Musique pour violoncelle et piano

Description

An overview of Italian production for cello and piano, conceived in the misty dawn of the 20th century, shows us how the most varied influences – coming from all kinds of styles: Gregorian, Monteverdi, operatic, late German and French romantic, avant-garde, Franco-Russian impressionist, French symbolist, verismo – are absorbed and reshaped, accepted and rejected, by various personalities in the world of composition. In this cultural atmosphere, a crucial role was played by the so-called generation of the 1880s, whose members, Casella, Malipiero, Pizzetti, Respighi, friends and collaborators, distinguished themselves by their search for innovation and their desire to create a character unique to Italian music; this quest is accompanied, at least in their artistic choices, by a certain lack of political engagement. In this recording, cellist Roberto Trainini and pianist Stella Ala Luce Pontoriero deliver an anthology of precious musical gems as a necessary testament to the great value of an obscured and forgotten Italian repertoire from the early 20th century.