{"title":"Leonora Armellini","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse albums and recordings associated with Leonora Armellini in the Reference Music Store catalogue. 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Leonora Armellini plays a Steinway \u0026amp; Sons D274, tuned and prepared by Silvano Zanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduction: Velut Luna\u003cbr\u003eExecutive producer: Marco Lincetto\u003cbr\u003eMusical production and editing: Michele Sartor\u003cbr\u003eRecording, mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto\u003cbr\u003eDesign and layout: L’Image\u003cbr\u003eText: Myriam Guglielmo\u003cbr\u003ePhotography: Marco Lincetto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCello Sonata N.1 in E Minor Op. 38\u003cbr\u003e1 - Allegro non troppo  14:34\u003cbr\u003e2 - Allegretto quasi minuetto  5:50\u003cbr\u003e3 - Allegro  6:39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCello Sonata N.2 in F Major, Op. 99\u003cbr\u003e4 - Allegro Vivace  9:06\u003cbr\u003e5 - Adagio affettuoso  6:37\u003cbr\u003e6 - Allegro appassionato  7:43\u003cbr\u003e7 - Allegro molto  4:50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etotal time:  55:24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCritical notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohannes Brahms\u003c\/strong\u003e and the cellists of Sonatas Op. 38 and Op. 99: a photographic retrospective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the complex array of chamber music pieces in Brahms's catalogue, the two Sonatas for piano and cello (a designation that, by the composer's wish, emphasizes the equal nature of the instruments involved) are traditionally considered cornerstones of the repertoire dedicated to this formation. Their notoriety, due to successful reception and continuous performance that we still witness today, should not prevent the listener and interpreter from having an overview of the two Sonatas, which is often neglected in favor of a mere chronological and compositional comparison. Although twenty-four years elapsed between the writing of the first two movements of the Sonata in E minor Op. 38 and the publication of the Sonata in F major Op. 99, the interest in cello writing, fueled by the presence of key figures in the composer's circle, can be considered common to both periods.\u003cbr\u003eIn a photograph dated May 7, 1894, we find Brahms, on his sixty-first birthday, surrounded by friends and colleagues at the home of the von Miller zu Aichholz family (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde archive, Vienna). Among the guests, besides Ignaz Brüll, Anton Door, Julius Epstein, Eusebius Mandyczewski, Gustav Walter, Eduard Hanslick, and Richard Mühlfeld, are the dedicatees of the two Sonatas for piano and cello: Josef Gänsbacher and Robert Hausmann. - Myriam Guglielmo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBiographies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLuca Giovannini\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuca Giovannini,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e born in Rovigo in 2000, attended the \"Francesco Venezze\" Conservatory in Rovigo with M° L. Simoncini and graduated at 17 with honors and a special mention. He enriched his studies by attending the \"R. Romanini\" Academy in Brescia, where he studied with G. Sollima and later with G. Capuçon at the \"Classe d'excellence\" of the Louis Vuitton Foundation. From a very young age, Luca distinguished himself in numerous competitions, among the most prestigious being the first prize in 2018 at the J. Brahms competition in Pörtschach, Austria, becoming the first Italian to win it, in 2016 the third prize at the \"Schönefeld\" competition in China, and the National Arts Award 2020.\u003cbr\u003eHe has had the opportunity to play for the most illustrious names in the music world, such as G. Kremer, A. Schiff, N. Gutman, E. Dindo, M. Brunello, B. Canino, D. Rossi, and many others, gaining different perspectives and highly stimulating insights.\u003cbr\u003eHe has performed in numerous countries and important theaters such as the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Carnegie Hall in NY, Musikverein in Vienna, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sale Apollinee della Fenice, and the Sala Maffeiana in Verona. Luca studied with F. Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy, Frankfurt. He plays an Ansaldo Poggi kindly granted by M° M. Brunello.