Alfredo Catalani
Contemplazione
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 1, timp, str
Duration: 11'
Bearbeitet von: Andreas Gies
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
timpani
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Contemplazione
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Work introduction
This is the first published critical edition of the famous piece Catalani wrote in 1878 for the world exposition in Paris (conducted by Franco Faccio). It takes into account the autograph manuscript as well as the performance material Ricordi used for performances after he had acquired Lucca publishing house. In fact the original manuscript bears many differences in order of orchestration than the version everybody knows and performs. There is no evidence that these changes were made with the approval of the young Catalani (rather by Faccio's hand, himself being a quite famous composer at the time) which didn't went again on his score before dying of tuberculosis in 1893. He was deeply admired by Toscanini and this short but significant piece we found all the aspects of his music, returned to a clean and musicologically informed text.