![Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi – Suite Italienne (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/04/e23q90bt8a3xa_600.md.jpg)
Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi – Suite Italienne (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
A world premiere recording of three works by the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The Italian violin and piano duo Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi will release a new album on Deutsche Grammophon this October, featuring Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, Respighi’s Violin Sonata in B minor for violin and piano and the world premiere recording of three works by the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
In addition to violin paraphrases of operas by Rossini and Verdi, the album includes Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s “Ballade” Op. 107 for violin and piano, which was written for and premiered by Tossy Spivakovsky in 1940. It was left to gather dust until February 2018, when it was recovered by Dego with the assistance of the composer’s granddaughter, Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco. It is now available internationally in print thanks to Edizioni Curci.
![Friar Alessandro – Voice Of Peace (2015) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/07/0002894811864_600a3dc2bd0ed497bb2.md.jpg)
Friar Alessandro – Voice Of Peace (2015) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
The “churchman (or churchwoman) with a golden voice” formula has been increasingly often applied by European labels, but for those who enjoy the genre here’s a release with a difference. Friar Alessandro is Alessandro Brustenghi, an Italian Franciscan friar and tenor who came to music after a long personal struggle to integrate it into his religious vocation. Voice of Peace marks an advance over his earlier Voice from Assisi album, and it has much to offer besides the charm of hearing Amazing Grace sung in an Italian accent. The inclusion of that song might seem a blatant bid for American sales, but in fact, the appeal of the program here lies in the relative lack of familiarity of most of the material, in America or anywhere else. Friar Alessandro has a few hits, like the Bach tune generally known as Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, and the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, but mostly he delves into some odder items from the past. Two of these, and possibly a third, are forgeries of Baroque works from the early years when Baroque music was being discovered: the Ave Maria written by a Soviet guitarist and attributed to Giulio Caccini, and the famed Albinoni Adagio for strings, actually the product of a musicologist named Remo Giazotto. To the second of these Friar Alessandro adds his own text, and the whole thing is nicely arranged to place his distinctively gravelly voice into a texture that evokes the antique without actually being antique. The arrangements for the Camerata Ducale orchestra also work well in this respect, as does the sound. Curiously, the friar’s website lists rock producer Mike Hedges (U2, Manic Street Preachers, the Cure) as producer, but the album notes give John Fraser instead. Whoever it was, there’s a flat, bright sound that emphasizes the shades in Friar Alessandro’s voice. An attractive release of vocal tunes for the holiday season. –AllMusic Review by James Manheim
![Friar Alessandro – Voice From Assisi (2012) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/07/0002894811864_600.md.jpg)
Friar Alessandro – Voice From Assisi (2012) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Decca Records has announced the global signing of Franciscan Friar, Alessandro Brustenghi, from the original friary founded by Saint Francis of Assisi: the Porziuncola in Assisi. This marks the first time in music history that a Friar has landed a major record deal. Alessandro was discovered by the legendary Mike Hedges (U2, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers), while in Italy. The album is a masterful blend of traditional and modern sacred songs, including an original track by Royal Wedding composer Paul Mealor.
![Eugenio Della Chiara – Schubert: A Portrait On Guitar (2020) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/19/oz8xvnypbq0rc_600.md.jpg)
Eugenio Della Chiara – Schubert: A Portrait On Guitar (2020) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
After his debut on Decca with “Guitarra Clasica”, Eugenio Della Chiara returns to the recording studio to create a new album entirely dedicated to Schubert.
Also in this case it has its fulcrum in the transcription of famous pages where the young guitarist is assisted by Davide Cabassi at the fortepiano for the Sonata D821 “Arpeggione” and of the tenor Mert Süngü for the Cinque Lieder from the manuscript by Franz Xaver von Schlechta.
![Daniele Pollini – Chopin: Etudes Op. 10; Scriabin: Late Works Opp. 70-74; Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/12/05/r7tncv4m5ky2b_600.md.jpg)
Daniele Pollini – Chopin: Etudes Op. 10; Scriabin: Late Works Opp. 70-74; Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Daniele Pollini is famous Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini’s son. He was born in 1978. He made his debut as a pianist at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in the summer of 1997. He also participated in the Salzburg Festival and the Ruhr Piano Festival and made his successful debut in Paris and in the United States.
