Vecchia, Francesco La

Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921): Scene veneziane, suite; Cleopatra, excerpts / Rome SO, La Vecchia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Luigi Mancinelli: Venetian Scenes, suite for orchestra; Cleopatra, sei intermezzi sinfonici
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Of the composers who inaugurated the renaissance of Italian instrumental music in the late nineteenth century, Luigi Mancinelli is probably the least well-known. Older than...continue...
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Goffredo Petrassi: Partita; Divertimento; Quattro Inni Sacri; Coro di Morti / Carlo Putelli, Davide Malvestio. Francesco La Vecchia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Goffredo Petrassi: Divertimento in C major, for orchestra; Partita for orchestra; Quattro Inni Sacri for tenor, baritone & orchestra; Coro di Morti for male chorus, brass, 3 pianos, percussion & doub...
Performers: Malvestio, Davide; Putelli, Carlo
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Rome Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Goffredo Petrassi was one of the most important Italian composers of the twentieth century. Beginning with the previously unrecorded Divertimento in C, this release focuses...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di via Conciliazione, Rome (2007-03-18_2007-03-19&2011-)....continue...

Muzio Clementi: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / La Vecchia, OS di Roma

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Muzio Clementi: Overture in D major; Symphony no 1 in C major, WoO 32 (completed by A. Casella); Symphony no 2 in D major, WoO 33 (incomplete)
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Muzio Clementi was 'The Father of the pianoforte', a performer, teacher, publisher and manufacturer of pioneering importance. But in addition to the works for piano,...continue...
Recording information: OSR Studios, Rome (12/29/2011-12/30/2011)....continue...

Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 1; Cola di Rienzo Overture / Francesco La Vecchia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Cola di Rienzo Overture; Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 16, SG 11
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Sgambati was one of the most important figures in the renaissance of Italian music that began during the second half of the 19th century. This...continue...
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Alfredo Casella: La donna serpente; Introduzione, Aria e Toccata; Partita, Op. 42 / Sun Hee You, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Alfredo Casella: Introduzione, aria e toccata, for orchestra, Op. 55; Partita for piano & orchestra, Op. 42; Symphonic fragments from the opera La donna serpente, Op. 50
Performers: You, Sun Hee [Piano]
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

This latest disc in the Naxos series of Casella's orchestral music represents what Casella felt was his 'definitive personality'. The Introduction, Aria and Toccata epitomizes...continue...

Respighi: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Impressioni brasiliane; Trittico botticelliano; Vetrate di chiesa; Poema Autunnale et al.

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Brazilian Impressions; Trittico botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures) for orchestra, P. 151; Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows), 4 impressions for orchestra, P. 150; Concerto a...
Performers: Brodski, Vadim [Violin]; Petrucci, Chiara [Violin]; Scuccuglia, Désirée; Tenaglia, Andrea; Turriziani, Marco; Valenti, Vincenzo
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

The second volume of the complete orchestral music of Ottorino Respighi presents a wealth of lesser known works in the context of the concerto form...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome (04/14/2010-04/19/2010); OSR Studios, Rome (04/14/2010-04/19/2010); Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome (2009-01-14_2009-01-19&2009-); OSR Studios, Rom...continue...

Alfredo Casella: Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61; Pagine di Guerra, Op. 25bis; Suite, Op. 13

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Alfredo Casella: Suite in C major, for orchestra, Op. 13; Pagine di guerra for piano, 4 hands, Op. 25; Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma

Alfredo Casella identified three different periods in his composing career, and this disc features one work from each. The Suite in C major is early...continue...

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Concertos for Winds / Andrea Tenaglia, oboe; William Moriconi, cor anglais; Giuseppe Ciabocchi, bassoon

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Concertino for oboe, 2 horns & strings "Idillio" Op.15; Concertino for English horn, 2 horns & strings, Op.34; Suite-concertino for bassoon, 2 horns & strings in F major, Op.16
Performers: Ciabocchi, Giuseppe; Tenaglia, Andrea
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Although Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is known mainly for his operatic compositions (La vedova scaltra is available on Naxos CD 8.660225- 26 and DVD 2.110234-35), he wrote...continue...
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Ferruccio Busoni: Clarinet Concertino; Flute Divertimento; Rondo arlecchinesco / Giammarco Casani, clarinet; Laura Minguzzi, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Lustspielouvertüre, for orchestra (Comedy Overture), Op. 38, KiV 245; Gesang vom Reigen der Geister, for small orchestra (Indian Diary Book II), Op. 47, KiV 269; Rondo arlecchi...
Performers: Casani, Gianmarco; Minguzzi, Laura; Terranova, Gianluca
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

All six of these orchestral works exemplify Busoni's personalized classicism. The Lustspiel ouvertüre (Comedy Overture) is light, and almost Mozartian in clarity, whilst Gesang vom...continue...

