Cilea: Acque correnti
Piano Music
Sandro De Palma (piano), with Ferdinando Calcaviello (cello)
the influence of Debussy – plus, perhaps, Chabrier, and even Stravinsky, too – can be detected. The performances are a bit strait-laced and monochrome, but the music is attractive enough in...
Cilea: Acque correnti
Piano Music
Sandro De Palma (piano), with Ferdinando Calcaviello (cello)
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the influence of Debussy – plus, perhaps, Chabrier, and even Stravinsky, too – can be detected. The performances are a bit strait-laced and monochrome, but the music is attractive enough in...
About
Francesco Cilea went into history as the composer of one opera, Adrienne Lecouvreur. However, this late romantic Italian left a fine oeuvre of chamber and solo music, a selection of which is presented on this CD: piano works and the cello sonata.
The piano works are wonderfully evocative character pieces, full of subtlety and finesse, in the style of early Debussy. The title piece, Acque correnti, is a Ravelian study in sonority and instrumental glitter. The Cello Sonata is a valuable addition to the repertoire.
Italian pianist Sandro de Palma plays with great clarity and feeling for the atmosphere of these colourful piano pieces.
Recorded 1990, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Italy
Contents and tracklist
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano)
- Sandro De Palma (piano), Ferdinando Calcaviello (cello)
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Awards and reviews
20th March 2014
the influence of Debussy – plus, perhaps, Chabrier, and even Stravinsky, too – can be detected. The performances are a bit strait-laced and monochrome, but the music is attractive enough in a lightweight way...[the Cello Sonata is] good enough to make one wonder about the direction he might have taken had he not been seduced by the bright lights of verismo opera.
