"Symphonies Nos.3, 4, Sinfonia del Mare : Almeida / Moscow Symphony Orchestra"

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Classical

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8570878

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Naxos *classic*

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International

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GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO (1883 - 1973)
The Symphonies 1

Sinfonia del mare
Symphony No. 3 “delle campane”
Symphony No. 4 “in memoriam”

Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida, conductor

Digital Recording: 1993
original release: MARCO POLO (8223602)

Gian Francesco Malipiero may be considered the most original and inventive of the generation of Italian composers born around 1880 (the so called “generazione dell’Ottanta”).
This first Naxos issue of the cycle of 11 numbered and 6 unnumbered symphonies features the early Sea Symphony and two of the very best, the Third and Fourth, written during World War II. Inspired by the tolling bells of St Mark’s Cathedral to signify the German invasion of Italy in 1943, the remarkable Symphony No. 3 “delle campane” evokes, in the composer’s words, “… from the lagoons, Venice all vibrating with bells… [becoming] a huge musical instrument”.
At the heart of Symphony No. 4 “in memoriam” [Natalie Koussevitzky] lies the eloquent slow movement, surely the most beautiful of any Malipiero symphony. ( NAXOS )

Track List

01． Malipiero: Sinfonia del mare [23:41]
02． Symphony No. 3, "delle campane" : I. Allegro moderato [06:02]
03． II. Andante molto moderato [05:28]
04． III. Vivace [02:57]
05． IV. Lento [09:23]
06． Symphony No. 4, "in memoriam" : I. Allegro moderato [05:41]
07． II. Lento funebre [07:30]
08． III. Allegro [03:07]
09． IV. Lento [08:40]

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マリピエロの交響曲を初めて聞きました。同...

投稿日：2019/05/23 (木)

マリピエロの交響曲を初めて聞きました。同時代に交響曲がたくさん書かれていた他の国（イギリス、デンマーク、スウェーデン、ソ連など）の曲とはまったく違う響きに満ちていて大変新鮮に聞くことができました。第３番、４番は第二次世界大戦でイタリア全土が戦場になっていた時代およびその直後の時代に書かれたものなので、戦争の犠牲者を悼むような雰囲気も感じられます。ただ３番、４番ともに全４楽章で２５分程度と短かいので各楽章内での展開があまり行われないうちに終わってしまうのが少々物足りないです。