GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI:
The Piano Music vol. 1
Prelude, Toccata and Gigue
Op. 61, Three Romances
Op. 49, Three Scherzos Op. 53, Three Pieces Op. 64 Theme and Variations (with
Fugue) Op. 58
« A revelation… I am mightily impressed by this pianist »
« Caramiello plays the Piano Variations with a dazzling technique and complete control of form »
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI:
The Piano Music vol. 2
Capriccio and Serenata Op.
57, Fantasia Op. 51, Two Nocturnes Op. 70, Capriccio and Toccata
Op. 77, Six
Pieces Op. 44
“utter conviction… technique and intellect aplenty"
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI:
Piano
concerto No. 1 op. 40 (and“La
canzone dei ricordi” with Rachel Yakar, soprano)
Philharmonia
Orchestra
Francesco d’Avalos ASV DCA 690 (rec.
1989, release 1990)
LAYTON’S
CHOICE ON GRAMOPHONE
« Caramiello plays with vivid virtuosity backed by an amply rich recording »
Gramophone
« …there is much pleasure to be derived from Francesco Caramiello virile solo playing »
The Music Magazine
« Both soloist and conductor approach the work in a suitably expansive manner yet resist any temptation to sensationalise what is essentially a rather intimate conception. Raccomended with much entusiasm »
CD Rewiew
« … is admirably realized by Caramiello, a pianist of enviable stamina and capable of responding to its emotional demands »
Hi-Fi News
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI:
Piano
concerto No. 2 op. 66
Philharmonia Orchestra
Francesco d’Avalos
ASV DCA 691 (reg. 1989, release 1990)
GRAMOPHONE GOOD CD GUIDE RECOMMENDATION
« … and the young pianist Francesco Caramiello deserves thanks for reviving them »
LAYTON CHOICE ON GRAMOPHONE
« ... and it is good to have such an assured and authoritative performance of it »
Gramophone
« …remarkably assured and full of the obligatory bravura »
Hi-Fi News
« … is given a superb performance by Francesco Caramiello »
CD Rewiew
« …the solidity of his tecnique doesn't have anything to envy to the musicality of his talent »
Compact
« … played by the young Francesco Caramiello with a formidable tecnique for his 25 years »
Classic Cd
« …
and his interpretation shows that he has the technical skills to sustain
the flights of his passion. Brio, finesse, sensitivity, generous virtuosity,
somptuous colours… »
Repertoire
« Caramiello copes very successfully with its very considerable demands, and the results all round are eminently acceptable »
Penguin Guide
« Francesco Caramiello … has splendid fingers, a frank virtuoso tendency and fresh, straightforward musicality »
Musica
GIOVANNI
SGAMBATI:
Piano
Concerto in G minor, Op. 15
(with Cola di Rienzo overture and Berceuse-Reverie,
Op. 42 n. 2)
Nürnberger
Philharmoniker
Fabrizio
Ventura
ASV DCA 1097 (rec. 2000 release 2001)
“The work is played excellently by Francesco
Caramiello”
BBC Music Magazine
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI:
Piano
Quintet n. 1 op. 4 Two pieces for violin and piano Op.
24, Gondoliera for violin and piano Op. 29, Romanza for cello and piano Op. 23
Ex Novo Quartet
ASV DCA 1029 (rec.
1997 release 1998)
«… remarkable for his warmth, sound diminished gradually, his vitality and his poetic sense »
Repertoire
« This disc combines tremendous pleasure with historical prescience »
Critics’ Choice BBC Music Magazine
«… brilliantly performed and recorded … Francesco Caramiello, already famed for his recordings of the piano music of Martucci, seems to revel in the wild, Romantic contrasts of the score…»
Fanfare
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI:
Piano
Quintet n. 2 op. 5 (with String Quartet Op. 17)
Ex Novo Quartet
ASV DCA 1030 (rec.