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLeonora Armellini\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeonora Armellini \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ewas a very young winner of the “Janina Nawrocka Prize” for “extraordinary musicality and beauty of sound” at the “F. Chopin” International Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010). This success was brilliantly confirmed in the 2021 edition, with a Fifth Prize making her the first Italian woman to reach the top of a competition considered the pinnacle of world pianism. Leonora Armellini (1992), daughter of artists, began studying piano at the age of four with Laura Palmieri and graduated at twelve with full marks, honors, and a special mention. In 2005, she unanimously won the XXII Premio Venezia, reserved for the best graduates of Italian Conservatories, and continued her training with Sergio Perticaroli at the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome, graduating at seventeen with honors, becoming the youngest graduate of the prestigious institution. She further perfected her skills with Lilya Zilberstein and Marian Mika, and graduated from the “Incontri col Maestro” Piano Academy in Imola with Boris Petrushansky (2018). Among the numerous awards and recognitions for her artistic and human qualities, Leonora received in 2013 from Zubin Mehta the “Galileo 2000 Pentagramma d’oro” award for her “great courage and musical talent.” in May 2013, the National Association of Music Critics decided to award the “XXXII Premio Abbiati,” “Premio Piero Farulli,” to the Trio formed by Leonora, Laura Marzadori, and Ludovico Armellini (Piano, Violin, and Cello). She regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician for festivals and concert seasons in Italy and abroad (Carnegie Hall in New York, Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Salle Cortot in Paris, Warsaw Philharmonic, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Martha Argerich Project in Lugano, and throughout Europe, China, South Korea, Japan, …), and has performed with numerous orchestras including the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, I Solisti Veneti, the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, the Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, the Ukrainian National Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Symphony Orchestra of the Lodz Philharmonic (Poland)… Leonora is the protagonist of numerous recording projects; her most recent releases include the DVD “Piano Recital” published by ContempoArs containing, among others, Chopin’s Etudes op. 25, and a CD published by Brilliant Classics containing Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, Britten’s Scottish Ballad, and Debussy’s Première Suite for piano four-hands in the formation of the Duo Pianistico di Padova (with pianist Mattia Ometto), Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, and conductor Luigi Piovano. In the same formation, she also recorded the complete works for two pianos by Brahms for Da Vinci Classics. She has been invited by Italian and foreign radio and television for interviews and concerts, including the “Concerti del Quirinale” and an appearance as a guest at the Sanremo Festival 2013. Alongside Matteo Rampin, she co-wrote and published the popular music book “Mozart era un figo, Bach ancora di più” (Mozart was cool, Bach even cooler), published by SALANI (2014), now in its seventh edition and translated into Spanish. She has taught piano at the “A. Buzzolla” Conservatory in Adria (RO)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 20px; border-color: white;\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/velutluna.lnk.to\/Johannes-Brahms-Cello-Sonatas\" height=\"370\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/velut-luna\"\u003eVelut Luna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Velut Luna","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49993798779227,"sku":"CVLD327CD","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"File Hi-Res 88.2kHz · 24bit WAV","offer_id":46807346020699,"sku":"CVLD327","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/1016\/6580\/files\/folder_9e489968-4b8c-4ec0-8d3f-b8c84e5e2c26.jpg?v=1686058633"},{"product_id":"the-early-years-chopin-mozart-armellini","title":"The Early Years: Chopin, Mozart | Leonora Armellini","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeonora Armellini performs music by Chopin and Mozart in The Early Years. The programme also includes works with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and the “Alpe Adria” Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFormats and editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCD — CVLD156CD\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFile Hi-Res WAV 88.2kHz · 24bit — CVLD156\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonora Armellini — piano; Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto — Anton Nanut, conductor; “Alpe Adria” Youth Philharmonic Orchestra — Luigi Pistore, conductor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRecording and production\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal digital recording: 88.2 kHz · 24 bit. Chopin: Auditorium Pollini, Padova, January 2007; Mozart: Auditorium della Cultura Friulana, Gorizia, December 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive recordings. Sound engineer, remix and remastering: Marco Lincetto. Remixed and remastered from the original Hi-Res multitracks, Velut Studios, 28 August 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRYDERYK