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Sgambati Collection (Italian Romantics Series)

Sgambati Collection (Italian Romantics Series)
Composer Giovanni Sgambati
Artist
Format 8 CD
Cat. number 97196
EAN code 5063758971966
Release October 2026

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The most comprehensive set ever dedicated to the music of a neglected Italian Romantic, reissuing modern performances which have been recognised for their sensitivity and dynamism.
As a one-time pupil of Franz Liszt, winning admiration from Richard Wagner at an early stage in his career, Giovanni Sgambati pursued a vocation outside the mainstream of 19th-century Italian music. Rather than opera, he was drawn above all to Germanic instrumental models of the concerto, quartet and symphony, prefiguring in this way the music of Martucci and Respighi as they sought to reclaim those models within an Italian tradition.
Another of his successors, Alfredo Casella, paid warm tribute to him as a pioneer: ‘The work of Sgambati, is of real importance in musical history… it was he, at all events, who pointed the way which Italian composers are now treading in ever greater numbers, with growing confidence, and with increasing success.’
Particularly notable in this set is the inclusion of the third and last of Sgambati’s symphonies. The First and Second have attracted recordings elsewhere, but under the direction of Francesco Attardi, who has made modern editions of several Sgambati works, the Third is revealed as a powerful symphonic statement in five movements and three parts – in this regard, if in few others, resembling Mahler’s Fifth, and taking marriage for its programmatic theme.
There is a nobility of utterance to the Third which makes a striking contrast with the blood and thunder of the G minor Piano Concerto, as well as with the intricately worked counterpoint of the Nonet for strings and the two Piano Quintets. Sgambati was agile in both mind and technique, adapting his idiom to his genres. Any listener hungry for out-of-the-way Romantic rarities will find rich rewards in this new, super-budget collection.
In previous Fanfare magazine reviews, it was noted that ‘Gaia Federica Caporiccio plays with a winsome freshness.’ ‘Caramiello’s performance is more ruminative, less frenetic... this is highly recommended.’ In reviewing the chamber music: ‘I find Brilliant’s newer recording much more to my liking.’
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Track list

Disk 1

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 15: I. Moderato maestoso
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 15: II. Romanza. Andante sostenuto
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 15: III. Allegro animato
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: Cola di rienzo
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: 3 Piano Pieces: II. Berceuse-Reverie (Arr. J. Massenet for Orchestra)

Disk 2

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Nonetto per archi (1866): I. Andantino con moto – Allegro moderato - Più mosso – Allegretto moderato
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Nonetto per archi (1866): II. Adagio - Allegro giusto
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: Nonetto per archi (1866): III. Andante con moto - Un poco più mosso - Più mosso – Largo – Allegro moderato - Allegro vivace, quasi Presto - Tranquillo assai (un poco meno) Un poco meno vivace - Allegro vivace, quasi presto
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 3 ‘Epitalamio’ (1888), Pt. I. In the Church: I. Prelude and Cantique
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 3, Pt. II. In the Garden: I. Popular Festival and Nocturne
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 3, Pt. II. In the Garden: II. Reprise and Children Mayhem
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 3, Pt. III. In the Courtyard: I. Minuetto
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Symphony No. 3, Pt. III. In the Courtyard: II. Cortege

Disk 3

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: I. Allegro moderato
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: II. Allegro
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Romanza (Andante)
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: IV. Allegro assai e appassionato
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5: I. Andante – Vivace
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5: II. Barcarola (Allegretto con moto)
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5: III. Andante
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 5: IV. Allegro vivace

Disk 4

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 2 in C- Sharp Minor, Op. 17: I. Adagio – Vivace ma non troppo
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 2 in C- Sharp Minor, Op. 17: II. Prestissimo
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 2 in C- Sharp Minor, Op. 17: III. Andante sostenuto
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: String Quartet No. 2 in C- Sharp Minor, Op. 17: IV. Allegro
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 4: I. Adagio – Allegro ma non troppo
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 4: II. Vivacissimo
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 4: III. Andante sostenuto
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 4: IV. Allegro moderato

