Concerto Gregoriano
The Concerto Gregoriano is the third and final violin concerto by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi . It was written in 1921 and was premiered the following year by violinist Mario Corti (1882–1957).
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The work is in three movements , the first two movements merging into one another without a break. It reflects Respighi's newly found love for Gregorian chant and consequently uses modal ecclesiastical expressions. The impetus for this comes from Elsa Respighi, the composer's wife, who did research in the field of Gregorian chant. In its character, the Concerto Gregoriano is more like a three-movement rhapsody for orchestra with an obbligato violin than a virtuoso concerto. The music critic Philip Hale characterized the role of the soloist as "a cantor in an ancient religious ceremony, with the orchestra representing the chorus of believers". In Germany, the work was first performed in 1933 by Arrigo Pelliccia in Berlin.
Sentence sequence:
I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro molto moderato - Tempo I - Cadenza / (attacca :)
II. Andante espressivo e sostenuto
III. Finale (Alleluia). Allegro energico
Orchestra set: two flutes , two oboes , English horn , two clarinets , bass clarinet , two bassoons , four horns , two trumpets , three trombones , celesta , harp , timpani and strings .
In the first two movements there are traits of musical impressionism in the orchestral sound, beginning with a wide-ranging melody over standing chords of the high strings; Respighi took the siciliano- like theme from the Easter sequence Victimae paschali laudes by Wipo .
Although the Concerto Gregoriano has been recorded several times on audio CD since the 1980s , it has not yet found its way into the concert repertoire of leading soloists.
Discography (selection)
- Pierre Amoyal with the Orchester National de France under Charles Dutoit , Decca 0289 443 3242 1 DH.
- Lydia Mordkovitch with the BBC Philharmonic under Sir Edward Downes , Chandos Records CHAN 9232.
- Jenny Abel with Sinfonia Moldova under Horia Andreescu , Bayer Records BR 100183 CD.
- Andrea Capelletti with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Matthias Bamert , Koch Schwann 3-1124-2.
- Roberto Ranfaldi with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI under Christoph Eberle , Videoradio Classics VR CD 000472.
- Domenico Nordio with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini under Muhai Tang , Sony Classical 88765-433872.
- José-Miguel Cueto with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Lande , Marquis Records MARQUIS81407.
- Vadim Brodsky with the Orchestra sinfonica di Roma under Francesco La Vecchia , Brilliant Classics 94394 BR.
- Takako Nishizaki with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under Choo Hoey , Marco Polo 8.220152.
- Victor Simcisko with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra under Ondrej Lenárd , Campion RRCD 1316.
Web links
- Recording of the Concerto Gregoriano (complete) on YouTube with Andrea Cappelletti
- Live performance of the concert on YouTube with Domenico Nordio
- Concerto gregoriano : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Universal Edition AG: Universal Edition: Ottorino Respighi - Concerto gregoriano. Retrieved May 22, 2017 .
- ^ Concerto gregoriano (Respighi, Ottorino) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ a b RESPIGHI: Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnale. Retrieved May 23, 2017 .
- ^ Wipo of Burgundy, Victimae paschali laudes in the German version by Johann Spangenberg - German Digital Library. Retrieved May 22, 2017 .