Musica Italiana per viola e chitarra Fabio Catania & Giorgio Napolitani 

• Franco Margola (1908 - 1992):
• 1 Fantasia, dC 758 03:17
• 2 Scherzo, dC 274 03:17
• Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841): 2 Duetti in C Major, Op. 137 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar):
• 3 2 Duetti in C Major, Op. 137 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): No. 1, Allegro moderato 02:42
• 4 2 Duetti in C Major, Op. 137 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): No. 2, Andante con variazioni 07:56
• 5 2 Duetti in C Major, Op. 137 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): No. 3, Finale. Tempo I 03:05
• Bruno Battisti D'Amario (b. 1937):
• 6 La fonte 07:45
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840): Sonata per la Grand Viola, MS 70 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar):
• 7 Sonata per la Grand Viola, MS 70 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): I. Introduzione. Larghetto, recitativo a piacere 03:05
• 8 Sonata per la Grand Viola, MS 70 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): II. Cantabile. Andante sostenuto 02:57
• 9 Sonata per la Grand Viola, MS 70 (Arr. for Viola & Guitar): III. Tema con variazioni e coda 08:16
• Raffaele Gervasio (1910 - 1994): Violakit, Op. 119:
• 10 Violakit, Op. 119: I. Allegro 05:12
• 11 Violakit, Op. 119: II. Allegro vivo 04:32
• Total Runtime 52:04

Info for Musica Italiana per viola e chitarra

The selection of pieces on this album is a collection of original works for viola and guitar by Italian authors who lived between the early nineteenth and the second half of the twentieth century. Written in a galant style, characterized by a formal cleanness, the Duo op. 137 by Carulli is mostly focused on bel canto rather than on motivic development or elaboration. An emphasis on bel canto also characterizes the music of Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840). The Sonata for the Grand Viola by Paganini dates back to the Paris period. With the advent of the twentieth century Italian composers turned to instrumental composition even though many of them remained bound to an aesthetics of the past and tended to avoid much of the innovation coming from abroad (dodecaphony, jazz, impressionism, etc.). This generation of composers provided the teachers of Franco Margola (1908-1992) and Raffaele Gervasio (1910-1994). Bruno Battisti D’Amario (1937) is a guitar player, composer and teacher among the most important of his generation.

Duo Moebius:
Fabio Catania, viola
Giorgio Napolitani, guitar

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