Composer(s): Alfano, Franco
Label: Naxos
Series: 19th/20th Century Italian Classics
Genre: Chamber Music; Concerto
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.570928
Barcode: 747313092871
Release Date: 07/2009

ALFANO, F.: Cello Sonata / Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (Magill, Dunn, Darvarova)

Franco Alfano’s completion of Puccini’s opera Turandot has eclipsed his own reputation, although the profound ability of this talented composer is finally emerging into the light. The works on this disc display contrasting aspects of his musical personality. The large-scale Cello Sonata, with its echoes of Debussy and Ravel, grows from serene beginnings to turbulent intensity before subsiding into elegiac resignation. The more neoclassical Concerto, actually a piano trio, weaves hints of Renaissance polyphony with Basque and eastern European folk-music into a shimmering fabric of virtuosity and lyricism.

Tracklist

Alfano, Franco
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
Darvarova, Elmira (violin)
1 I. Con dolce malinconia 13:39
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
Darvarova, Elmira (violin)
2 II. Allegretto fantastico 08:30
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
Darvarova, Elmira (violin)
3 III. Presto 06:15
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
Darvarova, Elmira (violin)
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
4 I. Assai lento 12:51
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
5 II. Allegretto con grazia 06:46
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)
6 III. Presto, appassionato 12:05
Magill, Samuel (cello)
Dunn, Scott (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:00:06