: Pieces (5) for flute & piano; Elegia, for flute & piano; Allegro vivace, for flute & piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Pieces (3) for 2 flutes; Fantasia on themes from Rota's films, for flu...
Performers: Botteon, Luisella; Damerini, Massimiliano; Fabbriciani, Roberto

In addition to Franz Liszt and Gustav Mahler, the year 2011 celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nino Rota's birth. Although he achieved worldwide success, mainly...continue...
Recording information: Genova, Italy (05/2009)....continue...

Carlo Mosso: Organ Works; Paul Hindemith: Sonate I

1 CD / Tactus / 2011-03-08

Works: Carlo Mosso: Suite for organ; Orgelbuch, for organ; Pieces (3) for harmonium (on a theme by Hindemith); Paul Hindemith: Sonata for organ no 1
Performers: Romiti, Letizia

Following the recent release of Marco Enrico Bossi organ works (welcomed with great enthusiasm by the specialized press), Tactus now presents the world premiere of...continue...
Recording information: Conservatorio A. Vivaldi, Alessandria, Italy....continue...

Arturo Toscanini e i Maestri di Parma: Liriche per canto e pianoforte

1 CD / Tactus / 2011-03-08

Works: Giovanni Bottesini: La nostra canzone, for voice & piano; Giusto Dacci: Eco Dolorosa, for voice & piano; Il tuo riso, for voice & piano; La tradita morente, for voice & piano; Gustavo Campanini: Amam...
Performers: Cianchi, Simona; Cortesi, Raffaele; Cortesi, Raphaele; Murakami, Yuko; Mustafic, Dzenana

The great repertoire represented on this CD presents the talented Simona Cianchi, Yuko Murakami, and Dzenana Mustafic’ masterfully accompanied by an inspired Raffaele Cortesi. These...continue...
Recording information: Sala Giuseppe Verdi, Conservatorio di Parma, Italy....continue...

Gaetano Fusella: Opera for Violin and Piano

1 CD / Tactus / 2011-02-08

Works: Gaetano Fusella: Novella, for violin & piano; Scherzo Serenata, for violin & piano; Idillio, for violin & piano; Festa al villaggio, for violin & piano; Canto d'autunno, for violin & piano; Danze Pol...
Performers: Meluso, Angela; Tortorelli, Mauro

After focusing on organ music and piano music, this month Tactus dedicates a CD to the works of Neapolitan violinist and composer Gaetano Fusella. The...continue...
Recording information: Studio Phonotype, Napoli, Italy (10/2009)....continue...

Da Rossini a Tagliavini - Organ Music at Bologna / Andrea Macinanti

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-07-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La charité (La carita), for female voices & piano (or organ) (Trois choeurs religieux); Raffaele Santoli: Offertorio for organ; Elevazione for organ; Guglielmo Mattioli: Tocca...
Performers: Macinanti, Andrea

From Rossini to Tagliavini, this recording traces the passage from the picturesque stylistic characteristics of the late 19th century to the complex compositional structures of...continue...

Malipiero: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Piano Works / Paccagnella, Alberti

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-03-10

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Sonata for cello & piano; Il Canto nell'infinito, for violin & piano; Sonatina for cello & piano; Hortus Conclusus, for piano; Tarlo, pieces (4) for piano; Bizzarrie luminos...
Performers: Alberti, Sabrina; Paccagnella, Luca

Margola: Musica per archi e Concerti per oboe / Ferri, Grazia, Respighi Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-01-13

Works: Franco Margola: Trittico, for strings; Partita for oboe & strings; Arioso, for ensemble; Little Concerto, for oboe & strings; Concerto for oboe & strings (incomplete); Nocturne & Fugue, for string or...
Performers: Grazia, Paolo
Conductors: Ferri, Federico
Ensemble: Ensemble Respighi

Veneziani: La Badia di Pomposa, Parisina / Fabbri, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-06-10

Works: Vittore Veneziani: La Badia di Pomposa, for narrator & ensemble; Parisina, for narrator & ensemble
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Ensemble: Conservatori di Musica di Adria e di Ferrara

An Italian soundtrack before its time... Felicitous musical illustrations are drawn either through simple onomatopoeia, by means of environmental word painting (such as the bells...continue...

