Does anyone know anything about this composer? I found this piece on the art music forum downloads and it seems to me to be very much in our realm of romanticism......
Arrigo Pedrollo: I Castelli di Remeo e Giuletta
Symphonic Legend for Piano and Orchestra (1959)
Anyone???
jerry
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrigo_Pedrollo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrigo_Pedrollo)
The piece mentioned can be heard on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxACKS33Mzg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxACKS33Mzg)
There is an interesting article in Grove, with a considerable list of compositions including orchestral, chamber and opera.
Arrigo Pedrollo 5.12.1878 - 23.12.1964
Orchestral
Symphony in D minor 1900
Preludio Sinfonico in F major 1912
'Icaro' symphonic poem 1951
Suite 'Su temi armeni
Castelli di Guilietta e Romeo symphonic poem 1952
Piano concerto in D minor
Concertino for oboe and strings 1960
Chamber
Piano quartet 1918
Piano quartet 1941
Piano trio in F sharp 1941
Piano trio 1962
Violin sonata 1908
Canzone del Don for violin and piano 1948
Elegy for string quintet
There are a number of other works including opera, ballet and choral.
there is also a Concertino for oboe and strings written in 1960 here"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGBOE91dcMw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGBOE91dcMw)
Hard to believe it was written in the 60s
Jerry