Riccardo Malipiero: Complete Music for Solo Piano
The Italian composer Riccardo Malipiero (1914-2003), nephew of the better-known Gian Francesco Malipiero, was one of the pioneers of twelve-tone technique in Italy. His six published piano works — recorded here for the first time — encapsulate half-a-century of development, from the post-Respighian 14 variazioni of 1938, via the Bachian Invenzioni and the virtuosic Costellazioni, to the classicism of the Diario second of 1985. But Malipiero's concern was more with individuality of expression than with modernist dogma, and he was happy to break the rules in pursuit of colour and variety.
José Raúl López, piano
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14 Variazioni di un tema musicale (1938)
- I. Calmo
- II. Stesso tempo
- III. Poco più
- IV. Presto molto
- V. Meno
- VI. Più calmo ancora
- VII. Lento
- VIII. Poco più lento
- IX. Lo stesso ma liberamente
- X. Veloce
- XI. Come l’inizio
- XII. Più rapido
- XIII. Lento
- XIV. Rapido
- No. 1 Moderato
- No. 2 Lento -†Un poco più lento
- No. 3 Mosso -†Lento, quasi senza tempo -†Tempo I
- I. Mosso
- II. Lento molto
- III. Veloce
- IV. Allegramente
- V. Piacevolmente
- VI. Deciso
- VII. Lento
- VIII. Grave
- IX. Allegramente
- Bars 1t28
- Bars 29t48
- Bars 49t69
- Bars 70t79
- Bars 80t86
- Bars 87t91
- Bars 92t94
- Bars 95t105
- Bars 106t112
- Bars 113t117
- Bars 118t137
- Bars 138t143
- Bars 144t152
- No. 1 Allegramente
- No. 2 Mesto
- No. 3 Spigliato
- No. 4 Lento
- No. 5 Spiritoso
- No. 6 Lento
- No. 7 Presto
- Preludio
- Passacaglia
- Finale
Piccola musica (1941)
Invenzioni per pianoforte (1949)
Costellazioni (1965)
Le rondini di Alessandro: sette pezzi facili per pianoforte (1971)
Diario Secondo (1985)
The Baltimore Sun :
‘…The pianist’s grasp of the scores is sure, his articulation crystalline—note the wild dash through the wildest contrapuntal flurries in Le rondini di Alessandro. …Malipiero’s keyboard works are filled with dashes of color; he’s like a painter flicking a brush or making a swift swirl on a canvas. Lopez seems to thrive on these extraordinary little gestures, but he never loses sight of the big picture, the structure holding the individual components together.’
—Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
MusicWeb International :
‘This is tough music presented with factual and technical diligence as well as artistic qualities. Credit to the pianist for carrying through this distinctive project from concept to execution. There’s no want of valour in choosing this music to champion.’
—Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International
Fanfare Magazin :
‘Twentieth-century aficionados should get to know Riccardo Malipiero, and hopefully we will have the opportunity to hear more of his music in the near future.’
—Art Lange, Fanfare Magazine March/April 2013