1997, release 1999)
« … both works are superbly played »
BBC Music Magazine
« Francesco Caramiello confidently leads the youngs Venetians of the Ex Novo Quartet in this symphony-length piece»
Classified Guardian Cornwall
« …the long militancy in this type of repertoire makes him an ideal interpreter »
Musica
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI:
The Complete Piano Music
Vol. 1
Prèlude et Fugue op.6, « Mélodie de Gluck », 5me Nocturne op.31, 6me Nocturne op.33, Boîte à Musique badinage pour Piano
(œuvre posthume), Pièces Liriques pour le Piano op.23, Mélodies Poétiques pour le Piano op.36TACTUS (reg. 1999 pubbl. Agorà 2000)
« Francesco Caramiello confirms the qualities of solidity and seriousness that he had already manifested in other recordings… »
Musica
« Caramiello defends passionately Sgambati in his interesting sleeve notes and he still defends him more in the convinced performance… »
The Classic Voice
« Caramiello shows a notable congeniality with this music even by eviscerating in the least details… »
CD Classica
« recordings that make full justice to a music opportunely recovered »
Scherzo
Vol. 2
Etude Triomphale Œuvre posthume, Trois Morceaux pour piano op.42, Suite (si mineur) pour piano op.21, Gavotte pour le piano op.14, Tre Notturni op.20,Benedizione nuziale op. 30,
Marcia - Inno for piano four hands* "Canzone lituana" di Chopin, Sérénade valsée Œuvre posthume,"Il Faut Aimer!" Air à la Gavotte
*Filippo Siano, piano
TACTUS (reg. 2000 pubbl. Agorà 2000)
Vol. 3
Quattro
pezzi di seguito op.18, Fogli volanti op.12, Romanza in A magg., Notturno op. 3
"Per l’album di Bellini", Nocturne in G., Scherzo from String
Quartet op. 17 for piano four
hands*, Serenade from the First
Symphony op. 16.
*Pasquale
Russo, piano
TACTUS (reg. 2000 pubbl. Agorà 2001)
Vol. 4 (World
première*)
Two Concert Etudes, op.10, Introduction et Etude brillante “Reveil des Fées” (Emile
Prudent, op. 41) (Version by Sgambati del 1910), Morceaux de concurs* (two piano
pieces), Six impromptus*, Rhapsody (lost)*, “ Improvvisando”*, L’Emir de
Bengador *, Nöel for piano four hands (1904) * (with Filippo Siano)
TACTUS (reg. 2001 pubbl. 2005)
Vol. 5 (World première*)
Preludio and Toccata in G*, Variation on a theme by Remey*, Serenatina (1906),
Two Scherzos*, Presentimento, Mestizia, Mélodie impromptu, Two Romances* ,
Mazurka A minor*, Valzer in E,* Valse minuscule (1886)*, Valz brillante, Vals
melanconique (1886)*, “Minuetto” by Beethoven, Trois morceaux pour piano à 4
mains* (1866) (with Francesco Libetta)
TACTUS (reg. 2001 pubbl. 2006)
Vol. 6 (World Première*)
Sinfonia in re per grande Orchestra eseguita il 28 Marzo 1881 alla corte del
Quirinale, op. 16 (transcription for piano four hands by Sgambati), Maestoso* (Funaral
march) for piano four hands, Die Ideale (nach Schiller) Symphonische Dichtungen
für Grosses Orchester (1857) (transcription for piano four hands by Sgambati)
FRANCESCO CARAMIELLO, FRANCESCO LIBETTA, piano
TACTUS (reg. 2001 pubbl. 2007)
AMERICAN PIANO MUSIC:
Elliot Carter: Piano Sonata, Aaron Copland: Piano Blues no. 3, Piano Sonata Charles Ives: Studies for piano no. 22 & 23
AGORA’ AG 182
(rec. 1997 release 1999)
« an ideal interpretation »
CD Classica
SALON NAPOLITAIN
Theodor Dohler:
"Veder Napoli e poi morire" (Fantaisie sur des Chansons Napoletaines), op. 74 "Cannetella" (Air Napolitain varié), op. 62 Paer, Zingarelli, Crescentini, Ricci (with Roberta Invernizzi, Lucia Naviglio, Rosario Totaro)
OPUS 111 OPS 30-255
(rec. 1998 release 2000)
« … Caramiello knows to practice admirably precious
sound seductions of a piano Pleyel
of the 1865 also in two interesting
works by Theodor Dohler »
Musica
« …Caramiello plays the piano with affection… travelers for Naples : immediate embarking »
Diapason
MUSIC FROM AMERICA
Gottschalk: Souvenir de Portorico MacDowell:
Sea Pieces Busoni:Indianisches Tagebuch, Gershwin:
Someone to watch over me, That certain Feeling Copland: Three
moods, In Evening Air, El Salon Mexico (transcr. Bernstein) Bernstein:
Four Anniversaries
NIREO 06N02
CARL CZERNY: The Art of Finger Dexterity, op. 740
(with Michele Campanella, Maria Mosca, Stefania Cafaro, Vittorio Bresciani,
Angela Chiofalo)
MUSIKSTRASSE 2129-2 (2 CD)
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI:
Caramiello, Yakar, Philharmonia, d'Avalos
BRILLIANT 93439