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Trio No. 1 (Trio in Sol), Op. 49
Deniz Gelenbe, piano, Fritz Gearhart, violin, Brian Manker, cello
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer
Quintet No. 1 (Quintetto in Fa), Op. 69
Deniz Gelenbe, piano, Eric Prichard and Hsiao-mei Ku, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Fred Raimi, cello
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Lovely, neo-Puccini Chamber music by the Italian composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
All the performances on this disc are world premieres. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born and educated in Florence. He studied composition with Ildebrando Pizzetti and was noticed by Alfredo Casella when he was still a young man. He worked as a pianist and freelance composer until 1939. Then, sensing the approaching danger of the Second World War, he fled fascist Italy and settled in Beverly Hills, California, where he lived and worked until his death in 1968. His early music, with its distinctive use of Italian lyricism combined with the techniques of French impressionism, made him a welcome member of the Italian progressive school. He found his greatest sources of inspiration in the Bible, his Jewish heritage and in his native Tuscany. He was a great melodist and continued to compose right up until the end of his life. Towards the end he also composed music for films. His music was performed by Toscanini, Heifetz, Segovia and Piatagorsky.Contents:
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composerTrio No. 1 (Trio in Sol), Op. 49
Deniz Gelenbe, piano, Fritz Gearhart, violin, Brian Manker, cello
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer
Quintet No. 1 (Quintetto in Fa), Op. 69
Deniz Gelenbe, piano, Eric Prichard and Hsiao-mei Ku, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Fred Raimi, cello