Release Date: 03 January 2011
Label: Tactus
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8007194104554
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: OPERE PER PIANOFORTE
Description
Alfonso Rendano life is like a tale. Born in 1853 in Carolei, in the Cosenza provence of Italy, the little Alfonso immediately
appeared as an enfant prodige so that his parents decided to send him to study music at the Naples
Conservatorium. But Rendano remained there only 6 months and at the age of 13 went to study privately with Sigismund
Thalberg, one of the most acclaimed virtuosos of those days. Struck by the talent of his pupil, Thalberg sent him to Paris
with a letter of recommendation for Rossini that eventually opened the doors to his brilliant solo career that allowed him
to play on the side of greats such as Franz Liszt and Joseph Joachim.
The listening to this new Tactus' CD delivers the image of a talented composer of complex, yet technically very
innovative music. The Barcarola, taken from the Corsaro by Byron, is divided in two wide sections dealt with great
freedom almost reminding a symphony, in the Danze slave you can easly find some Chopinian reminiscence, whilst
the Valse triste, the two nocturnes and the Mazurka, clearly show the classic end of the century sentimentalism, yet never
falling in usless expressions. The great Rendano eclecticism then finds its full expression in the ironic (almost grotesque)
Serenata Bizzarra and in the free virtuosity of the Gavotta dei folletti where it clearly emerges the image of a composer
suspended between Chopin and Liszt.
This very important discovery of the Italian instrumental repertoire is taken to us by the excellent reading of a particularly
inspired Stefano Severini.
Tracklisting
Tuscae Voces; La Pifharesca; Elia Orlando
Raffaella Milanesi; RomaBarocca Ensemble; Lorenzo Tozzi
Ecclesia Nova; Concerto Romano; Alessandro Quarta
Chroma Baroque Ensemble
VARIOUS ARTISTS
STEFANO SEVERINI
R. FABBRICIANI, M. DAMERINI
P. TOGNON, C. VEHR
