Martinu / Vasilek / Prague Philharmonic - Martinu: Cantatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mario Pilati was born in Naples on 16 October 1903. His life was very short, intense and troubled. Together with his siblings, he was introduced as a child into the study of music, as was the custom in Neapolitan upper-middle- class families. He immediately showed a great talent as a pianist and an overflowing creativeness at the age of 13 he had already decided that music was to be his profession. His father attempted to thwart his artistic calling by making him enrol in a technical school, but, with the help of his mother, he managed to go on with his musical studies at the early age of 20 he took a diploma with honours in composition at the Conservatorio S. Pietro a Majella of Naples, under the guidance of Antonio Savasta. He immediately looked for a job, in order to become independent of his family his father not only disapproved of his musical career, but also never accepted his engagement with Antonietta Margiotta, whom he married in 1928 and with whom he had three daughters, Annamaria, Laura and Giovanna. The award-winning specialists Manuela Custer and Raffaele Cortesi (already protagonists of the recent recording Liriche su testi di Dante, tc 840003) are the interpreters of the rediscovery of the vocal chamber music of the brilliant Neapolitan composer. Album Tracks 1. Dialogo di marionette 2. O passi sparsi (dalle Sei canzoni madrigalesche, 1922-1926) 3. Nanna nanna 4. Lettera amirosa 5. Deux Balladettes~Matin 6. Deux Balladettes~Deux Fables 7. Mare 8. Tre canti napoletani~Calasciuncello 9. Tre canti napoletani~Canzone a dispetto 10. Tre canti napoletani~Bella, si moro 11. Due epigrammi~Che bella cosa 12. Due epigrammi~Magnammo 13. Lunella 14. Sonetto XIV di Dante InchTanto gentile e tanto onesta pareInch 15. Due madrigali del Guarini~Natale dell' amante 16. Due madrigali del Guarini~Core in farfalla 17. Echi di Napol

Album Tracks 1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 - Allegro Moderato 2. Andante Moderato 3. Allegro 4. Sonata Da Camera - for Cello and Orchestra - Poco Allegro 5. Andante Poco Moderato 6. Allegro 1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 - Moderato 2. Andante Poco Moderato 3. Allegro 4. Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano - Allegro - Andante - Allegro Con Brio

Album Tracks 1. I. Moderato 2. II. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio. Poco Moderato 3. III. Largo 4. IV. Allegro Non Troppo 5. I. Allegro Moderato 6. II. Andante Moderato 7. III. Poco Allegro 8. IV. Allegro 1. I. Allegro Poco Moderato 2. II. Largo 3. III. Allegro - Andante 4. I. Poco Moderato 5. II. Allegro Vivo - Trio. Moderato - Allegro Vivo 6. III. Largo 7. IV. Poco Allegro 1. I. Adagio - Allegro 2. II. Larghetto 3. III. Lento - Allegro 4. I. Lento - Allegro 5. II. Poco Allegro 6. III. Lento