Notes and Editorial Reviews
For some time now, the recording scene in and out of Italy has focused on a rediscovery of the most outstanding italian organ works composed between the 19th and the 20th centuries, now performed with philological rigor on historical instruments. This renewed interest explains the choice to dedicate a monographic recording to Polibio Fumagalli (1830-1900), a prominent figure during the second half of the 19th century, and a link between the old and the new concept of organ construction and composition in Italy. An organ teacher at the Conservatory of Milan (among his students was Marco Enrico Bossi), Fumagalli composed numerous excellent organ works, and succeeded in moving from the Italian opera style to the neoclassical, symphonic
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tendencies of the German and French style. In order to highlight this shift, organist Giovanni Feltrin offers a chronological promenade through Fumagalli’s entire production - from his early “Six original Marches” to the “Sonata in E minor” opus 290 (composed in 1892). Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Marce originali (6) for Organ, Op. 80: Marca campestre by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
2.
Marce originali (6) for Organ, Op. 80: Marcia di Tripudio by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
3.
Studies (6) in the form of divertimenti, Op. 231: Ripieno in D major by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
4.
Studies (6) in the form of divertimenti, Op. 231: La tranquillità by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
5.
Scuola d'organo, Op. 233: Emulazione by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
6.
Ascetica musicale, Op. 235: Esultazione by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
7.
Ascetica musicale, Op. 235: La danza degli astri Bizzarria by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
8.
Ascetica musicale, Op. 235: Capriccio per clarinetto by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
9.
Ascetica musicale, Op. 235: Serenata per corno inglese con introduzione di arpa e flauto by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
10.
Ascetica musicale, Op. 235: Alleluja by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
11.
Capriccio, Op. 257 "La caccia" by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
12.
Sonata for Organ in E minor, Op. 290 by Polibio Fumagalli
Performer:
Giovanni Feltrin (Organ)
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