Adalberto Maria Riva – Solitudes: Chopin – Debussy – Satie – Brahms – Beethoven (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

At first glance it may seem that music does not possess the greatest likelihood to represent loneliness. Music in itself, in fact, presupposes at least two elements: an active one, the player, and a passive one, the listener. Other forms of art, such as painting or sculpture, or even poetry, would seem better qualified to express this feeling: a sculpture or a painting, in fact, exists by itself and does not need an intermediary such as the interpreter who plays in order to give it life.

Yet some of the peaks of Western musical production, such as Bach’s Art of Fugue or Beethoven’s latest string Quartets, arose from the genius of composers who were able to fathom their skills and knowledge to the extreme, working in a condition of almost isolation from the world. From this point of view, a musical programme about loneliness may well bestowe its full significance.

Tracklist:
01. Adalberto Maria Riva – Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (05:24)
02. Adalberto Maria Riva – Liszt: 12 Lieder von Schubert, S. 558: No. 11 Der Wanderer (05:22)
03. Adalberto Maria Riva – Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade Op. 2, D. 118 (Arr. by Franz Liszt) (04:37)
04. Adalberto Maria Riva – Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October – Autumn Song (04:27)
05. Adalberto Maria Riva – Debussy: Préludes, Book I. L. 117: No. 6 Des pas sur la neige (03:39)
06. Adalberto Maria Riva – Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: I. Lent et douloureux (03:50)
07. Adalberto Maria Riva – Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: II. Lent et triste (03:12)
08. Adalberto Maria Riva – Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: III. Lent et grave (03:08)
09. Adalberto Maria Riva – Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: I. Andante moderato (03:58)
10. Adalberto Maria Riva – Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: II. Andante non troppo e con molta espressione (04:14)
11. Adalberto Maria Riva – Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: III. Andante con moto (05:10)
12. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: I. Andante con moto (03:41)
13. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: II. Allegro (02:50)
14. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: III. Andante (02:51)
15. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: IV. Presto (04:10)
16. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: V. Quasi allegretto (03:12)
17. Adalberto Maria Riva – Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: VI. Presto – Andante amabile e con moto – Tempo I (05:15)