He has appeared as soloist with the Orchestra Regionale Toscana, with the Orchestra of the Musical Afternoons and with the National Radio Symphony Orchestra In 2003 he performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the Zubin Mehta, and in 2004 he gave a concert at the Venice Biennale.
His interests also extend to electronic music. His training as a director is linked to the Accademia Musicale Chigiana conducting courses, taught by Gianluigi Gelmetti. In 2002 he made his debut at the Ravenna Festival with the RAI Symphony Orchestra, with a program including the IV and VII Symphony by Beethoven.
![Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 54, 57 & Andante favori, WoO 57 (2016) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/12/08/0002894814644_600.md.jpg)
Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 54, 57 & Andante favori, WoO 57 (2016) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition top-prize winner Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Radio Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Magdeburg Philhamoniker, the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, OSI Lugano, Fort Worth Symphony, Enid Symphony, Big Spring Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Cordoba, Orquesta de Mar del Plata, Orchestra Haydn Bolzano, Orchestra Verdi Milano, Orchestra Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Romantique Parigi, Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra, Orchestre Romantique Paris, as well as with many other orchestras working with such conductors as Gustav Kuhn, James Conlon, Asher Fisch, Antonello Manacorda, David Coleman, Vladimir Delman, Marco Angius, Tito Ceccherini, Enrique Mazzola, Daniele Gatti, Kimbo Ishi-Ito, Helmut Rilling among others.
![Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 31 (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/12/08/ubkcyc9vssvdc_600.md.jpg)
Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 31 (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition top-prize winner Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Radio Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Magdeburg Philhamoniker, the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, OSI Lugano, Fort Worth Symphony, Enid Symphony, Big Spring Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Cordoba, Orquesta de Mar del Plata, Orchestra Haydn Bolzano, Orchestra Verdi Milano, Orchestra Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Romantique Parigi, Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra, Orchestre Romantique Paris, as well as with many other orchestras working with such conductors as Gustav Kuhn, James Conlon, Asher Fisch, Antonello Manacorda, David Coleman, Vladimir Delman, Marco Angius, Tito Ceccherini, Enrique Mazzola, Daniele Gatti, Kimbo Ishi-Ito, Helmut Rilling among others.
![Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Sonatas, Op. 26, 27 Nos 1 & 2, 28 (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 88,2 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/12/08/xc557tn7xfsua_600.md.jpg)
Davide Cabassi – Beethoven: Sonatas, Op. 26, 27 Nos 1 & 2, 28 (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 88,2 kHz]
2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition top-prize winner Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Radio Symphony Orchestra in Milan. He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Magdeburg Philhamoniker, the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, OSI Lugano, Fort Worth Symphony, Enid Symphony, Big Spring Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Cordoba, Orquesta de Mar del Plata, Orchestra Haydn Bolzano, Orchestra Verdi Milano, Orchestra Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Romantique Parigi, Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra, Orchestre Romantique Paris, as well as with many other orchestras working with such conductors as Gustav Kuhn, James Conlon, Asher Fisch, Antonello Manacorda, David Coleman, Vladimir Delman, Marco Angius, Tito Ceccherini, Enrique Mazzola, Daniele Gatti, Kimbo Ishi-Ito, Helmut Rilling among others.
![Daniele Pollini – Schumann: Carnaval – Brahms: Klavierstücke op. 119 – Schoenberg: Klavierstücke opp. 11, 19, 23 (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/12/05/jkn01cyyibqyb_600.md.jpg)
Daniele Pollini – Schumann: Carnaval – Brahms: Klavierstücke op. 119 – Schoenberg: Klavierstücke opp. 11, 19, 23 (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Celebrated for music-making of matchless sophistication, unshakeable concentration and adamantine integrity, Maurizio Pollini occupies a special place among the ranks of today’s great pianists. The Italian artist has been hailed by Gramophone as “a towering musical presence”, a description supported by six decades of critical and public acclaim for the power and beauty of his artistry. Pollini’s nobility of expression and total technical command of the keyboard combine to create interpretations that reveal profound insight into works from past and present.