CHOPIN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eConcerto n. 2 in Fa minore, per pianoforte e orchestra, op.21\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01 - Maestoso, 13:44\u003cbr\u003e02 - Larghetto, 8:46\u003cbr\u003e03 - Allegro vivace, 9:35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrande Polonaise brillante, précédée d’un Andante spianato, op.22\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e04 - Tranquillo, Semplice, Allegro molto, Meno mosso, 14:49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Anton Nanut, conductor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLive recording: Auditorium Pollini, Padova, January 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eConcerto n.27 in Si bemolle maggiore, per pianoforte e orchestra, KV595\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e05 - Allegro, 13:28\u003cbr\u003e06 - Larghetto, 8:05\u003cbr\u003e07 - Rondò, Allegro, 8:59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Alpe Adria” Youth Philarmonic Orchestra, Luigi Pistore, conductor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLive recording: Auditorium della Cultura Friulana, Gorizia, December 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTotal Time: 77:28\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 20px; border-color: white;\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/velutluna.lnk.to\/LeonoraArmellini\" height=\"370\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/velut-luna\"\u003eVelut Luna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Velut Luna","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49993716760923,"sku":"CVLD156CD","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"File Hi-Res 88.2kHz · 24bit WAV","offer_id":49801116189019,"sku":"CVLD156","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/1016\/6580\/files\/156-cover.jpg?v=1735738123"},{"product_id":"flute-cello-piano-trios-fortepiano-trio","title":"Flute, Cello \u0026 Piano Trios | FortePiano Trio","description":"\u003cp\u003eFortePiano Trio plays Mendelssohn, Weber and Martinů: Tommaso Benciolini, Ludovico Armellini and Leonora Armellini.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFormats and editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCD — CVLD242CD\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHi-Res WAV file 88.2kHz · 24bit — CVLD242\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortePiano Trio: Leonora Armellini — piano; Tommaso Benciolini — flute; Ludovico Armellini — cello.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRecording and production\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal digital recording: 88.2 kHz · 24 bit; Preganziol; 2013-04-14.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded live in the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusical Producer: Leopoldo Armellini\u003cbr\u003eRecording, mix and mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto\u003cbr\u003eEditing: Mattia Zanatta\u003cbr\u003eCover photo by Marco Lincetto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY\u003cbr\u003eTrio in re min. op.49\u003cbr\u003e01 - Molto Allegro Agitato\u003cbr\u003e02 - Andante con moto, Tranquillo\u003cbr\u003e03 - Scherzo, Leggiero e vivace\u003cbr\u003e04 - Finale, Allegro assai appassionato\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProgramme notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFortePiano Trio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed of Tommaso Benciolini on flute and the twins Ludovico and Leonora Armellini on cello and piano respectively, the FortePiano Trio was born from the desire to bring together the diverse and eclectic personalities of three friends in a common musical project with the aim of spreading and expanding the repertoire for this unusual formation. All graduated with honors at a very young age and winners of national and international competitions, they perfected their skills with great masters including Lilya Zilberstein, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Mario Caroli and Giovanni Sollima at some of Europe's most prestigious musical institutions such as the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg, the Scuola Universitaria di Musica della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, and the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2012, the FortePiano Trio began an intense concert activity that leads them to perform regularly in the main Italian cities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe young ensemble is also committed to commissioning and disseminating new music, and is the dedicatee of the \"Trio in due movimenti\" by composer Simone Tonin and the \"Merry Gentlemen Variations, Trio Fantasia on a Christmas Carol\" by composer and conductor Andrea Battistoni, receiving critical and public acclaim at every performance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"He is the master-trio of the present [...] a masterpiece that will still delight grandchildren and great-grandchildren after many years.