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Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 4-6
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia
It’s music of great resource and dramatic potency, even when the musical ideas themselves are not especially memorable. The performances from the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma under Francesco...
Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 4-6
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia
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It’s music of great resource and dramatic potency, even when the musical ideas themselves are not especially memorable. The performances from the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma under Francesco...
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Goffredo Petrassi was 28 when his Partita (recorded on Naxos 8.572411) propelled him to European fame. He fused neo-Classicism with more contemporary traits reinforced by his mastery of polyphony, qualities that can be found in his eight Concertos for Orchestra (Nos. 1–3 are available on 8.573702). Concertos Nos. 4–6 were written in the mid-1950s and are striking examples of emotional turbulence and structural compression, fastidiously scored and imaginative in their formal conception. The soloistic writing of Invenzione concertata (Concerto No. 6) adds another layer of sonic complexity to these gripping concertos.
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14th August 2025
It’s music of great resource and dramatic potency, even when the musical ideas themselves are not especially memorable. The performances from the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma under Francesco La Vecchia feel utterly secure, and as a bonus they add the Sonata da Camera, for harpsichord and 10 instruments, which Petrassi composed in 1948.
