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Title: Giulio Castagnoli: Kaddish
Artist: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Choir
Label: Stradivarius
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8011570373243
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-05-16
Number of Discs: 1

The family tree of Giulio Castagnoli's music is extensive. It's roots lie in the ancient musicof the Maghreb and Andalusia, and while the strongest branches are formed by the vibrant coloursof Monteverdi's madrigals and the complexity of Giacinto Scelsi's orchestral music, the foliage, tostay with this metaphore, is the composer's understanding of the physical realities of life and music.The fact that his mother's family was of Sephardic Jewish origin brought him closer to the soundand spiritual world of the Middle East, but it should not be overlooked that the music of India andthe Far East has also influenced his compositions over the decades.Among the string instruments, the cello is undoubtedly Castagnoli's favourite. The depth ofit's timbre, the masculine power of it's middle register and the availability of a rich spectrum of harmonics(and thus of scales of natural tone series, which contain fascinating echoes of the harmonyrevealed centuries ago) make the cello rather more than a docile instrument that embodies abstractmusical ideas. By composing for one instrument, for it's body and soul, Castagnoli also honours it'sevolution, that is, the numberless experiments which have led it's current ideal form, as well as it'sorigin from the three kingdoms of nature.

Tracks:
1.1 Quattro poemetti per violoncello solo
1.2 Trasfigurazioni tre pezzi per viola e violoncello
1.3 Kaddish per violoncello solo
1.4 Passaggio per viola e violoncello
1.5 Raga per violoncello solo
1.6 Tre canti ebraici per viola e violoncello
1.7 In alto per viola sola