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Alessandro Marangoni
Alessandro Marangoni studied piano with Maria Tipo. A winner of
several national and international awards, including the prestigious
‘Amici di Milano’ International Prize, he has appeared throughout
Europe, America and China, as a soloist and as a chamber musician,
collaborating with leading performers, including Daniel Barenboim,
Mario Ancillotti, Aldo Ceccato, Valentina Cortese, Enrico Dindo, Quirino
Principe and Massimo Quarta. His recordings include an album of the
piano works of Victor de Sabata for the 40th anniversary of Sabata’s
death. For Naxos he has recorded the complete piano works of Rossini
(Péchés de vieillesse), Clementi’s Gradus ad Parnassum (8.572325-28)
and Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Piano Concertos (8.572823).
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote that ‘the cello is an instrument I’ve always particularly loved’, and this
is reflected in the deft way he exploits its colours and techniques in chamber works recorded here that
include unpublished gems and a world premiere. The sophisticated Cello Sonata and Sonatina also reveal the
composer’s skill as a pianist, giving equal roles in a symbiotic relationship that tests both players’ virtuosity.
Impressionist flavours in I nottambuli or ‘Night Owls’ contrast with a Toccata that blends fireworks with
lyricism, as does the Jewish soulfulness of the popular Chant hébraïque with the playful Scherzo that uses the
English traditional tune Sumer is icumen in.