Given BartÃ³k's expressive variety it would be not excessive to say that his tormented works represents the keystone of the entire XXth Century. A technical complexity joins a very varied musical language which often bear a strong influence from the popular music as well as from Liszt and Debussy and the ornamentation of Couperin. We could define BartÃ³k as a man of a thousand faces and with this album we are trying to reveal some-ones. Francesco Pasqualotto (1982) lives in Gallarate, where he has graduated from Liceo Classico in 2001. He studied piano under the direction of Maestro Maria Grazia Bellocchio. In 2004 he graduated with honors at Conservatorio Verdi in Milano, where he was admitted as private student. He attended the experimental composition course given by Maestro Sandro Gorli at the same Conservatoire. He has graduated in Bergamo in second level degree with high votes. He has attended master classes that have allowed him to be exposed to teachers and concert artist of international fame like Maestro Franco Scala, Bruno Canino, Louis Lortie, Filippo Gamba, Paolo Bordoni, Konstantin Bogino, Pier Narciso Masi, Trio Altenberg, Emilia Fadini.

Tracklist:

Out Of Doors, Sz. 81: I. With Drums And Pipes
Out Of Doors, Sz. 81: II. Barcarolla
Out Of Doors, Sz. 81: III. Musettes
Out Of Doors, Sz. 81: IV. The Night's Music
Out Of Doors, Sz. 81: V. The Chase
4 Dirges, Op. 9a, 4 Dirges, Sz. 45: I. Adagio
4 Dirges, Op. 9a, 4 Dirges, Sz. 45: II. Andante
4 Dirges, Op. 9a, 4 Dirges, Sz. 45: III. Poco Lento
4 Dirges, Op. 9a, 4 Dirges, Sz. 45: IV. Assai Andante
Piano Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62: I. Allegretto
Piano Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62: II. Scherzo
Piano Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62: III. Allegro Molto
Piano Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62: IV. Sostenuto
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: Dedication
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 1, Peasant Song
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 2, Frustration
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 3, Slovakian Boys' Dance
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 4, Sostenuto
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 5, Evening In Transylvania
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 6, Hungarian Folk Song
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 7, Dawn
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 8, Slovakian Folksong
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 9, Five-Finger Exercise
10 Easy Pieces, Sz. 39: No. 8, Bear Dance
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 1, Molto Sostenuto
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 2, Allegro Giocoso
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 3, Andante
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 4, Grave
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 5, Vivo
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 6, Lento
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 7, Allegretto Molto Capriccioso
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 8, Andante Sostenuto
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 9, Allegretto Grazioso
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 10, Allegro
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 11, Allegretto Molto Rubato
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 12, Rubato
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 13, Lento Funebre
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, Sz. 38: No. 14, Waltz

UPC: 8051773570742
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 9.17.21
Format: CD

Bartok / Pasqualotto - Piano Works (CD)