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Italian composer
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Elsa Respighi)
- piano, voice
- mezzo-soprano
- opera
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- composer, pianist, writer, opera singer
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2024-04-19 00:59:29
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2024-04-04 23:00:00
The Great War Centenary
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)Leos Janacek (1854-1928)Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)Kenneth Hesketh (b. 1968)Violin SonatasMichael Foyle - violinMaksim Stsura - pianoRecorded April 2018
2024-04-04 03:30:00
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Respighi: Toccata for Piano and Orchestra; Casella: Partita for Piano and Orchestra (CD Review)
[…] exasperated by the looseness with which the term “modernism” is thrown around these days.) What really strikes me about this offering is not only how much each work should be considered on its own terms, but also how easily the familiarity and accessibility of the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody can impede fair hearings of its disc-mates here; what these other works need are fair hearings, regardless of the conclusions the listener may reach about them. I tried with the Respighi, I really did. But little do I see myself returning to the Toccata for Piano and Orchestra very often for the purpose of listening pleasure. That said, I cannot fault Pierce and company; they do as fine a job as one could ask. I just find the composition itself to be clunky and aimless. True, the title “Toccata” promises nothing in terms of strict form or consistency. But this 21-minute clump of undigested manners and influences […]
2024-03-06 23:18:58
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