Alfredo Casella
- Giulia Russo, Francesco Angelico
- Marco Rinaudo, Stefano Visintainer, The Rite Duo
- Roberto Trainini, Stella Ala Luce Pontoriero
- Francesco Mazzonetto
- Silvia Rinaldi
Live Albums
- Federico Brunello, Elena Cecconi
Singles & EPs
- Alan Pianist
- Moldavian National Academy Orchestra, Silvano Frontalini
- Carlo Zecchi, Elsa Respighi, Richard Singer, Alfredo Casella, Ottorino Respighi
- Orchestra of Teatro Regio, Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Sabina Cvilak, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda, James Ehnes
Biography
Italian composer Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) led the charge for early modernism in Italy and was admired by musicians ranging from Ottorino Respighi to John Cage. A superb pianist, a chamber musician with the Poltronieri Trio, and conductor, Casella established an international reputation through concerts, leading the Boston Pops for a time, and through his insightful work as a writer and theorist on music. Casella's return to Fascist Italy to support Mussolini in 1938 has overshadowed his legacy, but his orchestral pastiches Scarlattiana and Paganiniana are still played; pieces like his Pezzi infantili for piano are considered more typical of Casella's futuristic style.