Alfredo Casella - Symphony No.2 in C-minor, Op.12 (1909)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Alfredo Casella (25 July 1883 - 5 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.
Work: Symphony No.2 in C-minor, Op.12 (1909)
Mov.I: Lento grave solenne - Allegro energico - Allegro moderato assai - Lento - Allegro assai vivace - Tempo I (Allegro energico) - Lento - Allegro mosso 00:00
Mov.II: Allegro molto vivace - Più allegro 13:23
Mov.III: Adagio quasi andante 23:51
Mov.IV: Finale: Tempo di marcia ben risoluto con fuoco - Allegro vivo
Tempo I (Allegro risoluto) - Epilogo: Adagio mistico 36:51
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia
Monumental is the only word I can find to describe this amazing symphony!
Casella è uno dei grandi musicisti italiani del 900, che gli italiani non conoscono e non ascoltano.
Assolutamente d'accordo con te
Wonderful symphony, written while his fellow composers wroy=te verist operas !!!! Casella was a great supporter of Gustav Mhler, and that can be retrieved in this symphony, which is not a copy. Simply, Mahler seems to have given him the daring to write such a symphony, which is a masterpiece. Never would we expect such a work from an Italian composer. Wfen you start listening to that symphony, you cannot stop, it is fascinating. The rendering is excellent.
I saw this symphony live conducted by my teacher, Yoonsung Chang, on his inaugural concert of the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra. Simply extraordinary!! I got goosebumbs all the way!!
I was sitting in the front row under Maestro Gianandrea Noseda in Verizon Hall last night to hear this piece performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. In my 45 years of listening to concert music I have NEVER been so awe struck at listening to a piece for the first time. Incredibly demanding for the musicians to play, and that second movement...........oh my. Thank you, Maestro Casella, for penning this piece and thank you, Philadelphia Orchestra, for presenting the US World Premier of this symphony.
+Rationallogo - we were there too and it was AMAZING! I'm not a lover of all things classical and I was blown away. After it was over all I could say was "What a story! I want to know what that story was!" Came home and researched it. I would go to hear this again!
@@debberger1532 I saw the one in Frankfurt (also on UA-cam) and it's among the three most memorable concerts I've been to.
I’ve been listening to so-called classical music since I was around 10/11 years old but have never encountered this composer before. That’s the great thing about UA-cam :-)
Casella was 26 years old when he wrote this symphony. He strongly supported Mahler, and something Mahlerian can be found in that music, in the epic and rythmic sense. This work is exceptionnally mature in a postromantic style for a still young composer. The general style is epic, heroic and optimistic. Brasses play a great role in the orchestra. Anecdotially, we can note the use of bells.
This splendid symphony deserves to stay within the repertoire.
I'm getting more of a Shostakovich vibe listening to this.
John williams precursor
This is an awesome symphony! How Mahlerian can a composer be, and still create a work that is so imbued with his own concept and personality as to make any resemblance above criticism? Casella gives us his convincing answer to that question here. From the menacing first movement through the cataclysmic second, the troubled "adagio", and the apocalyptic/triumphant finale, its' relentless forward motion and kinetic energy is almost overpowering. I'm sure its' full effect can only be experienced in the concert hall, but this great recording is a welcome alternative.
