Luigi Dallapiccola is one of the most celebrated Italian composers of the twentieth century. This disc features chamber music and songs alongside his complete works for solo piano. Whether drawing on the music of the past to nourish the contrapuntal organisation of his own, or concentrating on the opportunities for gentle lyricism afforded by bell-like vocal and instrumental sonorities, Dallapiccola’s commitment to traditional expressive nuance has been seen by critics as a powerful aspect of his Italian insistence upon cantabilità – songfulness.

Praise

‘a marriage of discipline and imagination of which Wilde is fully aware…[Nicola Stonehouse] is eloquence itself in the Goethe-Lieder’
— Gramophone

Track Listing

Sonatina canonica after Paganini
I. Allegretto comodo – Allegro molto misurato – Primo tempo
II. Largo – Vivacissimo – Largo
III. Andante sostenuto
IV. Alla marcia: Moderato

Quaderno musicale di Annalibera
I. Simbolo
II. Accenti
III. Contrapunctus primus
IV. Linee
V. Contrapunctus secundus (canon contrariu moto)
VI. Fregi
VII. Andantino amoroso e Contrapunctus tertius (canon cancrizans)
VIII. Ritmi
IX. Colore
X. Ombre
XI. Quartina

Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado
I. La primavera ha venido
II. Ayer soñé que veía
III. Señor, ya me arrancaste la que yo más queria
IV. La primavera ha venido

Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio per violoncello solo
Ciaccona
Intermezzo
Adagio

Goethe-Lieder
1. In tausend Formen magst du dich verstecken
2 Die Sonne kommt! Ein Prachterscheinen!
3. Lass deinen süssen Rubinenmund
4. Möge Wasser, springend, wallend
5. Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
6. Kaum das ich dich wieder habe
7. Ist’s möglich, dass ich, Liebchen, dich kose

Tre episodi dal balletto Marsia
I. Angoscioso
II. Ostinato
III. Sereno