\" This is how Robert Schumann presented Felix Mendelssohn's Trio in D minor Op. 49 for violin, cello, and piano in 1840, just published by Breitkopf \u0026amp; Härtel. A happy creation by the \"Mozart of the 19th century – Schumann continues – the clearest musician who first clearly saw and reconciled the contradictions of the era.\" The English publisher J. J. Ewer was also ready to bet on the popularity the work would achieve, with its serene discursiveness to which the elegant embellishments of the piano part added brilliant effects. Ever asked Mendelssohn for an arrangement of the Trio, specifically of the second and third movements, with the flute in place of the violin, to be published as Andante and Rondo (from Op. 49). The author ultimately decided to transcribe the entire work for piano, flute, and cello, not limiting himself to a simple transposition of the violin part. In adapting the original violin part for the flute, Mendelssohn took into account the different sonic peculiarities of the wind instrument and introduced some significant variations (octave transpositions, modifications of rhythmic figurations, and minor adjustments) which constitute a veritable rethinking of the part in function of the altered sonic balance between the three instruments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a nineteenth century that largely did not seem to particularly love wind instruments, at least among its major musical protagonists, Carl Maria von Weber instead showed a particular predilection for some of them; clarinet, horn, and bassoon above all, for their evocative sonorities so suitable for representing the \"supernatural nature\" that serves as the backdrop to his romantic melodramas (Weber also dedicated several concertos to the three instruments). The flute also finds its place in several of the composer's chamber pieces, the most notable of which is the Trio in G minor Op. 63 for flute, cello, and piano, composed between 1818 and 1819.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe agreeably conversational character of the work is evident from the composure of its formal structure in four movements, all adhering to classical models, and in their overall expressive balance. Without sacrificing some more intense romantic color in the outer movements, the Trio maintains a range of \"affections\" whose measure of reference is given by the carefree dance character of the brief \"Scherzo\" and the gentle lieder-like melody of the \"Andante espressivo\" bearing the title Schäfers Klage (The Shepherd's Lament).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlready an unruly and rebellious child prodigy, as well as a talented violinist, the American-naturalized Bohemian Bohuslav Martinu was an artistically free spirit, attentive to the various directions of twentieth-century musical and cultural avant-gardes, which he frequented assiduously during his long stay in Paris (1923–1940), from where he would move to the United States and remain until 1953. In his output, Martinu gives space to the moods of Czech folklore, especially in the rhythmic component which is always strongly highlighted in his works, marked by a general climate of serenity and eclectic pleasure in making music, also evident in the Trio in F major for flute, cello, and piano (1944). The dispassionate and ironic, yet not provocative, aspect of his creativity can be identified in the motor vitality, in his very personal interpretation of tonal syntax, and in the sometimes capricious changeability of expressive moods; stylistic peculiarities that in the Trio find their disciplining element in the classicist formalism of the structures to which the composer deliberately adheres to indulge his underlying lyrical and nostalgic vein, particularly evident in the pensive central \"Adagio.\" The first movement, \"Poco Allegretto,\" and the finale \"Allegretto scherzando\" (connected to the central tempo by a cadenza, \"Andante,\" for solo flute) share a dry linearity of writing in which the rhythmic sprightliness and the close dialogue between the three instruments, always in perfect balance with each other, are fully evident.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarco Materassi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 20px; border-color: white;\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/velutluna.lnk.to\/Flute-Cello-and-Piano-Trios\" height=\"370\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/velut-luna\"\u003eVelut Luna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Velut Luna","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50002827280731,"sku":"CVLD242CD","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"File Hi-Res 88.2kHz · 24bit WAV","offer_id":49881407324507,"sku":"CVLD242","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/1016\/6580\/files\/242-cover.jpg?v=1736726347"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.referencemusicstore.com\/collections\/leonora-armellini.oembed","provider":"Reference Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}