Italian Cello Sonatas (6CD)

CD1

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1876-1948

Sonata in G Op.30 for Cello and Piano (1945)

1. I. Allegro tranquillo 7’27
2. II. Largo 3’38
3. III. Allegro 3’41

Amedeo Cicchese cello

Costantino Catena piano

Francesco Cilea 1866-1950

Cello Sonata in D

4. I. Allegro moderato 6’12
5. II. Alla Romanza: Largo doloroso 5’28
6. III. Allegro animato 5’34

Jacopo Di Tonno cello

Domenico Codispoti piano

Ildebrando Pizzetti 1880-1968

Sonata in F for Cello and Piano

7. Largo 12’51
8. Molto concitato e angoscioso 10’02
9. Stanco e triste – Largo 8’53

Total time:                                                                                                                                                                     63’57

Recording: 27-30 September 2021, Palazzo Chigi di Ariccia, Italy (Wolf-Ferrari);

February 2013, Studio I Musicanti, Rome, Italy (Cilea); 19-21 September 2018, Studio I Musicanti, Rome, Italy (Pizetti)

CD2

Giuseppe Martucci 1856-1909

Sonata in F sharp minor Op.52

1. I. Allegro giusto 13’10
2. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto – Trio: Allegretto 6’17
3. III. Intermezzo: Andantino flebile 3’51
4. IV. Allegro 9’00

Tre Pezzi Op.69

5. I. Moderato 9’23
6. II. Andante 9’28
7. III. Allegro 8’53

Due Romanze Op.72

8. I. Andantino con moto 2’50
9. II. Moderato 4’01

Romanza (transcribed by the author from Melodia Op.71)

10. Allegretto 3’21

Roberto Trainini cello

Massimiliano Ferrati piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                                     70’37

Recordings: 10 October 2013, Michelangeli Hall, ‘C. Monteverdi’ Conservatory, Bolzano, Italy (Op.52);

27 & 28 December 2013, Penderecki Hall, Oskar Kolberg School of Music, Radom, Poland (Opp. 69 & 72);

1 June 2014, Auditorium of ‘C. Pollini’ Conservatory, Padua, Italy (Op.71)

CD3

Mario Pilati 1903-1938

Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano (1929)

1. I. Moderato mosso 8’50
2. II. Tema con variazioni 10’04
3. III. Animato 7’56

Luca Signorini cello

Dario Candela piano

Eliodoro Sollima 1926-2000

Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)

4. I. Lento (recitativo) – Allegro viva 7’22
5. II. Andante molto espressivo 3’57
6. III. Perpetuum mobile – Allegro con spirito 1’57

Gianluca Pirisi cello

Flavia Salemme piano

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895–1968

Sonata Op.50 for Cello and Piano

7. Arioso e sereno 8’45
8. Arietta con variazioni – Allegretto, grazioso e un poco malinconico 1’15
9. Vivacemente 0’46
10. Dolente ma con fierezza 1’22
11. Rustico 1’28
12. Largo e pomposo 1’35
13. Energico e ben ritmato 3’11

Amedeo Cicchese cello

Barbara Panzarella piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                                     58’40

Recording: 11-16 December 2016, Auditorium Cavalli, Brescia, Italy (Pilati); 19-21 September 2018, Studio I Musicanti,

Rome, Italy (Sollima); 14-17 September 2020, BartokStudio, Bernareggio, Italy (Castelnuovo-Tedesco

CD4

Alfredo Casella 1883-1947

Sonata No.1 in C minor Op.8

1. I. Allegro assai 8’21
2. II. Adagio 9’16
3. III. Allegro ma non troppo 7’49

Sonata No.2 in C Op.45

4. I. preludio: largo molto e sostenuto 10’05
5. II. Bourée: Allegro molto vivace e scherzando 3’54
6. III. largo 8’05
7. IV. Rondo: Allegro molto vivace, quasi ‘giga’ 3’56

8. Notturno 5’17
9. Tarantella 1’49

Andrea Favalessa cello

Maria Semararo piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                                     58’38

Recording: 23–25 May 2013, Bartók Studio, Bernareggio, Italy

CD5

Alfredo Piatti 1822-1901

Sonata No.1 Op.28 in C

1. I. Allegro 7’55
2. II. Andantino 6’24
3. III. Presto 4’16
4. IV. Agitato vivace 4’08

Sonata No.2 Op.29 in D

5. I. Lento-Allegro spiritoso 7’07
6. II. Adagio Lento 6’02
7. III. Allegretto moderato (variazioni del 1 Tempo) 3’51
8. IV. Presto ma non troppo 1’52

Sonata No.3 Op.30 in F

9. I. Allegro energico 9’59
10. II. Romanza 5’09
11. III. Finale- allegro ma non troppo 7’54

Lamberto Curtoni cello

Giovanni Doria Miglietta piano

Total time: 64’40

Recording: 14-15 October 2020, 8 January & 11 June 2021, Palazzo Oddo “Wunderkammer”, Albenga (SV), Italy

CD6

Alfredo Piatti 1822-1901

Sonata No.4 Op.31 in G “Idillica”

1. I. Allegro assai moderato 4’34
2. II. Intermezzo-Vivo ed agitato 1’54
3. III. Allegro ma tranquillo 6’29

Sonata No.5 Op.32 in A minor

4. I. Introduzione Largo- Allegro 7’53
5. II. Intermezzo-Adagio 3’40
6. III. Allegro Vivo 5’00

Sonata No.6 Op.33 in E minor

7. I. Allegro non troppo 5’34
8. II. Andante religioso 3’01
9. III. Canone 1’33
10. IV. Vivo 4’24

Lamberto Curtoni cello

Giovanni Doria Miglietta piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                                     44’04

Recording: 14-15 October 2020, 8 January & 11 June 2021, Palazzo Oddo “Wunderkammer”, Albenga (SV), Italy