Luigi Dallapiccola – Modern Times: Orchestral Works (CD Album)

UPC: 845221052144

Catalog Number: Capriccio (2) – C 5214

Overview

Experience the evolution of Luigi Dallapiccola’s orchestral voice in four seminal works spanning 1930–1962. From the nocturnal lyricism of Partita per Orchestra to the jazz‑tinged Piccola Musica Notturna, the explosive contrasts of Three Questions with Two Answers, the concise dual movements of Due Pezzi, and the kaleidoscopic Variazioni, Karl‑Heinz Steffens leads the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‑Pfalz in performances that fuse expressivity and modernist rigor.

Product Features

• Format: CD, Album (Digital Stereo, DDD)
• Country: Germany
• Release Date: 2014
• Genre: 20th Century Classical
• Label: Capriccio (2) – C 5214
• Series: moderntimes
• Total Runtime: Approx. 67 minutes

Track Listing

Partita per Orchestra (1930–32) – 24:06 (w/ soprano Arantza Ezenarro)

1. I. Passacaglia – Molto solenne (7:00)
2. II. Burlesca – Presto ma non troppo – Moderato – Tempo del principio (4:49)
3. III. Recitativo e Fanfara – Violento – Calmo – Molto mosso – Violento (4:25)
4. IV. Nænia B. M. V. – Molto tranquillo (7:52)

Due Pezzi per Orchestra (1946–47) – 9:50

1. I. Sarabanda – Lento, flessibile (5:36)
2. II. Fanfara e Fuga – Mosso, ma non tanto – Allegro marcato (4:14)

Piccola Musica Notturna (1954) – 6:49

1. Molto tranquillo, ma senza trascinare

Variazioni per Orchestra (1952–54) – 13:49

1. I. Quasi lento, misterioso (2:59)
2. II. Allegro con fuoco (0:29)
3. III. Mosso, scorrevole (1:05)
4. IV. Tranquillamente mosso (0:45)
5. V. Poco allegretto “Alla Serenata” (0:24)
6. VI. Molto lento, con espressione parlante (0:55)
7. VII. Andantino amoroso, esitante (1:02)
8. VIII. Allegro, con violenza (1:30)
9. IX. Affettuoso, cullante (1:07)
10. X. Grave (2:13)
11. XI. Molto lento, fantastico (1:20)

Three Questions with Two Answers per Orchestra (1962) – 12:38

1. I. Sostenuto, sottovoce (0:58)
2. II. Moderato, tranquillo (4:17)
3. III. Impetuoso, violento (0:38)
4. IV. Largamente, sostenutissimo (3:56)
5. V. Molto sostenuto (2:49)

Publishers and Artists

• Composer: Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
• Conductor: Karl‑Heinz Steffens
• Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‑Pfalz
• Soprano (Partita): Arantza Ezenarro
• Recording Engineer: Bernd Nothnagel; Technical Engineer: Karl Haffner
• Recording Supervision & Editing: Roland Kistner
• Producers: Johannes Kernmayer (Capriccio); Michael Kaufmann (DSO Rheinland‑Pfalz); Stefan Lang (Deutschlandradio)
• Liner Notes: Christoph Schlüren

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