Martin Roscoe, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda - Casella: Symphony No. 2, Scarlattiana (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Cover + Digital Booklet | 76:58 | 324 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 10605
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Cover + Digital Booklet | 76:58 | 324 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 10605
Of all the Italian composers born toward the end of the 19th century, Alfredo Casella (1883–1947) was the most cosmopolitan in his dogged efforts to drag his country’s music into the 20th century. But before this could start happening sometime around the First World War, he first had to drag himself out of the 19th century, as these two early symphonies (and, to a lesser extent, the much more consistently magisterial Third Symphony, available now on a cpo CD) vividly illustrate.
