Edvard Grieg : Berceuse op. 38 n. 1 ( Lyric pieces ) - Antonio Castagna

The pianist Antonio Castagna performs Berceuse op. 38 n° 1 from the collection " Lyric pieces " by Edvard Grieg . Il pianista Antonio Castagna esegue Berceuse op. 38 n° 1 dalla raccolta " Pezzi lirici " di Edvard Grieg https://www.antoniocastagna.it #antoniocastagna #grieg #berceuse As I played this delightful composition by Grieg—part of the wonderful Lyric Pieces collection—I immediately thought of my little granddaughter Adele, who will turn three in December. This performance is a small tribute to her: to her beauty, her liveliness, and her strong-willed nature, but also to the sweetness she shows when she falls asleep in my arms. Suonando questa deliziosa composizione di Grieg, che fa parte della meravigliosa raccolta “Pezzi lirici”, ho pensato immediatamente alla mia nipotina Adele che, a dicembre, compirà tre anni. Questa performance è un piccolo omaggio a lei, alla sua bellezza, alla sua vivacità, al suo carattere deciso ma anche alla sua dolcezza quando si addormenta fra le mie braccia. Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71). The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" ("Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen"), "To Spring" ("Til våren"), "March of the Trolls" ("Trolltog"), and "Butterfly" ("Sommerfugl"). The theme of the first piece in the set, "Arietta", was one of the composer's favorite melodies. He used it to complete the cycle in his last lyric piece, "Remembrances" ("Efterklang") — this time as a waltz. The first complete recording of the Lyric Pieces was recorded and released in the Soviet Union by Alexander Goldenweiser in the 1950s. In 2002, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes recorded a CD with 24 of the lyric pieces on Grieg's own 1892 Steinway grand piano at Troldhaugen, the composer's residence. Among other notable pianists to have made recordings of the collection are Aldo Ciccolini, Andrei Gavrilov, Walter Gieseking, Emil Gilels, Gerhard Oppitz, Sviatoslav Richter and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. A few recordings and piano rolls of Grieg himself performing also exist, and they have been published by the Norwegian record label Simax. Four of the six pieces from Book V, Op. 54, were orchestrated under the title of Lyric Suite. I Pezzi Lirici sono una raccolta di 66 brevi pezzi per pianoforte solo scritti da Edvard Grieg. Furono pubblicati in 10 volumi, dal 1867 (Op. 12) al 1901 (Op. 71). Il tema del primo pezzo della raccolta, "Arietta", era una delle melodie preferite del compositore. Lo usò per completare il ciclo nel suo ultimo pezzo lirico, "Ricordi" ("Efterklang"), questa volta come valzer. La prima registrazione completa dei pezzi lirici fu registrata e pubblicata nell'Unione Sovietica da Alexander Goldenweiser negli anni '50. Nel 2002, il pianista norvegese Leif Ove Andsnes registrò un CD con 24 pezzi lirici sul pianoforte a coda Steinway del 1892 di Grieg a Troldhaugen, la residenza del compositore. Tra gli altri pianisti di spicco che hanno inciso la raccolta ci sono Aldo Ciccolini, Andrei Gavrilov, Walter Gieseking, Emil Gilels, Gerhard Oppitz, Sviatoslav Richter ed Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. Esistono anche alcune registrazioni e rulli per pianoforte di Grieg stesso, pubblicati dall'etichetta discografica norvegese Simax. Quattro dei sei brani del Libro V, Op. 54, furono orchestrati con il titolo di Suite Lirica. Edvard Hagerup Grieg (Bergen, June 15, 1843 – Bergen, September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is considered Norway's greatest composer, known in particular for the Piano Concerto in A minor, the incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (later arranged into two suites), the Holberg Suite, and many of his Lyric Pieces. The latter, composed between 1867 and 1901 and collected in ten notebooks, are considered his masterpiece. Antonio Castagna graduated from IMP “G. Braga” of Teramo and, subsequently, he perfected himself with Maestro Franco Medori and Maestro Carlo Zecchi. He has held numerous concerts and recitals in Italy and abroad . He has participated several times in RAI radio and television programs. He played in Salzburg as part of the Salzburger Schlosskonzerte and in Paris, at the Italian Cultural Institute, as part of the “Hommage à LA FIGLIA DI JORIO” event. He toured Basel for the Consulate General of Italy. At the invitation of the Italian Cultural Institute, he played in BRAZIL, in Rio de Janeiro, in the prestigious National Museum of Fine Arts. He played, with the Teramo Trio, in Philadelphia (USA) in the Marshall Auditorium of Haverford College, in the Lincoln Hall of the Union League. He was Director, from 1996 to 2012, of the I.S.S.M "Gaetano BRAGA" of Teramo. He was a piano teacher at the Conservatories of Foggia and Teramo.