Casella: Orchestral Works, Volume 3 Orchestral & Concertos Chandos

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ALFREDO CASELLA

(1883-1947)

Italia, Op. 11

19:39

Herrn Léon Jehin gewidmet

Lento, grave, tragico; con molta fantasia -

5:22

Largamente- Allegro feroce, violento, veemente - Lento maestoso - Più lento ancora -

Lento assai - Lontano -

3:08

Allegretto grazioso, poco mosso - Lento -

3:53

Sempre più lento -

Allegro molto vivace; giocoso- Festoso, con animo -

7:14

Più mosso - Assai vivace con brio e spirito - Strigendo -

premiere recording

Introduzione, Corale e Marcia, Op. 57

7:41

for Woodwind, Brass, Timpani, Percussion, Piano, and Double-basses

A Hermann Scherchen

Introduzione. Grave, funebre -

2:32

Corale. Più mosso - Lento molto; solenne e misterioso -

2:04

III

Marcia. Allegro vivace - Animando - Largamente

3:04

Sinfonia, Op. 63

41:55

for Orchestra

(Symphony No. 3)

Allegro mosso - Calmato; tranquillo -

9:57

Andante molto moderato, quasi adagio -

12:11

Lievemente più mosso - Calmato, nuovamente sereno

10.

III

Scherzo

7:17

Minore. Allegro alquanto pesante e sempre molto ritmico - Senza affrettare -

Maggiore. Allegro giocoso ed animato -

Variazione - Sempre piano e leggero - Sempre molto piano

11.

Rondo Finale. Allegro molto vivace ed animato -

12:13

Sempre più forte - Grazioso e leggero -

69:35

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

28 June 2012 (Italia), 6 and 7 November 2012 (other works)

“…This is a most welcome disc; so much so that it has earned a coveted place on my 2013 Want List.”

Phillip Scott – Fanfare – November/December 2013

***** - Exceptional

Alberto Cantù - Musica magazine (Italy) - November 2013

**** (Excellent disc)

Michel Fleury - Classica magazine (France) - September 2013

“ ...Any Casellian should rush to acquire this excellently performed, beautifully recorded disc.”

Ivan Moody – International Record Review – September 2013

Performance **** Recording ****

“ This is attractive music and the BBC Philharmonic under Noseda are strong advocates”

Christopher Dingle – BBC Music magazine – October 2013

“One critic made this his record of the week and deservedly so this 40-minute work [Third Symphony] has a beautiful slow moment and rousing finale Sicilian and Neapolitan folk songs are used in this brilliantly scored and colourful piece, culminating in Finiculi Finicula Final All is dispatched with elan in Media City, Salford.”

Peter Spaull – Liverpool Post – 11 July 2013

Gramophone Choice’

"Gianandrea Noseda encourages the BBC Philharmonic to give of their considerable best throughout (the exuberant yet marvellously controlled orchestral playing towards the close of Italia really does raise the roof). The Chandos sound, too, is demonstration-worthy in its sumptuous realism and intrepidly wide dynamic range. A very strong recommendation.”

Andrew Achenbach – Gramophone magazine – August 2013

“Commissioned for the 50^th anniversary of the Chicago Symphony, this huge score was championed by conductors including Furtwängler; it’s unlikely to have received as fine a performance as on the present disc. The folksong-inspired Italia calls to mind Ravel and Respighi, and makes a welcome coupling.” *****

Guy Weatherall – Classical Music magazine – July 2013

"The performances are exceptional: even by their own standards, Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic have done nothing finer." *****

Tim Ashley - The Guardian - 14 June 2013

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