Label: Naxos
Series: 19th/20th Century Italian Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.573316
Barcode: 747313331673
Release Date: 10/2014

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Evangélion (A. Marangoni)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was Jewish by culture but regularly composed on Biblical themes. A meditation on stories from the New Testament in music of tender simplicity, moving lyricism and potent drama, the epic but rarely heard Evangélion starts with The Annunciation and concludes with The Last Words and The Resurrection. Composed in 1947 soon after the death of the composer’s father, the work was possibly conceived after a visit to the Acolman Convent in Mexico. This is its first complete recording. Alessandro Marangoni can also be heard in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s two Piano Concertos [8.572823], described as a “delectable treat” by Gramophone.

Tracklist

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
1 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 1. The Annunciation 02:23
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
2 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 2. The Nativity 02:33
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
3 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 3. The Three Kings 02:54
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
4 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 4. The Massacre of the Innocents 01:19
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
5 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 5. The Flight into Egypt 01:38
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
6 Part I, "The Infancy": No. 6. Child Jesus and the Doctors 02:35
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
7 Part II, "The Life": No. 7. The Baptism on the Jordan 02:02
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
8 Part II, "The Life": No. 8. The Dance of Salome 02:06
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
9 Part II, "The Life": No. 9. By the Sea of Galilee 02:46
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
10 Part II, "The Life": No. 10. Jesus Walking on the Waves 02:13
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
11 Part II, "The Life": No. 11. The Woman of Samaria 03:05
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
12 Part II, "The Life": No. 12. The Resurrection of Lazarus 02:59
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
13 Part II, "The Life": No. 13. Mary Magdalene 02:53
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
14 Part II, "The Life": No. 14. Jesus and the Money Changers 01:10
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
15 Part III, "The Words": No. 15. The Sermon on the Mount 03:31
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
16 Part III, "The Words": No. 16. Pater noster (Our Father who art in Heaven) 02:41
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
17 Part III, "The Words": No. 17. Sinite parvulos venire ad me (Jesus and the Little children) 02:05
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
18 Part III, "The Words": No. 18. Invective (Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites) 01:46
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
19 Part III, "The Words": No. 19. The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins 02:53
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
20 Part III, "The Words": No. 20. The Lost Sheep 02:22
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
21 Part III, "The Words": No. 21. The Return of the Prodigal Son 02:57
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
22 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 22. Hosanna (The Entrance into Jerusalem) 01:29
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
23 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 23. The Last Supper 03:13
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
24 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 24. Gethsemane (The Prayer in the Garden) 03:52
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
25 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 25. Crucifige! (Before Pontius Pilate) 02:39
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
26 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 26. Golgotha (On the Way to Calvary) 03:56
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
27 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 27. The Last Words 03:16
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)
28 Part IV, "The Passion": No. 28. The Resurrection 02:35
Marangoni, Alessandro (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:11:51