Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Violin and Piano (CD)

1. Notturno adriatico Op.34 (1924) - Tranquillo e sognante (non troppo lento) 5’09

Edition: A. Forlivesi & C., Firenze

Concerto No.3 Op.102 for violin and piano (1939)

2. Drammatico 7’53
3. Lento, grave e triste 5’24
4. Molto Moderato - Allegretto Moderato 8’26

Edition: Curci, Milano

5. Sea-Murmurs (1932) - Dolcemente mosso e ondulato 1’33

An adaption of “Arise” from Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline”, Shakespeare Songs Book VI, No.2, Op.24a (1932), arranged for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz

6. Tango (1932) - Allegretto con grazia 2’00

An adaption of “Two Maids Wooing” from Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale”, Shakespeare Songs, Book VIII, No.3, Op.24b (1932) arranged for piano and violin by Jascha Heifetz

Edition: Carl Fischer Inc., New York

Tre Intermezzi Op.117/1-3

by Johannes Brahms*

7. No.1 Andante moderato

(1947) 3’59

8. No.2 Andante non troppo e con molto espressione (1951) 3’43
9. No.3 Andante con moto (1951) 5’06

Edition: Mills Music, New York

12 Preludes Op.28

by Fryderyk Chopin (1946)*

10. No.1 Agitato, in C 0’35
11. No.2 Lento, in A minor 1’43
12. No.3 Vivace, in G 0’55
13. No.4 Largo, in E minor 1’43
14. No.7 Andantino, in A 0’33
15. No.10 Allegro molto, in C sharp minor 0’26
16. No.11 Vivace, in B 0’37
17. No.12 Presto, in G sharp minor 1‘10
18. No.13 Largo, in F sharp 2’34
19. No.17 Allegretto, in A flat 2’52
20. No.24 Allegro appassionato, in D minor 2’40
21. No.18 Allegro molto, in F minor 1’10

unpublished

Fulvio Lucianiviolin

violin built in Cremona by Lorenzo Storioni in the last years of his life (1810-15),

restored and maintained by the luthier Igor Moroder, and a modern bow by Benoît Rolland

Massimiliano Motterlepiano

Steinway & Sons D 274 piano

* first world recordings

Recording: 1-2 November 2018, Auditorium Fratelli Olivieri of the Conservatorio Guido Cantelli di Novara, Italy