Vittorio Rieti

Serenata per Violino Concertante e Piccola Orchestra (1931)

Janet Packer, violin
Longy Artists Ensemble
Melvin Strauss, conductor

Also on CD:

Concerto per Clavicembalo e Orchestra (1957)
Partita per Flauto, Oboe, Quartetto di Corde e
Clavicembalo (1945)

Vittorio Rieti’s music is beloved for its inimitable elegance, wit, and touch of melancholy.  He epitomizes urbanity, charm and technical mastery.  Vittorio Rieti was civilization; his every gesture, his kindness, his respect for everything human, all appear in every note he wrote.

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Serenata per violino concertante e piccola orchestra (1931)
I.	Allegro
II.	Cadenza
III.	Allegretto— Allegro vivace