Ireland: Piano Concerto & Cello Sonata, Casella: Triple Concerto

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Release Date: 1st Jun 2018
Catalogue No: FHR63
Label: First Hand
Length: 76 minutes

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Work length1:34

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Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major

Work length25:33

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Annarosa Taddei (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Milano
Alfredo Casella
Recorded: 15 March, 1946
Recording Venue: Live recording, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

I. In tempo moderato (Live)

Track length9:12

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II. Lento espressivo (Live)

Track length8:30

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III. Allegretto giocoso (Live)

Track length7:51

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Ireland: Cello Sonata

Work length20:17

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António Sala (cello), John Ireland (piano)
Recorded: 25 October 1928

I. Moderato e sostenuto

Track length8:57

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II. Poco largamente - non troppo lento

Track length6:27

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III. Con moto e marcato

Track length4:53

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Work length2:39

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Casella: Triple Concerto, Op. 56

Work length26:20

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Alfredo Casella (piano), Alberto Poltronieri (violin), Arturo Bonucci (cello)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky
Recorded: 22 February 1936
Recording Venue: Live recording, Symphony Hall, Boston, USA

I. Largo, ampio, solenne - Allegro molto vivace (Live)

Track length8:40

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II. Adagio - Adagio, ma non troppo. Alquanto solenne ed assai tranquillo (Live)

Track length11:59

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III. Rondò. Tempo di giga, allegro vivace, ma non troppo (Live)

Track length5:41

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Presenting historical, rare recordings from 1920s, 1930s and 1940s in new transfers and remasterings, this FHR issue unites the only surviving (broadcast) recordings of Casella as an orchestral conductor and Casella performing on piano with orchestra.

From its first performance, Ireland’s Piano Concerto was an immediate success and for 40 years it was considered the outstanding British piano concerto, performed by all the leading players of the day such as Clifford Curzon, Moura Lympany and Artur Rubinstein. This release coincides with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Annarosa Taddei, the pianist for the Ireland Piano Concerto on this recording.

The Cello Sonata of Ireland is one of his most deeply passionate and expressive works. The recording on this CD was issued on 78s in September 1929. Ireland is the pianist, and the cellist is the Catalan Antoni Sala. Judging it to be one of his best pieces, Casella said of his Triple Concerto ‘the great success my Concerto has met with right across Europe and both Americas’ (North and South), recalling with particular enthusiasm the Trio Italiano’s appearance with the ‘prodigious’ Boston Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Serge Koussevitzky early in 1936.

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