The strident conviction of Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003) his seven postwar Concertos for Orchestra could hardly be anticipated from the fluent pastiche of his piano Partita, composed in 1926. The Baroque titles of the four movements introduce a disarming simplicity of expression, whose dominant strains are the Classicism of Mozart and Beethoven. Even the more exploratory harmonies of the Toccata (1933) are couched in an idiom of gentle introspection - a far cry from the contemporary toccatas of Bartok and Prokofiev, for example - and an escapist, playful spirit courses through the seven Inventions of 1944. Extant surveys of Petrassi's piano music end there, whereas Andrea Molteni adds three further, attractive miniatures: a mischievous Petit Piece of 1950 and then the two movements of Oh Les Beaux Jours! (1976), which rework material from the early 1940s including an unfinished Divertimento Scarlattiano. Unexpected this may be, for all but the most devoted student of Petrassi, but Andrea Molteni brings out the most attractive and witty features of his piano writing. Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was, if anything, an even keener student of Baroque music than Petrassi, and blessed with a more subversive wit: in one of his most famous works, the Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera (1951-2) he fashions a dodecaphonic sequence on Bach's name (B.A.C.H). Twelve-tone counterpoint should be a contradiction in terms, but that would underestimate Dallapiccola's powers of technique and invention, which create a genuine homage in the spirit of his own time. Before that, Andrea Molteni presents two further works in a haunting neoclassical vein: a 'Canonic Sonata' based on Paganini's Capricci for solo violin, and a set of three 'Episodes' drawn from his ballet Marsia, by turns anguished and serene in mood.
Tracklist:
Partita: I. Preludio. Allegro
Partita: II. Aria. Calmo Con Dolcezza
Partita: III. Gavotta. Moderato
Partita: IV. Giga. Vivace
Toccata: I. Adagio - Più Mosso - Più Lento - Presto - Adagio - Lento
Piccola Invenzione: I. Andantino
Invenzioni: I. Presto Volante - Poco Meno - Presto
Invenzioni: II. Moderato - Più Presto, Quasi Allegro
Invenzioni: III. Presto, Leggero
Invenzioni: IV. Moderatamente Mosso, Scorrevole - Moderato
Invenzioni: V. Andantino, Non Molto Mosso E Sereno - Calmo - Mosso
Invenzioni: VI. Tranquillo
Invenzioni: VII. Scorrevole
Invenzioni: VIII. Allegretto E Grazioso
Petit Piece: I. Allegretto E Grazioso, Con Spirito
Oh Les Beaux Jours!: I. Bagatelle. Andantino, Un Poco Mosso - Allegretto Pesante
Le Petit Chat: I. Allegro - Vivace Leggerissimo - Presto
Sonatina Canonica Su "Capricci" Di Niccolò Paganini: I. Allegro Comodo - Allegro Molto Misurato - I. Tempo
Sonatina Canonica Su "Capricci" Di Niccolò Paganini: II. Largo - Vivacissimo - Largo
Sonatina Canonica Su "Capricci" Di Niccolò Paganini: III. Andante Sostenuto
Sonatina Canonica Su "Capricci" Di Niccolò Paganini: IV. Alla Marcia. Moderato
Tre Episodi Dal Balletto Marsia: I. Angoscioso
Tre Episodi Dal Balletto Marsia: II. Ostinato
Tre Episodi Dal Balletto Marsia: III. Sereno
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: I. Simbolo
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: II. Accenti
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: III. Contrapunctus Primus
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: IV. Linee
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: V. Contrapunctus Secundus
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: VI. Fregi
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: VII. Andantino Amoroso E Contrapunctus Tertius
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: VIII. Ritmi
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: IX. Colore
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: X. Ombre
Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera: XI. Quartina
UPC: 5029365102223 Label: Piano Classics Release Date: 4.23.21 Format: CD
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