several foreign composers dedicated to Italy some of their orchestral works (Berlioz: Harold en Italie - Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony - Tchaicovsky: Capriccio Italien, Stravinsky: Italian Suite etc...)
in these collections I picked up many of lesser-known ones...
RELATED TOPICS: Strauss - Aus Italien, Op.16
Hommage-vol.12.1:http://ariaclassicacompilations.blogspot.it/2013/05/neglected-masterworks-vol121-hommage_3187.html
Hommage-vol.12.2:http://ariaclassicacompilations.blogspot.it/2013/06/neglected-masterworks-vol122-hommage.html
Hommage-vol.12.2:http://ariaclassicacompilations.blogspot.it/2013/06/neglected-masterworks-vol122-hommage.html
Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
track 01: La Muette de Portici - Ouverture (1828)
Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-carlo
conductor: Thomas Fulton
EMI 1987
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
track02: Song of the Venetian Gondolier
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989
Cesar Cui (1835-1918)
track03: Tarantelle, op.12 (1858)
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Scenes Napolinates (1876)
track04: La Danse
track05: La procession et l'Improvisateur
track06: La Fete
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
conductor: Ondrej Lenard
Naxos 1989
Joseph Marx (1882-1964)
Castelli Romani, for Piano and Orchestra (1929-30)
track07: Villa Hadriana - Allegro (ma non troppo)
track08: Tusculum - Andante
track09: Frascati - Presto
piano: David Lively
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Steven Sloane
ASV 2005
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
(transcribed with Gregor Piatigorsky)
Suite Italienne for Cello and Piano (1932)
track10: Introduzione. Allegro moderato
track11: Serenata. Larghetto
track12: Aria
track13: Tarantella. Vivace
track14: Minuetto. Finale
cello: Michal Kanka
piano: Jaromir Klepac
Praga Digital 2005
