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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Respighi; Rimsky-Korsakov - Roman Festivals; Pines of Rome; Golden Cockerel (Lorin Maazel)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Respighi - Roman Festivals
  • Respighi - Pines of Rome
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel (Le coq d'or), suite

Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Date: 1976; 1979
Label: Decca

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Respighi; Debussy - Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; La Mer (Fritz Reiner)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi; Claude Debussy
  • Debussy - La mer (The Sea)
  • Respighi - Fountains of Rome
  • Respighi - Pines of Rome

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Date: 1960; 1959
Label: RCA

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Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Dances & Airs for Lute (Antal Doráti)


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Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Ancient Dances & Airs, Suite Nos. 1–3

Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Doráti, conductor

Date: 1958
Label: Mercury

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Greeting Cards for Guitar (Andrea de Vitis)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Greeting Cards, Op. 170 (selections for guitar)

Andrea de Vitis, guitar
Date: 2023
Label: Naxos

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Complete Italian Solo Guitar Music (Antonio Rugolo)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Variations à travers les siècles, Op. 71 (1932)
  • Sonata ommagio a Boccherini, Op. 77
  • Capriccio diabolico omaggio a Paganini, Op. 85
  • Tarantella, Op. 87a (1936)
  • Aranci in fiore, Op. 87b (1936)
  • Variations plaisantes sur un petit air Populaire, Op. 95 (1937)

Antonio Rugolo, guitar
Date: 2022
Label: Brilliant

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Appunti (Enea Leone)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Appunti, Op, 210

Enea Leone, guitar
Date: 2015
Label: Brilliant

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - 24 Caprichos de Goya (Zoran Dukić)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • 24 Caprichos de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195

Zoran Dukić, guitar
Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Monday, September 15, 2025

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Platero y yo (Stephen Figoni; Laura Aguzzoni; Olimpia Pizzol)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Platero y yo, Op. 190 (Narrated in Italian)

Stephen Figoni, guitar
Laura Aguzzoni, narrator
Olimpia Pizzol, singer

Date: 2025
Label: Tactus

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Music for Soprano and Guitar (Joanna Klisowska; Giulio Tampalini)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Part I: Songs of Wandering
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Part II: Songs of Friendship
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Part III: Of wine, and of the delights of the sons of men
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Part IV: The World and its vicissitudes
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Part V: The Transience of the World
  • The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, Op. 207 - Epilogue
  • Ballata dall’Esilio (based on a Lyric by Guido Cavalcanti)
  • Arise (from "Cymbaline")
  • Seals of Love (from "Measure for Measure")
  • Romance del Conde Arnaldos
  • La Ermita de San Simon

Joanna Klisowska, soprano
Giulio Tampalini, guitar

Date: 2017
Label: Brilliant

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Chamber Music (Duilio Meucci; etc.)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Quintet for Guitar & Strings, Op. 143
  • Aria, Op. 146a (transcr. Francesco Venga for Guitar, Flute & Viola)
  • Sonatina for Flute & Guitar, Op. 205
  • Fantasia for Guitar & Piano, Op. 145
  • Fuga elegiaca, Op. 210a
  • Appunti, preludi e studi, Op. 210, Libro 1: No. 2, Melodia senza accompagnamento "Una preghiera"

Duilio Meucci, guitar
Vincenzo Meriani, violin
Antonella D'Andrea, violin
Francesco Venga, viola
Matteo Parisi, cello
Marco Salvio, flute
Marina Pellegrino, piano
Pietro Locatto, guitar

Date: 2021
Label: Stradivarius

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Music for Two Guitars (Duo Pace Poli Cappelli)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Les guitares bien tempérées, Op. 199: Preludes and Fugues Nos. 1–24
  • Fuga elegiaca, Op. 210a
  • Sonatina canonica, Op. 196

Duo Pace Poli Cappelli
    Andrea Pace, guitar
    Cristiano Poli Cappelli, guitar

Date: 2014
Label: Brilliant

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Evangélion (Alessandro Marangoni)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Evangélion, Pt. I The Infancy
  • Evangélion, Pt. II The Life
  • Evangélion, Pt. III The Words
  • Evangélion, Pt. IV The Passion

Alessandro Marangoni, piano
Date: 2014
Label: Naxos

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Works (Alfonso Soldano)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Notturno in Hollywood
  • Alt Wien. Rapsodia Viennese, Op. 30
  • Vitalba e Biancospino, fiaba silvana, Op. 21
  • Cantico, Op. 19
  • Sonatina Zoologica, Op. 187
  • 2 Film Etudes, Op. 67
  • Cielo di Settembre, Op. 1
  • Piedigrotta 1924 – Rapsodia Napolitana, Op. 32

Alfonso Soldano, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Divine Art

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Works (Mark Bebbington)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Le danze del Re David, Op. 37
  • Questo fu il carro della morte, Op. 2
  • Alt Wien, Op. 30
  • I Naviganti, Op. 13
  • Piedigrotta, Op. 32

Mark Bebbington, piano
Date: 2003
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Works for Cello and Piano (Enrico Dindo; Alessandro Marangoni)


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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 50
  • Cello Sonatina, Op. 130
  • I nottambuli (Variazioni fantastische), Op. 47
  • Toccata, Op. 83
  • Chant hébraïque, Op. 53 (arr. Gaspar Cassadó)
  • Scherzino, Op. 82 No. 2
  • Notturno sull'acqua, Op. 82 No. 1
  • Kol nidre 'Meditation'

Enrico Dindo, cello
Alessandro Marangoni, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Naxos

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