RESPIGHI: Complete Solo Piano Music; Michele d'Ambrosio (2CD)

RESPIGHI: Complete Solo Piano Music; Michele d'Ambrosio (2CD)

CD1

Sonata in F minor P016 (1897)

1 I. Allegro       6’41

2 II. Lento        6’06

3 III. Allegretto             3’07

Sei pezzi P044 (1903–05)

4 I. Valse Caressante   3’46

5 II. Canone     2’51

6 III. Notturno   5’02

7 IV. Minuetto 3’44

8 V. Studio      1’40

9 VI. Intermezzo – Serenata (from the opera Re Enzo)            2’25

Antiche danze ed arie per liuto P114 (1917–18)

10 I. Balletto detto ‘Il Conte Orlando’ (Simone Molinaro, 1599)          2’38

11 II. Villanella (anon., late 16th century)       3’57

12 III. Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei, c.1550)    3’25

13 IV. Italiana (anon., late 16th century)         2’54

14 V. Siciliana (anon., late 16th century)        3’00

15 VI. Passacaglia (Lodovico Roncalli, 1692)             3’10

Tre preludi su melodie gregoriane P131 (1919)

16 I. Molto lento          5’09

17 II. Tempestoso        5’59

18 III. Lento     5’17

Total time        70’59

CD2

Sonata in A minor P004 (1895–96)

1 I. Allegro moderato   10’11

2 II. Andantino             4’28

3 III. Finale: Allegro vivace     5’34

4 Andante in F P006 (1895–96)          4’50

5 Andante in D P007 (1895–96)          3’44

6 Allegro in B minor P010 (1895–96) 3’46

Suite P022 (1898)

7 I. Vivace       1’08

8 II. Tema: Andante poco mosso         2’54

9 III. Sarabanda: Lento            3’42

10 IV. Allegro con brio            1’32

11 V. Presto     1’20

12 Preludio in B flat minor P023 (1898)          1’28

13 Preludio from Suite per pianoforte P043 (unfinished) (1903)          3’54

14 Preludio in D minor P043a (1903) 2’47

15 Variazioni sinfoniche P028 (original version for piano solo)           10’43

world premiere recording

Total time        62’10

Michele D’Ambrosio piano

Recording: 2–4 July 2014 & 2–3 July 2015, Salone Assunta, Radio Vaticana, Rome, Italy