![Cesare Picco – The Last Gate (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/11/09/f72af71l9w3gc_600.md.jpg)
Cesare Picco – The Last Gate (2021) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Cesare Picco releases his new album for the first time on Decca Records label. Always considered one of the most authoritative musicians of that current commonly known as ‘neoclassical’ together with Ludovico Einaudi, Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter, Picco has established himself in the world as a brilliant and committed artist. Pianist, but more generally a multifaceted and eclectic artist, able to range from classical music to electronics, from baroque to jazz, over the years Picco has been able to create an unmistakable style of his own, and also magical events such as the famous “concerts in the dark. “.
![Ramin Bahrami – Bach, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-893 (2016) [FLAC 24bit, 192 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/08/22/0002894814614_600.md.jpg)
Ramin Bahrami – Bach, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-893 (2016) [FLAC 24bit, 192 kHz]
Era, mi è sembrato, come se l’armonia universale si intrattenesse con se stessa, un po’ alla stregua di quello che deve essere successo nella mente di Dio poco prima della Creazione del mondo». Lo afferma Goethe. Dopo aver ascoltato alcuni brani del Clavicembalo ben temperato. Ascoltando l’ultima fatica di Ramin Bahrami risulta difficile non pensare a quell’altezza siderale. Entrambi i Libri, che notoriamente indagano tutto l’indagabile sulle tonalità dello strumento a testiera, si addentrano in sentieri mai battuti. Ma se quell’altezza viene lambita da Bach nella prima silloge, nella seconda, posteriore di più di vent’anni, è la cifra stilistica. Altezza siderale. Chiaro che non mancano molteplici e continui riferimenti a forme e stili del proprio tempo, dalla danza alla Sonata bipartita (spunta addirittura un Mozart di là da venire nel track 9): imprinting riconoscibili e orgoglio di un uomo aggiornatissimo quale Bach era. Ma su tutto governa il molteplice che procede dall’unico, secondo il principio dell’identità nella varietà approfondito dalla scienza filosofica di Leibniz. E l’identità, in questo Bach, è un’entità superiore. Tant’è che dopo i multipli cd dedicati al Kantor coi quali il pianista iraniano ci ha deliziato fino a oggi – interpretati in maniera sempre poeticamente intensa ma anche molto “terrena” nell’estrema confidenza col linguaggio d’autore – questa doppia registrazione perde volutamente contatto col reale. È il personale dialogo di Bahrami con l’Assoluto. A noi, semplici ascoltatori, il privilegio di esserne testimoni.–Nicoletta Sguben “amadeusonline.net”
![Andrea Griminelli – Nessun Dorma (2019) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/06/17/iqxdheu4duvua_600.md.jpg)
Andrea Griminelli – Nessun Dorma (2019) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Andrea Griminelli’s sensitive interpretations and astonishing technique have earned accolades and awards from every corner of the musical world – including a Grammy, the Prix de Paris and an Italian Knighthood.
Legendary flutist Sir James Galway described him as “the greatest flute player who has come to the forefront of the musical scene for many years.”
![Alessio Bidoli, Bruno Canino, Massimo Mercelli, Nicoletta Sanzin – Rota: Chamber Works (2020) [FLAC 24bit, 88,2 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/06/08/z9z6a6fbcx6xc_600.md.jpg)
Alessio Bidoli, Bruno Canino, Massimo Mercelli, Nicoletta Sanzin – Rota: Chamber Works (2020) [FLAC 24bit, 88,2 kHz]
Nino Rota is famous for his unforgettable film music but he also devoted himself a lot to chamber music which, in the exchange of his production, is of great importance. This album features some of the most significant pieces, many of which are authentic rarities, which show the great mastery of writing inherited from his famous masters, Ildebrando Pizzetti and Alfredo Casella.