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GIANNINI, V.: Symphony No. 4 / Piano Concerto (Imreh, Bournemouth Symphony, Spalding)

Composer(s):Giannini, Vittorio
Artist(s) Spalding, Daniel, Conductor • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra • Imreh, Gabriela, piano
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Concertos • Orchestral
Catalogue 8.559352
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 9.99
 

 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 

Motivated by a ‘quest for the beautiful, with the humble hope that I may be privileged to achieve this goal, if only for one precious moment and share this moment with my listeners’, Vittorio Giannini was an impeccable craftsman and masterful orchestrator with a gift for arching, expressive melodies that reflect his abiding love of European musical culture. His Piano Concerto is redolent of Rachmaninov, while the passionate Symphony No 4 , with its heartfelt central movement, places Giannini among America’s finest Neo-Romantic composers. Both works appear not to have been performed since their premières in 1937 and 1960.


   




Review By Walter Simmons,Fanfare,November 2009

the work boast a gorgeously luxuriant slow movement, but it is also a masterpiece of symphonic construction, in which each theme is derived from the main theme of the first movement… it is one more example demonstrating that music with immediate accessibility need not be simplistic or otherwise flimsy in its construction.

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Review By Paul A. Snook,Fanfare,November 2009

this year turns out to be largely nativist—is the Giannini program on Naxos affording us a whole new perspective on the orchestral strengths of a composer who is still largely associated with the vocal and operatic area.

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Review By Paul A. Snook,Fanfare,July 2009



Review By Mark L Lehman,American Record Guide,May 2009



Review By Karl Miller,Classical Net,April 2009



Review By Rob Barnett,MusicWeb International,March 2009



Review By Bob McQuiston,Classical Lost and Found,March 2009



Review By Jonathan Woolf,MusicWeb International,March 2009



Review By David Hurwitz ,ClassicsToday.com,March 2009



Review By Joe Milicia,Enjoy the Music,March 2009

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Review By David Denton, Naxos,February 2009




 

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