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Giuseppe Martucci : piano concerto no.2
Gesualdo Coggi, piano
Photos: ITALY
Compositore Martucci, Giuseppe
Op.66
Tonalità B-flat minor
3 movements:
-Allegro giusto
-Larghetto (G♭ major)
-Allegro con spirito
Anno/Data di composizione 1884-5 (October)
Prima edizione 1886
Dedica Doctor Filippo Filippi
Durata media 40 minutes
Periodo del compositore Romantic
Stile del brano Romantic
Piano solo and orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide, timpani, and strings)
Description by James Leonard
Sometimes called "the Italian Brahms," Giuseppe Martucci abjured the traditional Italian fascination with opera for a musical career as a conductor, pianist, and composer. His two symphonies and two piano concertos all demonstrate his allegiance in what he called "absolute music." His Second Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 66, (1884-1885) is a massive work in three movements. The opening movement, Allegro giusto, alone is more than 20 minutes long and contains three themes, an extensive development section, and an enormous cadenza. The central movement, Larghetto, has two contrasted themes which reach their climax in a section which recalls the piano recitative central movement of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. The closing movement, Allegro con spirito, is a brilliant virtuoso work for both soloist and orchestra ending in resounding triumph. The Second Piano Concerto was premiered on January 31, 1885, with the composer as the soloist.
Giuseppe Martucci : piano concerto no.2
Gesualdo Coggi, piano
Photos: ITALY
Compositore Martucci, Giuseppe
Op.66
Tonalità B-flat minor
3 movements:
-Allegro giusto
-Larghetto (G♭ major)
-Allegro con spirito
Anno/Data di composizione 1884-5 (October)
Prima edizione 1886
Dedica Doctor Filippo Filippi
Durata media 40 minutes
Periodo del compositore Romantic
Stile del brano Romantic
Piano solo and orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide, timpani, and strings)
Description by James Leonard
Sometimes called "the Italian Brahms," Giuseppe Martucci abjured the traditional Italian fascination with opera for a musical career as a conductor, pianist, and composer. His two symphonies and two piano concertos all demonstrate his allegiance in what he called "absolute music." His Second Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 66, (1884-1885) is a massive work in three movements. The opening movement, Allegro giusto, alone is more than 20 minutes long and contains three themes, an extensive development section, and an enormous cadenza. The central movement, Larghetto, has two contrasted themes which reach their climax in a section which recalls the piano recitative central movement of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. The closing movement, Allegro con spirito, is a brilliant virtuoso work for both soloist and orchestra ending in resounding triumph. The Second Piano Concerto was premiered on January 31, 1885, with the composer as the soloist.