Disk 5

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Prélude et fugue in E-Flat Minor, Op. 6: I. Prélude
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Prélude et fugue in E-Flat Minor, Op. 6: II. Fugue
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: 2 Études de concert, Op. 10: I. Tranquillo
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: 2 Études de concert, Op. 10: II. Agitato
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Étude triomphale in A Major
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: I. Rapelle-toi!
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: II. Á la Fontaine
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: III. Vox populi
  9. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: IV. Do-do
  10. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: V. Ländler
  11. Giovanni Sgambati: 6 Pièces lyriques, Op. 23: VI. Gigue
  12. Giovanni Sgambati: Sérénade valsée

Disk 6

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne No. 2 in G Major, Op. 20
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 20
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne in B Major per l'album di Bellini
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 31
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne in E Major, Op. 33
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturne in G Major
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: I. Allegretto in E- Flat Major
  9. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: II. Allegro moderato in B-Flat Major
  10. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: III. Allegretto grazioso in E-Flat Major
  11. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: IV. Animato allegramente in E Major
  12. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: V. Andantino in A Major
  13. Giovanni Sgambati: Impromptus: VI. Allegro appassionato ma non troppo mosso in F-Sharp Minor
  14. Giovanni Sgambati: Gavotte in A-Flat Minor, Op. 14

Disk 7

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: I. Praeludium
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: II. Canzonetta d’aprile
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: III. Rivelazione
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: IV. Sull’altalena
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: V. Preghiera turbata
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: VI. Ansietà
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: VII. En valsant
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: VIII. Dolci confidenze
  9. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: IX. Marche
  10. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: X. Anima appassionata
  11. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: XI. Profonda pena
  12. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies poétiques, Op. 36: XII. Cantico di speranza
  13. Giovanni Sgambati: 3 Morceaux, Op. 42: I. Preludio
  14. Giovanni Sgambati: 3 Morceaux, Op. 42: II. Berceuse-Rêverie
  15. Giovanni Sgambati: 3 Morceaux, Op. 42: III. Melodia campestre (Impromptu)
  16. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: I. Romanza
  17. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: II. Canzonetta
  18. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: III. Idillio
  19. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: IV. Marcia
  20. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: V. Vecchio castello
  21. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: VI. Épanouissement
  22. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: VII. Combattimento
  23. Giovanni Sgambati: Fogli volanti, Op. 12: VIII. Campane a festa
  24. Giovanni Sgambati: 4 Pezzi di seguito, Op. 18: I. Preludio
  25. Giovanni Sgambati: 4 Pezzi di seguito, Op. 18: II. Vecchio minuetto
  26. Giovanni Sgambati: 4 Pezzi di seguito, Op. 18: III. Nenia
  27. Giovanni Sgambati: 4 Pezzi di seguito, Op. 18: IV. Toccata

Disk 8

  1. Giovanni Sgambati: Suite, Op. 21: I. Prélude
  2. Giovanni Sgambati: Suite, Op. 21: II. Valse
  3. Giovanni Sgambati: Suite, Op. 21: III. Air
  4. Giovanni Sgambati: Suite, Op. 21: IV. Intermezzo
  5. Giovanni Sgambati: Suite, Op. 21: V. Étude mélodique
  6. Giovanni Sgambati: Valse brillante
  7. Giovanni Sgambati: Scherzo in E Major
  8. Giovanni Sgambati: Toccata
  9. Giovanni Sgambati: Romanza in F Major
  10. Giovanni Sgambati: Romanza in A Major
  11. Giovanni Sgambati: Mestizia
  12. Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodie-Impromptu (Mestizia, II versione)
  13. Giovanni Sgambati: Boîte à musique – Badinage
  14. Giovanni Sgambati: Serenatina in E Major
  15. Giovanni Sgambati: Presentimento
  16. Giovanni Sgambati: Preludio
  17. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: I. Scherzino
  18. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: II. Confidenze
  19. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: III. Fantasia per il piffero
  20. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: IV. Serenatina interrotta
  21. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: V. Diavoleria
  22. Giovanni Sgambati: Fantasie alpestri: VI. Canto di guerra
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