HI RONALD, WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED. SORRY I CAN NOT USE LOWER CASE DUE TO NOT SO GOOD CLOSE UP EYESIGHT. BRUCKNEY AND RICHARD STRAUSS IN THE MIX AS WELL, BUT I HEAR MORE SOUNDS OF RICHARD STRAUSS THAN MAHLER. LUDVIG NORMAN SWEDISH WROTE EXCELLENT SYMPHONIES VERY MUCH IMBUED BY THE SOUNDSCAPE OF ROBERT SCHUMANN, BUT YOU KNOW IT IS INDIVIDUAL AND NOT BY SCHUMANN !!, THERE WERE MANY FIRST CLASS COMPOSERS IN DENMARK, FINLAND, NORWAY AND SWEDEN, BUT MOSTLY ALL ARE NEGLECTED DESPITE COMPOSING AMONGST THE VERY BEST SYMPHONIES OF ALL TIME, LIKE CARL ATTERBERG AND TURE RANGSTROM. FERDINAND RIES A LIFE TIME HELPER TO L V BEETHOVEN WROTE MANY FIRST CLASS SYMPHONIES AND PIANO CONCERTOS VERY MUCH IN STYLE LIKE BEETHOVEN, BUT YOU KNOW IT IS NOT BEETHOVENS MUSIC !!!., PETER TEMP IN A WHEELCHAIR, HAVING LOST MY LEFT LEG UP TOO MY KNEE LAST YEAR DUE TO POLIO AND RHEUMATIC FEVER AT AGE 8, UPPER CLAPTON, NORTH EAST LONDON.
More R.Strauss than Mahler. I'm agree Mr.Peter.
A little of 2 symphony "Auferstehung" in terms of impact brasses at the Mahlerian way for sure.
@@1lekhine I hear a lot of the end of Mahler's 9th at the end (and elsewhere) of this symphony, and this one came out a tad earlier.
LOST OTHER LOWER LEG AUG 2018.
Musica impresionante, bella,enérgica,para escuchar mil veces.Poco difundida como siempre.Sino es la de los clásicos no sirve y no se ejecuta.He escuchado además la numero 2 y también me impresiona .Gracias Casella.From Argentina
Now THAT’S what I call a symphony!
Potente, evocativa, inevitabile il raffronto con Mahler, ma anche con Brahm e forse anche con la nona di Beethoven. Certamente un ritmo innovativo quasi cantabile....bella
Beats me that we never hear this performed. Breathtaking
Una sinfonia pienamente italiana,di un compositore italiano.
Ottima la direzione e l'esecuzione orchestrale.
Praticamente sconosciuto,come altri musicisti italiani dell'epoca ,perché considerati fascisti.
Vi rendete conto ? Incredibile ma vero.
In realtà hanno fatto sparire tutti i musicisti italiani, fascisti, non fascisti, comunisti. Cancellati. Mailpiero, Petrassi, Dallapiccola, tutti, e non parliamo dei contemporanei. Tutti sconosciuti (in Italia). E' uno schifo.
Non scherziamo, Casella è nella storia della musica ed è studiato. A me le fazioni politiche non dicono nulla. La cultura musicale di Casella era chiaramente mitteleuropea: gli italiani si sa stravedevano per l’opera lirica, come anche oggi. Non riducetelo a una bandierina, per favore. Ci sono anche diversi compositori tedeschi trascurati ma di valore. È l’effetto del mercato e di una mentalità davvero sbagliata, che fa eseguire solo i musicisti di maggior richiamo
If you like this symphony you might also like Strauss' Salome, Zemlinsky's Eine Florentinische Tragödie, Schönberg's Pelleas und Melisande op. 5, Schönberg's Orchesterlieder op. 8, Schreker's Chamber Symphony, Szymanowski's Symphony No. 2.
This symphony is absolutely awesome from teh beginning to thr rnd. The influence of Mahler is obvious, but we do not find these extatic moments nither these prseudo-folkloric themes that we find in Mahler's work. It is indeed a versy great and consistent symphony.
Can you please add some more typos to your comment?
@@nikolai5012 Dear friend, could you please answer to me in French which id my native language, and without any typos, needless to say? Bolchoïe spatsiba, Tovarich Nikolai
@@gerardbegni2806 Oui
Solo commenti in lingua inglese? e commenti di ascoltatori italiani? Ogni volta che ascolto per la prima volta composizioni del nostro Novecento rimango stupito per la loro bellezza e per il loro grandissimo spessore culturale, musica per niente provinciale, ma di respiro internazionale.
