Moretti: Works for Solo Guitar Marcello Fantoni

• Luigi Moretti (1780 - 1850): Overture for Solo Guitar:
• 1 Overture for Solo Guitar: I. Largo 00:49
• 2 Overture for Solo Guitar: II. Allegro 05:25
• Variazioni per la chitarra:
• 3 Variazioni per la chitarra: Allegro 00:17
• 4 Variazioni per la chitarra: Largo 03:40
• 5 Variazioni per la chitarra: Theme 01:05
• 6 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 1 01:06
• 7 Variazioni per la chitarra: Intercalare I 00:16
• 8 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 2, Più largo 03:03
• 9 Variazioni per la chitarra: Intercalare. Tempo solito 00:16
• 10 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 3 01:22
• 11 Variazioni per la chitarra: Intercalare II 00:17
• 12 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 4, Largo 02:34
• 13 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 5, Adagio smorfioso 01:55
• 14 Variazioni per la chitarra: Intercalare III 00:16
• 15 Variazioni per la chitarra: Var. 6, Allegro assai 01:08
• 16 Variazioni per la chitarra: Intercalare IV 00:13
• 17 Variazioni per la chitarra: Allegretto 00:39
• 18 Variazioni per la chitarra: Allegro assai 00:39
• Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7:
• 19 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Theme. Larghetto 00:45
• 20 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 1 00:40
• 21 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 2 00:42
• 22 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 3 00:43
• 23 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 4 00:37
• 24 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 5 01:54
• 25 Guitar Variations on Les folies d'Espagne, Op. 7: Var. 6 00:37
• Grand Sonata for Solo Guitar, Op. 2:
• 26 Grand Sonata for Solo Guitar, Op. 2: I. Andante grazioso 04:21
• 27 Grand Sonata for Solo Guitar, Op. 2: II. Allegro moderato 06:32
• Corrente for Solo Guitar:
• 28 Corrente for Solo Guitar: I. Larghetto sostenuto 00:36
• 29 Corrente for Solo Guitar: II. Allegro 01:20
• 30 Corrente for Solo Guitar: III. Largo smorfioso 01:28
• 31 Corrente for Solo Guitar: IV. Allegro vivace 02:00
• 32 Corrente for Solo Guitar: V. Più allegro 00:41
• Grand polonaise:
• 33 Grand polonaise 03:41
• Theme & Variations for Guitar:
• 34 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Theme. Andante 01:18
• 35 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 1 01:14
• 36 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 2 01:24
• 37 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 3 01:08
• 38 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 4 01:14
• 39 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 5 01:45
• 40 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 6 01:22
• 41 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Var. 7 01:16
• 42 Theme & Variations for Guitar: Coda. Allegro assai 01:34
• Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8:
• 43 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Theme 00:59
• 44 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 1 00:53
• 45 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 2 00:55
• 46 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 3 01:03
• 47 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 4 00:54
• 48 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 5 01:30
• 49 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 6 01:09
• 50 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 7 00:52
• 51 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Var. 8 00:56
• 52 Variazioni sul tema di un valz originale Tirolese, Op. 8: Coda. Più allegro 00:54
• Capriccio (Attrib. to L. Moretti):
• 53 Capriccio (Attrib. to L. Moretti): I. Moderato 02:18
• 54 Capriccio (Attrib. to L. Moretti): II. Più mosso 00:22
• Total Runtime 01:16:37

Info for Moretti: Works for Solo Guitar

World première recording: Luigi Moretti was a nobleman, scholar, music teacher and composer. His principal works were written for the guitar, although he also produced remarkable compositions for the voice and for piano. He was one of the finest members of the splendid group of Italian proponents of guitar music during the first quarter of the 19th century, whose works inexplicably fell into oblivion. Thanks to the talent and pioneering spirit of Marcello Fantoni, Dynamic is proud to fill that void with these world premiere recordings of Morettis works. They reveal the expert hand of an up-to-date and cosmopolitan composer, and feature the remarkable interpretative skills of a young and talented guitarist.

Marcello Fantoni, guitar

Marcello Fantoni
began studying classical guitar at the age of eight. Under the guidance of Lena Kokkaliari and Paolo Paolini he graduated from the Conservatory of Milan summa cum laude in performance. At the same institution, for a brief period, he studied composition with Danilo Lorenzini and Davide Anzaghi. He also studied musical analysis at the Department of Musicological and Paleographic-Philological Studies of the University of Cremona.

He was awarded a Sergio Dragoni Foundation scholarship and in 1996 took advanced courses with Eliot Fisk at the Salzburg Mozarteum, and then with Leo Brouwer in Córdoba, and Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena, where he won a scholarship and a Diploma of Merit. The Rome ARAM Association hailed him as an emerging talent, inviting him to play during their concert season.

He attended masterclasses held by Eduardo Fernández (2005), Timo Koronen (2005), Leo Brouwer (2006) and Pavel Steidel (2006) at the Conservatory of Florence where, in 2007, he earned a master’s degree in performance.

His compositions include Perpetuum, omaggio a Egberto Gismonti (for solo guitar, 2004), Omaggio a Michel Petrucciani, Omaggio a Manuel de Falla and Sonata Semplice. He has a number of broadcasts and recordings to his credit including the works of Spanish composer Tomás Marco released on the Italian label Dynamic. In 2014 Tomás Marco dedicated to Marcello Fantoni his chamber work for guitar, the Trio Concertante n. 5 “Cartografias of Melodrama” (for flute, viola and guitar). In 2015 he made the world première recording of guitar works by the Sevillian composer Manuel Castillo (1930–2005) on Naxos.

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