Ravanello: Contemplazione, Prélude Gothique, Organ Works / Macinanti, Rossi

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-06-10

Works: Oreste Ravanello: Fantasy for Organ, Op. 31; Sonata for Violin and Organ in F minor; Pieces (4) for Organ, Op. 39; Contemplazione for Cello/Violin and Organ, Op. 117 no 3; Pieces (3) for Organ, Op. 4...
Performers: Macinanti, Andrea; Rossi, Cristiano

Oreste Ravanello was a virtuoso and incredible improviser, and he and Bossi were considered to be the greatest Italian organist. He was a profound scholar...continue...

Adagio e Cantabile - Italian Adagios / Troilo, Giuliani, Frei, Esposti, Macinanti

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-04-08

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ and Chalumeau in C major, RV 779; Italian ...
Performers: Esposti, Emanuela Degli; Frei, Constance; Giuliani, Giovanni; Macinanti, Andrea; Troilo, Angela

This disc offers a very interesting and unique compilation of Italian adagios by some very famous composers, from Baroque to Contemporary....continue...

Wolf-Ferrari: Capolavori del '900 per Oboe

1 CD / Tactus / 2008-01-08

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Concertino for oboe, 2 horns & strings "Idillio" Op.15; Concertino for English horn, 2 horns & strings, Op.34; Arthur Benjamin: Concerto for oboe & orchestra in C minor (after ...
Performers: Baccini, Alessandro
Conductors: Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"

Ermanno Wolf Ferrari was the true master of archaic imagery in early 20th-century Italian music. The Idillio Concertino Op. 15 for oboe (1932) and the...continue...

Petrassi: Suoni Notturni, Nunc, Works for Guitar / Colone

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-11-13

Works: Goffredo Petrassi: Suoni Notturni for guitar; Seconda Serenata Trio, for mandolin, guitar & harp; Nunc for guitar; Alais, for guitar & harpsichord; Giorgio Nataletti: Le stelle de lu cielo, for voice...
Performers: Carciani, Patrizia; Colone, Angelo; Lorenzi, Massimo De; Maurer, Sonia; Pugliese, Laura

Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003) was one of the most significant Italian composers of the twentieth century—not least because he lived almost every minute of it! His...continue...

Goffredo Giarda: Opera omnia per organo / Andrea Macinanti

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Goffredo Giarda: Pieces (3) for organ, Op. 50; Meditazione, Op. 43; Pieces (3) for organ, Op. 51; Allegretto di concerto, for organ, Op. 64; Canto serafico, for organ, Op. 70; Alla fonte di Cristo, i...
Performers: Macinanti, Andrea

Piatti: Capricci per Violoncello; Dallapiccola / Noferini

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-06-12

Works: Alfredo Piatti: Capriccio for Cello on a theme from Pacini's "Niobe", Op. 21; Caprices (12) for cello, Op. 25; Luigi Dallapiccola: Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
Performers: Noferini, Andrea

Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901), close friend of Giuseppe Verdi, was to the cello in the nineteenth century what Paganini was to the violin. Piatti knew everything...continue...

Tedeschi: Musica da camera con arpa / Ciccozzi, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-01-04

Works: Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi: Élégie, Op 22; Improvviso per arpa sola ("Presso il mulino"), Op. 19; Fantasia per arpa e violino, Op. 48; Improvviso drammatico per arpa e violoncello, Op. 33; Ser...
Performers: Ciccozzi, Antonella; Rogliano, Marco; Sorrentino, Francesco

Italian Pastorales for Organ Vol 3 / Macinanti, Bedetti

1 CD / Tactus / 2003-07-02

Works: Vincenzo di Donato: Pastorale for English Horn and Organ; Filippo Capocci: Andantino pastorale for Organ; Roberto Remondi: Musette for Organ, Op. 93; Ulisse Matthey: Pastorale and Musette for Organ; ...
Performers: Bedetti, Marino; Macinanti, Andrea

Nuove Laudi Ariose della Beata Vergine / Giulio, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2002-06-04

Works: Vincenzo Ferro: Porgi conforto al mio turbato core; Domenico M. Ferrabosco: Vergin che debbo far, che mi consigli; Orazio Vecchi: Mentre cerco il mio bene; Demonio e carne insieme; Prospero Santini: ...
Conductors: Giulio, Monaco
Ensemble: Progetto Musica