+Roberto Quirino سيمفونية غاية في الاعجاز , أروع موسيقي هي الايطالية , انا أعشق كل شيء ايطالي لدينا دار أوبرا في مصر
Saecular Egypt, ti ringrazio per l'attenzione...:-)
need translation ? :)
Why not? I need traslation!! :-)
+Roberto Quirino Areally miraculous symphony , the most exquisite music is the Italian , I'm obsessed with everything that is Italian actually , we have more than an Opera house in Egypt
The Ultimate & Greatest Italian Symphony ever composed, with Casella's First Symphony close behind.
The Sinfonia Dramatica of Respighi is wonderful too.
I can live with saying this was awesome!
I agree with all the enthusiastic comments as to the magnificence of this music and also wonder why it remains virtually unknown. (If any criticism can be leveled at this work it is that it could be considered by some to be a bit 'overblown'.) There is only one live performance on UA-cam (from Frankfurt) and while the performance is excellent it has been uploaded with relatively poor technical quality (vision and sound). As to influences by other composers, the composer I 'hear' most often is Korngold, mainly his serious work, but there's one section that would sit well with the score for 'Robin Hood', and other sections are very 'filmic' in terms of the better Hollywood composers of the 1940's. Of course this work predates those composers so they could hardly be 'influences', perhaps it is rather they were influenced by the same composers that influenced Casella (and it's unlikely that Korngold, for example, was familiar with Casella) - it's just that I found the similarities to be striking.
A questo punto è migliore il primo Casella che quello della Giara e dei Pupazzetti!
Thanks for uploading this wonderful symphony. Why is this so neglected by orchestras? It's riveting right from the opening bars.
This has to be one of the best symphonic endings ever. omg.
Hervorragend! Warum habe ich so lange warten müssen, bevor ich von diesem Mahlerschüler gehört habe?
Ich habe mir die gleiche Frage gestellt.
An epic symphony, NOT however to be confused or associated with anything Mahler ever wrote. This youthful symphony shows tenancies towards neo-classicism coupled with Casella's post romantic era. Splendid ostinatos and rhythmical modulations combine to produce a symphony of true stature that is sadly neglected today.
listening to the harmony and orchestration i must conclude it's way more R. Strauss influenced than Mahler. almost the Alpine Symphony sometimes.
After 10 seconds of listening I exactly thought the same thing! Very Straussian in sound, orchestration, harmony, melody, rhythm,modulation and detailing.
This must be for me the best Italian symphony I've heard so far.
Grande Casella. Mi era quasi sconosciuto. Grazie di averlo postato.
Well, that was one hell of a ride!
The composer was 26 when he finished this, The concept reminds me of the towering conclusion of Langgaard's massive first symphony (1911) and he was a teenager when he finished it.
MONUMENTAL;;;OBRA FANTÁSTICA!!!
Great symphony and also the painting,btw, who is a painter?
Appears to be a digital painting by Max Qin. I think it's titled The Perfect Storm.
I'm not a painter.
Heard this on the radio. Bowled away.
Drops into Bernard Herrmann mode at 2:07.
48:03 Saint-Seans sym 3
38:15 Mahler 2
Orgoglio Italiano!! Compositore e pianista di gran vaglia, ascoltare gli Studi op. 70, ad es., eseguiti dal Mo. Luca Ballerini.
6 years later I still experiences this work as awesome! It perhaps is a good case for "awesome" not guarantying something going viral. Of course that I believe it is awesome doesn't mean others regard it as awesome. But somebody thought it good enough to record and share with the world.
such poignancy!
Too pompous, no thanks..
Que gran sinfonía. En el momento justo.
This moment at 35:12 is so incredibly soft.
How lovely!
Just great! What a discovery! Thanks for uploading!
Quel musicien que ce Casella!
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U.S. premiere end of October in Philadelphia with their orchestra.
+trevor corso Sorry end of November.
