Livia Mazzanti – Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete Organ Works (2009) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Livia Mazzanti – Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete Organ Works (2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:25 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aeolus

In the music world the name of the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is mostly known for his numerous compositions for guitar. The fact that he also wrote a good hour of excellent organ music is proved by our new release with the Italian artist Livia Mazzanti. It is interesting to see that the composer wrote music for the organ for the first time only after his emigration in the USA – as an Italian Jew he felt constrained to leave country under the Mussolini dictatorship. It was when he received a Christmas card from his friend Edward Power-Biggs in 1952 that Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco had the idea of composing a miniature Fanfare for organ based on the letters of the organist’s rather unusual name. This fanfare in six bars, was played by Power Biggs and broadcast on the radio. Power-Biggs encouraged him to work out this fragment to an entire composition.

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Livia Mazzanti – Visions of the 20th Century (Visioni del Novecento) (2022) [Official Digital Download DSF DSD64/2.82MHz + FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Livia Mazzanti – Visions of the 20th Century (Visioni del Novecento) (2022)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 01:00:48 minutes | 2,84 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:48 minutes | 1,05 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | Genre: Classical | Label: Fonè

Visions of the 20th Century (Visioni del Novecento) features Livia Mazzanti playing compositions from Schoenberg, Messiaen, Hindemith and Scelsi on the Kleuker Organ. The Organ was designed in 1978 by Jean Guillou.

The album was recorded at the Church of Notre Dame des Neiges at I’Alpe d’Huez in France during November 1991. It was produced and engineered by Giulio Cesare Ricci for Fone.

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