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« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2012, 10:28:18 pm » |
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I have a number (7) of CDs of Perosi's music. I have not been disappointed in any one of them.
I think his string quartets are beautifully realized and I also highly recommend the orchestral suites - especially the disc containing Suites 5 & 7.
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kyjo
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2012, 12:45:06 am » |
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Thanks for your enthusiastic recommendations  ! Spurred on by my enjoyment of his String Quartet no. 1, I shall investigate more Perosi! BTW have you heard his massive Piano Concerto? |
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logeny
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« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2012, 01:08:30 am » |
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Yes, I have the Bongiovanni (is there any other?) disc which includes the Perosi Piano Concerto. It is a large work - running, on this performance, just over 45 minutes. The piece is highly-charged and certainly no less attractive than any other of Perosi's music. Although I am partial to the chamber pieces, the PC is right up there!
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kyjo
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2012, 01:14:07 am » |
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Thanks again ! I'm glad you say it's "highly charged"; I love fiery, energetic late-romantic PCs  ! The Bongiovanni CD with the PC on it seems to be unavailable on Amazon at present (in the US, at least, I see it is still in print over in the UK), but I see that the disc can be downloaded from allmusic.com . |
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« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2012, 10:07:53 am » |
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Reading post 7 I became aware that I own, but neglected, the Bongiovanni Cd containing the orchestral Suites n.5 ("Tortona", Perosi's small birth town) and Suite n.7 ( "Torino", which I have in an alternative Nuova Era recording).
I was prompted to hear again, and more attentively, and found the -rather concise- "Suite n.5" VERY playful and worthy of more than an occasional reading.
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« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2012, 12:29:08 pm » |
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Reading post 7 I became aware that I own, but neglected, the Bongiovanni Cd containing the orchestral Suites n.5 ("Tortona", Perosi's small birth town) and Suite n.7 ( "Torino", which I have in an alternative Nuova Era recording).
I was prompted to hear again, and more attentively, and found the -rather concise- "Suite n.5" VERY playful and worthy of more than an occasional reading. Great to learn that Perosi - I only owned an LP with some of his Masses in the past, otherwise he's probably unplayed in my country - is from Tortona. I was staying there with friends for a weekend, last year, on our way back home from a longer stay in Pistoia. And liked it. :-) |
… music is not only an `entertainment’, nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found. RVW, 1948
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