WHAT DATE, VENUE, ORCHESTRA AND CONDUCTOR PLEASE ???.
Casella un grande del 900 Italiano non conosciuto dai tanti ma apprezzato dagli intenditori .
교향곡을 듣는 폭이 이 곡에서 확 넓혀 졌답니다. 한마디로 원더풀이예요!!!
More Strauss then some of Strauss pieces😜
+Iker michalsson "More (Richard) Strauss than Richard Strauss" describes a couple of symphonies by George Enescu (say 2,3,4). Or I think of Langstrom's 1rst symphony or Furtwangler's couple of ultra Romantic symphonies. They pushed Strauss's style beyond him IMO.
Absolutely stunning!
fantastic, visual music, would be great for a movie soundtrack!
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Terrific score--stunning painting. What is it?
As if Mahler and Strauss were merged into one orchestral canvas.
What a fantastic symphony! Terrific!
Holy crap- I'm a lifelong Mahler lover and this work is incredibly close to Mahler's middle period in which he wrote his 5, 6th and 7th symphonies. The similarities in dramatic intensity, orchestral color and instrumentation are amazing. This is a wonderful piece.. Does anyone else see the similarities?
You are perfectly right. It is not only a feeling. The similarities with Mahler are obvious. Casella was a strong supporter of Mahler. Mahler has been an essential step in Casella's research of a language of his own. I suggest you to listen to the third symphony, written more than 30 years later. You will find a neoclassical language, which ahs nothing to see with this one.
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Second movement is reaaaaally slow.......
What a strange picture… what is it?
This composer brought a little light, wonder and humor into a period of obscurity and weariness in my life. Listening to it many years later, my sensitivity and admiration I felt for it grew. A difficult listening at first, he lends the orchestral direction of his flayed intelligence, until he draws you inevitably into his universe. Each listening reveals a little more of its mystery, its magic, so this work becomes ineluctably timeless “Imperial”
wow
Oh my goodness!
Thanks philly.
Luv the painting 🎨😍.....who painted it ????
Someone here definitely took heavy inspiration from Mahler...
Or vice-versa
Kim bu İnsanlar
I'm not so familiar with Mahler. That's why I will not mention him here. Neither that I hear Mahler nor that I don't hear him. I only know the 10th symphony - the unfinished. I like some parts of it but I don't know if they are the ones which were composed by Mahler or by the guy who finished the symphony.
I guess you should listen to more Mahler. You are missing out.
@@andrewpetersen5272 Okay, I did my homework half a year ago. Yet I stopped because I found his first symphonies too long. Did anybody make suites of them?
@@andrewpetersen5272 Now I hear why my sister said Schönberg's op. 8 was influenced by Mahler.
@@Wandelbart I hope you listening pleasure is not dependent on the duration of a piece. I don't recall any recording of Mahler highlights collection.
@@andrewpetersen5272 You're right. My listening pleasure is not dependent on the duration but on the density and processing.
Casella was a Mussolini admirer.
Thanks for the fine musicological analysis.
Ok.
@Clive Lamdin Different world? My parents were born in Italy and lived there during that time so they know about the Nazi lovers.
he shoulda called this the pirate symphony. screams "IT'S A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME" all the way through lmao
Not sure which piece everyone else is listening too but I am hearing second rate Wagner, Zemlinsky with a splash of R Strauss. Interesting though none the less.
Interesting chronology. Von Zemlinsky is contemporaneous to Casella and all his major works (and the ones Beowulf Schefing - nomen omen - is probably referring to) were composed after 1909. As far as 'second rate' Wagner is concerned, the same meaningless accusation could be levelled to Bruckner, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, etc.
@@aldobadiani5760 I don't agree with your last comment about Bruckner et al but I do find this work a bit shoddy and hamfisted rather than skilful and we'll wrought like those you have mentioned. I am wanting to like and enjoy this but find there are too many ghosts to contend with instead of a wholey individual voice.
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