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Looking at Petrassi's total oeuvre, there are certainly decisive masterpieces to be found among his vocal and chamber music. However, the Concerti for orchestra, composed during a period ranging almost forty years, from 1934 to 1972, is the only group of pieces that complete reflects his artistic quest that passed through a myriad of experiences, providing material for the study of developments in the Italian and European music of the era, seen, naturally, from the personal viewpoint of Petrassi's poetics. from the CD booklet

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CD 1 - Concerti per orchestra: 1-4 (18 tracks) 81:00

(Primo) Concerto (1933-1934)
01 Concerto #1: I Allegro 07:02
02 Concerto #1: II Adagio 09:20
03 Concerto #1: III Tempo di marcia 05:57

Secondo Concerto (1951)
04 Concerto #2: I Calmo e sereno - Molto mosso, con vivacità  06:32
05 Concerto #2: II Allegretto tranquillo 03:48
06 Concerto #2: III Molto calmo, quasi adagio 04:19
07 Concerto #2: IV Presto 03:10

Récréation concertante, (3° Concerto) per orchestra (1952-53)
08 Concerto #3: I Allegro sostenuto ed energico - Allegro spiritoso 04:37
09 Concerto #3: II Molto moderato 03:01
10 Concerto #3: III Vigoroso e ritmico 04:14
11 Concerto #3: IV Più calmo, adagio moderato 03:56
12 Concerto #3: V Allegretto sereno 02:33

Quarto Concerto (1954)
13 Concerto #4: I Placidamente 05:47
14 Concerto #4: II Allegro inquieto 02:22
15 Concerto #4: III Sereno 01:42
16 Concerto #4: IV Allegro inquieto 01:00
17 Concerto #4: V Molto sostenuto - Lentissimo 05:53
18 Concerto #4: VI Allegro giusto 05:47


CD 2 Concerti per orchestra: 5-8 (19 tracks) 78:35

Quinto Concerto (1955)
01 Concerto #5: I Molto moderato 05:26
02 Concerto #5: II Presto 05:11
03 Concerto #5: III Andantino tranquilo 05:13
04 Concerto #5: IV Mosso con vivacità 03:50
05 Concerto #5: V Lento e grave 05:37

Invenzione concertata (Sesto Concerto) (1956-57)
06 Concerto #6: I Mosso (inquieto 01:08
07 Concerto #6: II Energico 02:45
08 Concerto #6: III Adagio sostenuto 03:36
09 Concerto #6: IV Estatico 02:04
10 Concerto #6: V Tempo (liberamente) 03:59

Settimo concerto (1961-64)
11 Concerto #7: I Prologo 02:13
12 Concerto #7: II Primo  02:44
13 Concerto #7: III Secondo 01:28
14 Concerto #7: IV Terzo 04:07
15 Concerto #7: V Quarto 02:26
16 Concerto #7: VI Epilogo 03:40

Ottavo Concerto (1970-72)
17 Concerto #8: I Movimento 07:18
18 Concerto #8: II Movimento 08:46
19 Concerto #8: III Movimento 07:04

stradivarius STR 33700 (2004)

2 CD Compressed APE + cue (for wav) + booklet
Packed as a contiguous multi-part rar, served by RS with 3% recovery record, redirected through tinyurl.
Tiny parts at 3fl8c7 - 45djh8 - 4cukxx - 526hhj - 4w3dew - 4vt3o7 - 4mjogd

First time on Avax and not much represented on the net:
BTW he is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century..
Enjoy (also the exceptional sound quality of these CDs)