Recent orchestra pieces by Claudio Ambrosini (winner of the Leone d’Oro for Music of the 2007 Venice Biennale) are now available on CD Stradivarius Plurimo.

Album content:

Plurimo (per Emilio Vedova) (2007), concerto for two pianos and orchestra
Emanuele Arciuli, Francesco Libetta pianos
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
Pierre-André Valade conductor

Tocar (2006) piano concerto
Aldo Orvieto, piano
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
John Storgårds conductor

Morte di Caravaggio (2015) for bassoon and orchestra
Paolo Carlini bassoon
ORT Orchestra della Toscana
Marco Angius conductor

Giovanni Gabrieli -  Claudio Ambrosini
Canzon XIII, a 12 – Canzon I, a 5 – Sonata XIX, a 15 transcription for large orchestra
(from Sacrae Symphoniae, 1597, and Canzoni et sonate per sonar con ogni sorta di stromenti, Venezia 1615)


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To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Franco Donatoni (1927-2000), record labels KAIROS and STRADIVARIUS recently released two albums of the composer’s chamber and ensemble music.


CHAMBER WORKS 

Marches (1979) for harp sola
Nidi (1979) for piccolo solo
Clair (1980) for clarinet solo
Small (1981) for piccolo, clarinet and harp
Estratto (1969) for piano solo
Secondo Estratto (1970) for piano, harpsichord and harp
Quarto Estratto (1974) for ensemble

Ensemble Adapter


ABYSS

Abyss (1983) for female voice, bass flute and 10 instruments
Souvenir (1967) for 15 instruments
Puppenspiel III (1994) for piccolo, flute and flute in G and 14 players
Orts (1969) for 14 instruments and recitant voice ad libitum

Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Marco Angius conductor
Katarzyna Otczyk mezzo soprano
Mario Caroli flutes
Francesco Antonioni recitant voice


Find out more about Franco Donatoni