Sgambati: Piano Concerto, Op. 15 & Orchestral Works

Famed Lisztian pupil Giovanni Sgambati’s (1841-1914) Piano Concerto, op. 15, was the first work of its kind in Italy in the second half of the 19th century. + His masterly inventive piano writing is placed at the service of a fully symphonic form, thus revealing his true vocation as a symphonist. + The overture to Pietro Cossa’s Cola di Rienzo and the Jules Massenet transcription for small-orchestra instrumentation of Sgambati’s Berceuse-Rêverie receive here their world premiere recordings.