Ottorino Respighi - Violin Concerto in A major; etc. (Laura Marzadori; Salvatore Di Vittorio)

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Composer: Ottorino Respighi

• (01) Aria for strings, P. 32
• (02) Violin Concerto in A major, P. 49
• (05) Suite for strings, P. 41
• (11) Rossiniana: Suite for orchesra, P. 148

Laura Marzadori, violin

Chamber Orchestra of New York

Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor

Date: 2011

Label: Naxos

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572332

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 8 / SOUND QUALITY: 9

The most noteworthy piece on this disc of Respighi rarities and premiere recordings is the early Violin Concerto, revised and completed by conductor Salvatore Di Vittorio. The first two movements are complete, the finale sketched out as to its initial thematic material. Di Vittorio has completed it quite effectively by turning it into a rondo based on the tunes of the earlier movements, a process very similar to that found in, say, Gershwin’s Piano Concerto or Bartók’s Second for that instrument. Suffice it to say that the piece sounds like genuine Respighi, with anticipations of such characteristic moments as the catacombs in The Pines of Rome. Laura Marzadori plays the piece very well, with a nice balance of lyrical fulsomeness and virtuoso flashiness.

The Suite for Strings, in six dance-inspired movements, is the largest work in this recital, and reveals the composer in one of his neo-baroque moods. Rossiniana makes an appealing conclusion; it’s not nearly as well known as the composer’s other Rossini pastiche, La boutique fantasque, but it’s just as much fun (the funereal second movement has remarkable atmosphere and sounds more like Verdi). The orchestra, a New York “pickup” ensemble, plays quite well for the most part; there are a few moments of splayed ensemble in the strings in the concluding Tarantella of Rossiniana, but otherwise there’s very little to carp at, and the sonics are quite good. For fans of the composer this disc is a must, and I also can see the opening Aria for strings getting a good bit of radio play. It’s a charmer.

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:

MusicWeb International  BARGAIN OF THE MONTH

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Oct11/Respighi_8572332.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/09/respighi-violin-concerto-in-a-rossiniana-review

https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/reviews/respighi-violin-concerto-violin-laura-marzadori-chamber-orch-of-new-yorkvittorio/

https://www.naxos.com/reviews/reviewslist.asp?catalogueid=8.572332&languageid=EN

https://www.amazon.com/Respighi-Violin-Concerto-Laura-Marzadori/dp/B004YJZ6HA

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Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936) was an Italian composer and musicologist. He is best known for his orchestral music, particularly the three Roman tone poems: Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma), Pines of Rome (I pini di Roma), and Roman Festivals (Feste romane). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century music led him to compose pieces based on the music of these periods. Although Respighi was known primarily as composers of instrumental and orchestral music, he also wrote a number of operas, the most famous of which is La fiamma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottorino_Respighi

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Laura Marzadori (born 9 January 1989) is an Italian violinist. Among Marzadori's teachers are Giuliano Carmignola, Pavel Berman and Zakhar Bron. In her teens she won many prizes, including the most important Italian Violin competition: the Città di Vittorio Veneto contest. Marzadori joined the Scala Theatre Orchestra in 2014, and was unanimously elected as the Concertmaster, despite never playing in an orchestra before. She is also a passionate chamber musician, and has recorded for Naxos, Tactus and Dynamic labels. Marzadori plays the 1783 Guadagnini 'ex-Kleynenberg' violin.
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Marzadori-Laura.htm

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Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 22 October 1967 in Palermo) is an Italian composer and conductor. Di Vittorio is Music Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York. He has been recognized as a leading interpreter of the music of Ottorino Respighi. In 2007, Di Vittorio gained considerable attention when he was invited to edit, orchestrate and complete several early works of Respighi. As a composer, his program music, focused on the program symphony or symphonic poem, is most influenced by Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss and "follows in the footsteps of Ottorino Respighi".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Di_Vittorio
http://salvatoredivittorio.com/

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