Artifici_Collegium Philarmonicum
Label: Aulicus Classics
Category: Modern Classical Music
Composers: Ciro Ferrigno
Artists: Ciro Ferrigno, Orchestra Giovanile Collegium Philarmonicum, Chiara Polese, Chiara Maria Beatrice Cannavale, Gennaro Cappabianca
Ciro Ferrigno, composer
Orchestra Giovanile Collegium Philarmonicum
Chiara Polese, soprano
Chiara Maria Beatrice Cannavale, saxophone
Gennaro Cappabianca, conductor
Format: 1 CD
Cat. number: ALC 0126
Release: October 2024
In the second decade of the twentieth century, it is a courageous choice to entitle the opening four pieces for orchestra of this CD Symphonic Frames, and shows an awareness of writing and compositional maturity that can be heard in just the first few bars.
These four pieces by Ferrigno represent four different ways of approaching a technique of reinterpreting material which originates in a deep attachment and knowledge of the history of Naples - the European capital of music for centuries - and its musical tradition.
The chosen themes, some of which are immediately recognizable to those who have experienced and lived Neapolitan culture, form a single body supported by four pillars.
The themes of the well-known songs can be seen as living subjects that create micro-stories, and demonstrate beyond any doubt that musical material of popular origin, already used and elaborated countless times in other ways and places, and even by illustrious composers of the past (think of Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, for example), can also be used with a symphony orchestra, in the wake of the experience of Mahler and his successors. The language of the four pieces can therefore include other musical languages in a kaleidoscope of forms, timbres and rhythms which melt into one music to which one can surrender and be guided by.
Preview Tracks
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1. Quattro Cornici Sinfoniche_Monuments |
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2. Quattro Cornici Sinfoniche_Decumani |
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3. Quattro Cornici Sinfoniche_Lontano |
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4. Quattro Cornici Sinfoniche_Donn'Anna |
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5. Trittico_Three Chansons of Gabriel Faure’ for Soprano and Piano_Elaboration and Orchestration for soprano and string orchestra |
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6. La Fille_La Fille aux cheveux de lin From the first book of preludes for piano_Elaboration and Orchestration for soprano, saxophone and string orchestra |
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7. Melopeas_Gabriel Faure’ and Dmitri Shostakovich_Melopeas_Pavane and Valse n. 1 from jazz suite No.1 |