Though the centenary of Luigi Dallapiccola's birth in 2004 didn't exactly kick-start the revival of interest his beautifully crafted and distinctive music deserves, it did at least launch Gianandrea ...

Though the first recording of Dallapiccola's last opera, Ulisse, was more than welcome, the centenary of the composer's birth this year has otherwise not been celebrated very fulsomely on disc. This, ...

The Italian composer’s lyrical yet economical drama confirms its status as one of the finest short stage works of the 20th century Luigi Dallapiccola composed four stage works. One of them, the ...

Partita Gillian Keith, Soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Luigi Dallapiccola, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor (4) Liriche di Antonio Machado Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Luigi Dallapiccola, ...

In Italian musical circles, short, homely Composer Luigi Dallapiccola is affectionately known as Il Bruttino—The Ugly One. For some Italian critics, the name also applies to his dodecafonico music. In ...

The unifying theme of Italian sisters, violinist Natascia Gazzana and pianist Raffaella Gazzana's second release is a celebration of neoclassicism in modern music. The Duo Gazzana performs five 20th ...

Experiences of the second world war left composers of different generations adrift from each other. In a survey of works from the post-war decade, cellist Natalie Clein offers three such contrasting ...

On April 1 1924, Schoenberg arrived in Florence with his touring ensemble for a performance of his expressionist cabaret piece Pierrot Lunaire at the Palazzo Pitti. Most of those present regarded the ...

Gianandrea Noseda’s powerhouse recording of Il prigioniero marks his return to Dallapiccola’s music after a gap of 10 years. An assiduous champion of the composer’s work, Noseda embarked on a survey ...

Tartiniana BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin Luigi Dallapiccola, Composer (2) Pezzi Luigi Dallapiccola, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor BBC Philharmonic ...

One of the most tantalising musical genres to have emerged in the 20th century is that of chamber song: settings accompanied not by piano, as in the 19th-century lied, nor by orchestra, as in the song ...