Archi di Santa Cecilia & Luigi Piovano - Tchaikovsky & Dvořák: Serenades (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Following the huge success of the 2017 release, “Cinema per archi”, featuring the music of Rota, Morricone and Piovani, the Arcana label is back with another recording by the Archi di Santa Cecilia conducted by Luigi Piovano, the eminent cellist whose duo performances with Antonio Pappano have met with widespread acclaim among chamber music aficionados. Composed of players from the excellent Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the ensemble here interprets two of the best loved works of the entire string repertoire: the Serenata in C major op. 48 by Tchaikovsky, and the Serenata in E major op. 22 by Dvořák. Both of these works have been special attractions in concert programs at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and in other prominent concert venues throughout Italy (Ravello Festival, Naples, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, L’Aquila, Piacenza). The Ensemble’s enormously successful first recording of music by Schubert, including Mahler’s arrangement of Death and the Maiden, was described by Ralph Moore on “MusicWeb International” as «mesmerising, intense, thrilling and liberated in a way too few recordings are these days» and elicited David Vernier to declare in “Classics Today” that «the concluding fourth-movement Presto is an impressive display of ensemble virtuosity».

Tracklist:
1. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato 05:04
2. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: II. Tempo di valse 06:18
3. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: III. Scherzo 05:24
4. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: IV. Larghetto 05:38
5. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: V. Finale 05:41
6. Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina 09:34
7. Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: II. Walzer 03:55
8. Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: III. Élégie 09:14
9. Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: IV. Finale 07:26

Personnel:
Archi dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Luigi Piovano, cello