Respighi: Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 1 / Roman Festivals; Roman Fountains; Pines of Rome

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome; Gli uccelli "The Birds"; Suite for strings, P. 41; Aria for Strings and Organ in g, P 32
Performers: Palcich, Antonio
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Rome Symphony Orchestra

Respighi's (b. 1879) first great triumph as a composer - and the work that he is most well known for is the 'Roman trilogy', which...continue...

Busoni: Piano Concerto, Op. 39 / Roberto Cappello, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto, for piano & orchestra with male chorus in C major, Op. 39, KiV 247
Performers: Cappello, Roberto
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Marenzio Chorale

Busoni's monumental Piano Concerto was completed in 1904 and remains the longest piano concerto to have been heard in public. He thought of the work...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome (03/08/2009-03/09/2009)....continue...

Gian Francesco Malipiero: Impressioni Dal Vero; Pause Del Silenzio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Gian Francesco Malipiero: Impressioni dal vero I, for orchestra; Impressioni dal vero II, for orchestra; Impressioni dal vero III, for orchestra; Pause del silenzio I, for orchestra; Pause del silenz...
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Rome Symphony Orchestra

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As with the symphonies of Martucci, these pieces are closer to the late romantic spirit of his contemporaries in the British Isles, and even at...continue...
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Ferrara: Fantasia Tragica; Notte Di Tempesta / La Vecchia, Rome Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-07-26

Works: Franco Ferrara: Preludio, for orchestra; Fantasia tragica, for orchestra; Notte di tempesta, for orchestra; Burlesca, for orchestra
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony

Franco Ferrara's gifts were prodigious. Born in Palermo he was a fine pianist, an even better violinist, playing under Toscanini, and later a conductor whose...continue...

Casella: Symphony No 3, Elegia Eroica / La Vecchia, Rome SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: Alfredo Casella: Symphony no 3, Op. 63; Elegia eroica, Op. 29
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra

The revelatory Naxos Casella series continues with two powerful works that grew from the tragedy of two World Wars. Searingly dissonant and 'profoundly human', the...continue...

Alfredo Casella: Notte di Maggio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Alfredo Casella: Notte di maggio (A Night in May), for voice & orchestra, Op. 20; Concerto for Cello, Op. 58; Scarlattiana for piano & chamber orchestra, Op. 44
Performers: Andreini, Olivia; Noferini, Andrea; You, Sun Hee [Piano]
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La

From mysterious moonlit night to joyous sunlit day, this recording runs the gamut of Alfredo Casella's huge stylistic range. 'Notte di maggio' ('A Night in...continue...

Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2: A Notte Alta

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: Alfredo Casella: Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 12; A notte alta, for piano & orchestra, Op. 30bis
Performers: You, Sun Hee [Piano]
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La

From the very first notes, with their tolling bells, Casella's Symphony No. 2 is deeply indebted to its model, Mahler's own Symphony No. 2, whose...continue...

Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 1; Concerto for Strings, Piano, Timpani & Percussion

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Alfredo Casella: Symphony no 1 in B minor, Op. 5; Concerto for piano, timpani, percussion & string orchestra, Op. 69
Performers: Ceravolo, Antonio; Scuccuglia, Desiree
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La

This first of four recordings of Alfredo Casella's orchestral music couples his first and last purely orchestral works. Completed the day before his 23rd birthday,...continue...

Giuseppe Martucci: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 66; Work(s); Novelletta, for small orchestra, Op. 82/2; Serenata, for piano (or orchestra), Op. 57/2; Colore Orientale, for piano (or o...
Performers: Coggi, Gesualdo
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra

Following the success of the previous three volumes in Naxos' Martucci Orchestral Edition, the fourth presents the Italian composer's 'Piano Concerto No. 2', a spaciously...continue...

Martucci: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 3 / La Vecchia, Rome SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 40; La canzone dei ricordi
Performers: Coggi, Gesualdo; Pasini, Silvia
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra

This third disc in Naxos' Martucci Edition, comprising the complete orchestral works, continues with the 'First Piano Concerto' which, while indebted to Chopin and Mendelssohn...continue...

Martucci: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 2 / La Vecchia, Rome SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: Symphony no 2 in F major, Op. 81; Theme and variations for piano in E flat major, Op. 58; Gavotta (Tempo di Gavotta), for piano, Op. 55/2; Tarantella, for piano, Op. 44/6
Performers: Barberiis, Lya De
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra

Described by Gian Francesco Malipiero as "the beginning of the rebirth of non-operatic Italian music", Martucci's 'Second Symphony' is his masterpiece. Drawing on his abiding...continue...

Martucci: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 1 / La Vecchia, Rome SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 75; Giga for small orchestra, Op. 61/3; Canzonetta for orchestra, Op. 65/2; Andante for cello & piano (or orchestra), Op. 69/2; Notturno for piano (or...
Performers: Noferini, Andrea
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra

The foremost Italian orchestral composer of the late nineteenth century, as well as an accomplished pianist and conductor, Giuseppe Martucci was one of the first...continue...