This release couples Gian Francesco Malipiero’s two contrasting violin concertos with the world premiere recording of his kaleidoscopic orchestral work Per una favola cavalleresca, evoking legendary scenes of love, tournaments, battles, moonbeams and heroes. Malipiero’s First Violin Concerto is one of his most beautiful and joyful works, a remarkable achievement for a composer who is said to have played the violin badly in his youth. His Second Violin Concerto, written 30 years later, sounds astonishingly different on a first hearing, but reveals itself to be inspired by the same lyrical impulse as the earlier concerto.
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Reviews
“Mostly interesting orchestral music by an underappreciated composer.”
Jim Westhead – MusicWeb-International.com – 17 August 2022
“… Soloist Paolo Chiavacci is a powerful advocate for the concertos, and Francesco La Vecchia leads his Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma in a finely measured performance of all three works. The recording allows us to re-evaluate the concertos and introduces us to the hitherto unrecorded orchestral gem. Plaudits are due all round.”
Steve Arloff – MusicWeb-International.com – 29 July 2022
“… Deeply impressive, with a recording to match.”
Ivan Moody – Gramophone magazine – August 2022
“… A Malipiero genre admirably tackled by the familiar La Vecchia and his orchestra. They have been most agreeably performed and recorded.”
Rob Barnett – MusicWeb-International.com – 14 July 2022
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