Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concertos (Lorenzo Micheli; Massimo Felici)

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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

• (01-03) Concerto in G for two Guitars and Orchestra, Op. 201
• (04-06) Concerto No. 1 in D for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 99
• (07-15) Concerto No. 2 in C for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 160

Lorenzo Micheli, guitar (1-6)
Massimo Felici, guitar (1-3, 7-15)

Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese
Michael Summers, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (3 April 1895 in Florence – 16 March 1968 in Beverly Hills, California) was an Italian composer, pianist and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In 1939 he immigrated to the United States and became a composer for some 200 Hollywood movies for the next fifteen years. As a teacher, Castelnuovo-Tedesco had a significant influence on other major film composers, such as Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. He also wrote concertos for Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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Having studied with Paola Coppi, Frédéric Zigante, and Oscar Ghiglia, Micheli is a graduate of both the Conservatory of Trieste and the Musik-Akademie of Basel, Switzerland. Micheli burst onto the international guitar scene in 1999 when he won the Guitar Foundation of America’s annual competition in Charleston, South Carolina. Since then, Micheli has maintained an active touring and teaching schedule that have brought him all over America, Europe and Africa. He has recorded numerous works of the guitar repertoire, including a selection of guitar works and the complete guitar concertos by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
https://www.naxos.com/person/Lorenzo_Micheli/1025.htm
https://www.lorenzomicheli.com/

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Massimo Felici studied in Rome with Stefano Grondona, then specialized with Oscar Ghiglia at the Chigiana Academy in Siena and at the Musik-Akademie in Basel. Felici won First Prize in the International Competitions of Gargnano, Màlaga, Cagliari and Fiuggi. He has been performing as a soloist, in duo with the guitarist Lorenzo Micheli, with the flutist Massimo Mercelli, with the “Leonardo” Guitar Quartet and with orchestras. He is also a guest artist in many important Festivals all over the world. Felici teachs Guitar at Conservatory “Nino Rota” in Monopoli (Italy). He plays a guitar made by Miguel Simplicio (Barcelona 1934).
https://www.classicalnext.com/net/festival_ritratti/member/massimo_felici

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