Luigi Dallapiccola – Pietro Massa / Piccolo Concerto & Piano Rarities (CD Album) 

UPC: 845221050454

Overview

Discover Luigi Dallapiccola’s richly textured chamber works in this Piano Rarities collection. Featuring the world-premiere recording of the Piccolo Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra alongside the virtuosic Sonatina Canonica, dramatic Episodes from the Ballet “Marsia”, the inventive Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera, and two orchestral miniatures, this 2010 Capriccio release captures Dallapiccola’s distinctive blend of lyricism and modernist rigor. Under Peter Hirsch’s baton, Pietro Massa’s pianism and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin reveal every contrapuntal detail and expressive nuance.

Product Features

• Product Type: Audio CD (Album)
• Series: Piano Rarities
• Format & Packaging: Standard jewel case; 16-page booklet with program notes (German/English)
• Disc Count: 1 CD; total runtime approx. 70 min
• Genre: Classical / 20th-Century Chamber Works
• Label: Capriccio (Catalog 5045) in co-production with Deutschlandradio Kultur
• Country of Origin: Germany / Austria
• Release Date: 2010
• Made in Austria

Track Listing

Piccolo Concerto per Pianoforte e Orchestra da Camera (1939–41)

• 1. I. Pastorale
• 2. II. Girolondo
• 3. III. Ripresa
• 4. IV. Cadenza
• 5. V. Notturno
• 6. VI. Finale

Sonatina Canonica in E♭ major su “Capricci” di Paganini (1942–43) 

• 7. I. Allegretto comodo – Allegro molto misurato – Primo tempo
• 8. II. Largo
• 9. III. Andante sostenuto
• 10. IV. Alla marcia: Moderato

Tre Episodi dal Balletto “Marsia” (1949–50) 

• 11. I. Angoscioso
• 12. II. Ostinato
• 13. III. Sereno

Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera (1952) 

• 14. I. Simbolo
• 15. II. Accenti
• 16. III. Contrapunctus primus
• 17. IV. Linee
• 18. V. Contrapunctus secundus
• 19. VI. Fregi
• 20. VII. Andantino amoroso e contrapunctus tertius
• 21. VIII. Ritmi
• 22. IX. Colore
• 23. X. Ombre
• 24. XI. Quartina

Due Pezzi per Orchestra (1948) 

• 25. No. 1 Sarabanda
• 26. No. 2 Fanfara e fuga

Publishers and Artists

• Co-Producer: Capriccio / Deutschlandradio Kultur 
• Composer: Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975) 
• Piano: Pietro Massa 
• Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (tracks 1–6, 25–26) 
• Conductor: Peter Hirsch 
• Sound Engineer: Marie-Josefine Melchior 
• Artwork & Design: sowiesodesign.de 
• Photography: Marco Schweler

We value your feedback! Share your experience with this product to help others make informed decisions. Your review is important to us!