Gianluca Cascioli - 900 (2016) [TR24][OF]

Gianluca Cascioli’s career as pianist was launched with his victory at the 1994 Umberto Micheli International Piano Competition before a jury that included Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, Maurizio Pollini, and Charles Rosen. He has since appeared in the major music centres of Europe, North America, and Japan and has performed with such prestigious ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Camerata Salzburg, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Chicago Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Mahler Jugendorchester, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the La Scala Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker. Conductors with whom he has collaborated include Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Myung-Whun Chung, Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Metha, Yuri Temirkanov e Mstislav Rostropovich, among others. Cascioli has performed chamber music with Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Maxim Vengerov, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Clemens Hagen, Sabine Meyer.
Cascioli records for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. His most recent release includes Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas together with violinist Sayaka Shoji for Deutsche Grammophon, and Mozart’s Piano Sonatas (DGG 4810866).
Gianluca Cascioli studied composition at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Torino with Alessandro Ruo Rui and later with Alberto Colla. Cascioli’ s compositions have been performed in important venues such as the Musikhalle (Hamburg), Wigmore Hall (London), and Palau de la Musica (Barcellona). In 2009 Cascioli was awarded 2nd Prize at the 27th International I.C.O.M.S. Competition for Composers with his first Trio for violin, cello and piano. In 2010 Cascioli was awarded 1st Prize at the 28th International I.C.O.M.S. Competition for Composers with his Tre pezzi lirici per violino e pianoforte. In 2010 Cascioli’s Fantasy for piano and orchestra was awarded the Mozart-Prize from the Jury of the 16th International Competition “2 Agosto”, with Ennio Morricone president. In 2012 Cascioli’s orchestral work Trasfigurazione was awarded 1st Prize at the 1st Francesco Agnello Composition Competition. In 2013 Trasfigurazione was performed 13 times throughout Italy by different orchestras such as Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice conducted by Diego Matheuz, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento conducted by Günther Pichler, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Tito Ceccherini. In 2014, Cascioli’ s Trio for clarinet, cello and piano was awarded 1st prize at the XXVI Moncalieri European Composition Competition. In 2015 Cascioli wins the second edition of the Francesco Agnello Composition Competition (with Ennio Morricone, president of the jury) with his Second Piano Trio. [November 2015]

Altre informazioni
900, l’album che raccoglie musiche dell’area russa e baltica dai primi del Novecento a oggi. Gianluca Cascioli dal vivo in libreria. Questo CD raccoglie musiche dell’area russa e baltica dai primi del Novecento a oggi ed è il primo di un progetto ideato da Gianluca Cascioli dedicato al bello nella musica moderna e contemporanea. Scriabin apre l’appassionante viaggio di Gianluca Cascioli alla ricerca - e all’interpretazione esatta e coinvolgente - di musica moderna e contemporanea bella e ispirata in grado di avvicinare un pubblico ampio.

TRACKLIST

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

from Preludes op. 11
1) 1. Vivace in C major

2) 2. Allegretto in A minor

3) 13. Lento in G flat major

4) 14. Presto in E flat minor

5) Désir Op. 57 No. 1 from 2 Pieces op. 57

6) Poème Op. 32 No. 1 in F sharp major from 2 Poems op. 32 Andante cantabile

Five Preludes Op. 74
7) 1. Déchirant
8) 2. Très lent, contemplatif
9) 3.Allegro drammatico
10) 4.Lent,vague,indécis
11) 5. Fier, belliqueux

NIKOLAI OBUKHOV (1892-1954)

12) Aimons-nous les uns les autres Lent - Modéré - Lent - Choral (Modéré) - Plus animé - Lent

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

13) Piano Rag Music M.M. quarter note = 144

SERGEJ PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

14) Sonata No. 3 op. 28 in A minor Allegro tempestoso - Moderato - Allegro tempestoso - Moderato - Più lento - Più animato - Allegro I - Poco più mosso


15) Sonatine Pastorale Op. 59 No. 3 in C major from 3 Pieces for piano op. 59 Moderato - Meno mosso - Più mosso (tempo iniziale) - Poco più animato - Tempo iniziale - Meno mosso - Tempo iniziale

16) Conte de la vielle grand’mère Op. 31 No. 2 Andantino

17) Conte de la vielle grand’mère Op. 31 No. 3 Andante assai

18) Paysage Op. 59 No. 2 Allegretto - Moderato - Poco più animato - Moderato - Allegretto - Andante from 3 Pieces for piano op. 59

19) Gavotte Op. 32 No. 3 Allegro non troppo from 4 Pieces for piano op. 32

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Three Fantastic Dances op. 5
20) 1. March. Allegretto

21) 2. Waltz. Andantino - Più mosso - Allegretto - Tempo I

22) 3. Polka. Allegretto

Prelude and Fugue Op. 87 No. 1
23) Prelude Moderato

24) Fugue (4 voices) Moderato

ARVO PÄRT (1935)

25) Für Alina Ruhig, erhaben, in sich hineinhorehend

26) Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka Moderato - Più mosso

27) Für Anna Maria Fröhlich oder nachdenklich

LEPO SUMERA (1950-2000)

28) 1981 from "Two pieces from the year 1981"

VALENTYN SILVESTROV (1937)

29) Hymn 2001 Largo, con moto, rubato Remote, lightly and gentle, listening into