Maderna/Berio/Rusell Davies/RSI Orch - Now And Then - Bruno Maderna Transcriptions of Frescobaldi, Legrenzi, Gabrieli, etc - Import CD

Credits:

Maderna/Berio/Rusell Davies/RSI Orch

Description:

Unlike many of his radical newcomers, contemporary Italian composer Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) had a deep affection for older music, especially the music of the Italian Renaissance and early Baroque. However, there was little orthodoxy in his arrangements of so-called "historically informed" performances. Believing that a work of art can be stripped of its original context, he used modern instruments to give new meaning and new importance to the works of the old masters. His arrangements of Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Regrenzi, Viadana and Vassenaar are vividly rendered by the Orchestre de la Suisse Italiana under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies. The program also includes "Schumann V" by Maderna's good friend Luciano Berio (1925-2003). Schumann V is also an arrangement, so to speak, of Berio's "Sequenza XI" for chamber orchestra. Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Tre Pezzi for chamber orchestra: Recercar super LA-FA-SOL-LA-RE
2.Tre Pezzi for chamber orchestra: Christe
3.Tre Pezzi for chamber orchestra: Kyrie
4.Tre Pezzi for chamber orchestra: Bergamasca
5.La Basadonna for chamber orchestra
6.Chemins V (su Sequenza XI) for guitar and chamber orchestra
7.Canzone a tre cori for chamber orchestra
8.Le Sinfonie for chamber orchestra: La Napolitana
9.Le Sinfonie for chamber orchestra: La Venetiana
10.Le Sinfonie for chamber orchestra: La Veronese
11.Le Sinfonie for chamber orchestra: La Romana
12.Le Sinfonie for chamber orchestra: La Mantovana
13.Palestrina-Konzert: Grave assai sostenuto
14.Palestrina-Konzert: Andante
15.Palestrina-Konzert: Vivace