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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Saturday 03 September 2022, 11:38

Title: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: Alan Howe on Saturday 03 September 2022, 11:38
Not my favourite composer (I often find him too 'cloying'), but for those who are interested:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9333522--lorenzo-perosi-piano-quintets-nos-1-and-2-string-trio-no-2
Title: Re: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: eschiss1 on Saturday 03 September 2022, 18:45
I thought I'd started a thread on this same disc, but it does not exist outside of my rather poor memory!.. . Anyhow, hope it's good!
Title: Re: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Saturday 03 September 2022, 19:15
Very treacly - from the soundbites.
Title: Re: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: Alan Howe on Saturday 03 September 2022, 22:52
Defintely not for me, but I thought I'd flag it up...
Title: Re: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: semloh on Sunday 11 September 2022, 00:37
Presto's page notes that "they were written while he grieved the loss of his brother", so the "treacly" consistency is Perosi's expression of tenderness and loss. But, yes, certainly an acquired taste!
Title: Re: Perosi Piano Quintets 1 & 2 and String Trio No.2
Post by: Febct on Sunday 11 September 2022, 01:09
I have a batch of Perosi discs - all on the Bongiovanni label.  Perhaps not the finest renditions of his music, but nevertheless not otherwise available.  And I could imagine these being the equal of the Naxos performances.

I'm old and, I guess, also old-fashioned, but I like the sentimentality expressed in both Perosi's chamber music and, very much so, in his orchestral stuff - especially his Suites, of which a couple really evoke the feeling of Italy ("Milano", "Tortona", Torino"). 

Treacly?  Maybe - but I've a sweet tooth.

I think most of the posters here would enjoy Perosi - give the Piano Quintets a listen.