Composer(s): Togni, Camillo
Artist(s): Orvieto, Aldo
Label: Naxos
Series: 19th/20th Century Italian Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.573986
Barcode: 747313398676
Release Date: 07/2020

TOGNI, C.: Piano Music (Complete), Vol. 5 (Orvieto)

Camillo Togni loved the piano and fully understood the instrument’s great potential for colour and virtuosity. This final volume in the series explores Togni’s very first piano works, redolent of Chopin and Liszt, as well as pieces from his formative years of development. They include the Pezzo per pianoforte and the Fantasia a quattro voci e pedale where his use of chromaticism and contrapuntalism is vividly audible. His two cadenzas for the Mozart piano concertos reflect Togni’s endless admiration for his erstwhile teacher, the great pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

Tracklist

Togni, Camillo
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
1 Pezzo per pianoforte (Piano Piece), Op. 4 11:10
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
2 Fugato 03:37
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
3 Allegro 06:46
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
4 Fantasia a 4 voci e pedale, Op. 8 16:34
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
5 Impromptu 03:01
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
6 Preludio for Piano (1936) 01:34
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
7 Studio in D-Flat Major 04:42
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
8 Ballata in F Minor 06:27
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
9 Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: I. Allegro 01:58
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)
10 Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: I. Allegro maestoso 01:52
Orvieto, Aldo (piano)

Total Playing Time: 57:41