Italian Violin Sonatas (Italian Romantic Series) (7CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                69’16

OTTORINO RESPIGHI 1879-1936

Violin Sonata in D minor P15 (1897)

1. I. Lento – Allegro – Lento – Assai animato 8’34
2. II. Adagio 6’42
3. III. Scherzo: Allegretto 4’52

Six pieces for violin and piano P31 (1902–5)

4. I. Berceuse 3’37
5. II. Melodia 2’57
6. III. Leggenda 5’02
7. IV. Valse caressante 4’13
8. V. Serenata 2’30
9. VI. Aria 5’33

Violin Sonata in B minor P110 (1917)

10. I. Moderato 9’10
11. II. Andante espressivo 8’09
12. III. Allegro moderato ma energico 7’51

Fabio Paggioro violin

Massimiliano Ferrati piano

Recording: 2–4 February 2013, Sala Convegni, Parco della Palude di Onara, Padua, Italy

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                73’18

ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI 1876-1948

Sonata No.1 Op.1 in G minor

1. Sostenuto – Allegro appassionato quasi presto 11’26
2. Lento senza tempo 6’22
3. Sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo e con spirito 8’54

Sonata No.2 Op.10 in A minor

4. Appassionato 10’00
5. Recitativo – Sostenuto con amore, semplicemente 9’50

Sonata No.3 Op.27 in E

6. Allegro moderato 6’34
7. Andantino con innocenza 4’07
8. Agitato con passione 7’37
9. Allegro molto con fuoco piu allegro del primo tempo 8’21

Davide Alogna violin

Costantino Catena piano

Recording: 4-6 November 2019, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, Italy

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                62’37

FERRUCCIO BUSONI 1866-1924

Violin Sonata No.1 in E minor Op.29

1. I. Allegro deciso 9’08
2. II. Molto sostenuto 7’53
3. III. Allegro molto e deciso 9’34

Violin Sonata No.2 in E minor Op.36a

4. I. Langsam 10’07
5. II. Presto 2’57
6. III. Andante piuttosto grave 7’22
7. IV. Alla marcia vivace 14’19

Bagatelles Op.28

8. No.1 Aus der Zopfzeit (From the Time of the Eighteenth-Century Zopfstil) 2’11
9. No.2 Kleiner Mohrentanz (Little Moorish Dance) 1’03
10. No.3 Wiener Tanzweise (Viennese Dance Tune) 2’29
11. No.4 Kosakenritt (Ride of the Cossacks) 1’14

Fabrizio Falasca violin

Stefania Redaelli piano

Recording: January 2019, Abbey Rocchi Studios, Rome, Italy

CD4                                                                                                                                                                                60’18

MICHELE ESPOSITO 1855-1929

Sonata No.1 in G Op.32

1. I. Moderato 6’37
2. II. Lento 7’47
3. III. Allegro vivace 5’18

Sonata No.2 in E minor Op.46

4. I. Allegro moderato 7’30
5. II. Andantino 4’46
6. III. Allegro con fuoco 5’55

Sonata No.3 in A Op.67

7. I. Affettuosamente 9’04
8. II. Allegretto moderato 3’21
9. III. Andante cantabile 4’38
10. IV. Allegretto grazioso 5’15

Carmelo Andriani violin

Vincenzo Maltempo piano

Recording: 16–17 June 2014, Music Suite, Sammichele di Bari, Italy

CD5                                                                                                                                                                                67’43

GUIDO SANTÓRSOLA 1904-1994

Sonata for violin & piano

1. Con sofferenza 9’08
2. Andante espressivo 5’42
3. Deciso 6’47

Mauro Tortorelli Great 5-string violin

Angela Meluso piano

FRANCESCO SANTOLIQUIDO 1883-1971

Sonata in A minor for violin & piano

4. I. Allegro deciso e impetuoso 6’45
5. II. Andante piuttosto lento 3’57
6. III. Vivo e tempestoso 6’50

Gran Duo Italiano

Mauro Tortorelli violin

Angela Meluso piano

DOMENICO BARTOLUCCI 1917-2013

Sonata in G

7. I. Allegro moderato 8’08
8. II. Andante sostenuto 9’39
9. III. Vivo e vigoroso 4’14
10. IV. Allegro con brio 6’26

Luca Venturi violin

Marco Venturi piano

Recording: September 2016, Sala Accademica del Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy (tr.7-10); 26-29 June 2021 (tr.4-6) & 29 December 2022 (tr.1-3) Centro Studi Musicali Rosario Scalero, Polla, Italy

Producer, Sound Engineer: Giovanni Caruso (tr.1-6); Luca Ricci, Studio Mobile (tr,7-10)

CD6                                                                                                                                                                                63’21

ANTONIO BAZZINI 1818-1897

Violin Sonata Op.55

1. I. Allegro deciso 10’08
2. II. Andante con moto 6’30
3. III. Finale 7’07

Luca Fanfoni violin

Maria Semeraro piano

FRANCO MARGOLA 1908-1992

Sonata in D dC12 for violin and piano

4. I. Sostenuto, Andante, Poco sostenuto 9’23
5. II. Lento 5’27
6. III. Vivace 3’40

Davide Alogna violin

Costantino Catena piano

RICCARDO MALIPIERO 1914-2003

Sonata for violin and piano (1956)

Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, No.5384

7. I. Moderato 5’27
8. II. Molto presto 2’21
9. III. Molto lento 4’20
10. IV. Deciso, ma a cadenza 8’53

Rebecca Raimondi violin

Alessandro Viale piano

Recording: 2-5 March 2014, BartokStudio, Bernareggio (MB) (tr.1-3); 6-8 August 2019, Auditorium of the Casa della Culture e della Musica, Velletri (tr.7-10); 23-25 November 2021, Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo (tr.4-6), Italy

CD7                                                                                                                                                                                74’37

MARIO PILATI 1903-1938

Sonata in F minor for violin and piano (1928/29)

1. Allegro sostenuto 8’19
2. Allegretto comodo (molto moderato) 8’57
3. Largo, ma non troppo 9’50

Francesco Manara violin

Dario Candela piano

LEONE SINIGAGLIA 1868-1944

Sonata for Violin and Piano Op.44

4. I. Allegro moderato 9’59
5. II. Adagio 9’12
6. III. Allegro con spirito 8’39

Alessandra Génot violin

Massimiliano Génot piano

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO 1895-1968

Sonata quasi una Fantasia Op.56

7. Prologo (Moderato e pensoso) 7’00
8. Intermezzo (Vivace e danzante) 4’09
9. Epilogo (Calmo) 8’27

Gran Duo Italiano

Mauro Tortorelli violin

Angela Meluso piano

Recording: 19–23 September 2009, Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Colletto, Pinerolo (tr.4-6); 11-16 December 2016, Auditorium Cavalli, Brescia (tr.1-3); 14-17 January 2018, Centro Studi Musicali Rosario Scalero, Polla (SA) (tr.7-9), Italy