Description
A 7-CD box set to worthily celebrate four decades of passionate musical research. Tactus, a label that for 40 years has given new voice to the hidden masterpieces of the Italian repertoire, presents the Complete Piano Works by Giovanni Sgambati, a central figure in the Italian instrumental landscape of the nineteenth century. A pupil of Franz Liszt and friend of Wagner, Sgambati was, together with Martucci, the leading protagonist of the revival of instrumental music in Italy, in an era dominated by melodrama. His piano compositions, inspired by the German Romantic tradition but imbued with Italian lyricism, range from nocturnes and concert studies to suites, gavottes, and transcriptions, revealing an original style that blends elegance, virtuosity, and expressive depth. Giving voice to this extraordinary repertoire is Neapolitan pianist Francesco Caramiello, a reference interpreter for Sgambati's music. His lucid and incisive interpretations masterfully convey the nuances of a composer capable of making the austere style of Palestrina coexist with the visionary audacities of Liszt. This box-set edition, which brings together the complete recordings already issued by Tactus, is the result of meticulous philological work that has brought to light pages in world premiere. An unmissable opportunity to rediscover a fundamental and unjustly forgotten chapter of Italian music.
