Paganini, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini & Respighi: Orchestral Works Patrick de Ritis

• 1 Preludio Sinfonico 09:47
• 2 I. Allegro 07:42
• 3 II. Largo - Cadenza - 05:26
• 4 III. Rondo: Allegretto 05:13
• 5 Capriccio 12:57
• 6 Concertino, MS 65 11:32
• 7 I. Overture 02:01
• 8 II. Tarantella 01:46
• 9 III. Mazurka 02:59
• 10 IV. Danse cosaque 02:37
• 11 V. Can Can 01:55
• 12 VI. Valse lente 04:26
• 13 VII. Nocturne 04:14
• 14 VIII. Galop 02:42
• Total Runtime 01:15:17

Info for Paganini, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini & Respighi: Orchestral Works

Except for Respighi’s delicious confection, which is heard in Malcolm Sargent’s concert suite, the works on this recording are rarely heard. Puccini’s youthful Preludio shows melodic invention and warmth anticipating his later operatic style. Rossini’s little-known Bassoon Concerto is full of charm while Verdi’s Capriccio fuses noble and carnivalesque qualities. Far more than a curio, Paganini’s virtuosic Concertino for horn, bassoon and orchestra offers an intriguing slant on the great violinist’s work.

„Three seldom heard works for bassoon and orchestra, played superbly by Patrick De Ritis, are a very good reason to purchase this disc of ‘Italian Orchestral Works’. All three require finger-knotting dexterity, with a succulent creamy tone necessary for the central movement of Rossini’s three movement concerto. Presently principal bassoon of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, having previously held the same position for major orchestras in his native Italy. He is faced with works that are little other that are unabashed virtuoso showpieces, the Verdi’s Capriccio only recently rediscovered. Having been composed in 1831 for the leading French bassoonist of the day, Antoine Nicholas Henry, the two instruments make strange partners in the Paganini Concertino, the horn part, played by Jose Vicente Castello, providing most of the of the tightrope-style brilliance. The performance of the disc’s most familiar and major work—Respighi’s ballet, La boutique fantastique on themes by Rossini—is rather pedestrian in ballet terms, and I have surely much more vivaciously danced Can Cans. The playing of the Wurzburg orchestra is pleasing enough, and fills out a disc that is worth buying just to hear De Ritis. A ‘live’ recording that has a good seat in a concert hall perspective.“ (David’s Review Corner)

Patrick De Ritis, bassoon
José Vicente Castelló, horn
Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrico Calesso, conductor

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