Naxos seems poised to become the first label in history to record Gioachino Rossini's Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) -- at least the volumes intended for solo piano -- as a contiguous set. This is pianist Alessandro Marangoni in the whole of Péchés, Vol. 6, the "Album pour les enfants dégourdis" (Album for Smart Kids) minus the Étude asthmatique, which simply doesn't fit on this already 78-minute CD (it's going to be kicked ahead into an another volume later in the series). These are not small "sins"; although some ...
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Naxos seems poised to become the first label in history to record Gioachino Rossini's Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) -- at least the volumes intended for solo piano -- as a contiguous set. This is pianist Alessandro Marangoni in the whole of Péchés, Vol. 6, the "Album pour les enfants dégourdis" (Album for Smart Kids) minus the Étude asthmatique, which simply doesn't fit on this already 78-minute CD (it's going to be kicked ahead into an another volume later in the series). These are not small "sins"; although some pieces are short enough to qualify as miniatures, they average about six to nine minutes in length and two top the 11-minute mark. Usually the Péchés are recorded in select form or used to fill out another program, and Ottorino Respighi fashioned his fanciful ballet La Boutique Fantasque out of a few of them. This Naxos disc, however, provides the opportunity to understand them within their own context. Rossini was a composer who appropriated no more from romanticism than what he...
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Add this copy of Complete Piano Music Peches De Viellesse 2 to cart. $20.39, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Naxos.
Add this copy of Rossini-Peches De Viellese 2 to cart. $24.07, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by NAXOS.
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