The Preludio sinfonico in A major, Giacomo Puccini’s second orchestral work, was written in 1882 during the time the composer was completing his studies at the Milan Conservatory. The piece shows the remarkable musical progress of its author and his considerable talent in the symphonic genre – supported by an impassioned melodic invention – which set him apart from other Italian opera composers of the fin de siècle. The manner in which the only theme of the Preludio is developed and varied, alternating between diatonic elements and chromaticism by means of complex harmonies, is reminiscent of passages from Massenet and of the romanticism of Wagner. Above all, the tone colors show a close connection to the "Vorspiel" from Lohengrin. This is the first critical edition of the Preludio, included in the vol. II/1 of the Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini ("Composizioni per orchestra").
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Composer
Giacomo Puccini
| 1858-1924Giacomo Puccini came from a dynasty of church musicians who worked in the Tuscan city of Lucca. His Messa a 4 con orchestra, premiered there in 1880, seemed to point him toward a career in the same direction, but directly after this, he went to Milan Conservatoire with the aim of becoming an opera composer. His only independent orchestral works were written there as student works – the Preludio sinfonico (1882) and Capriccio sinfonico (1883), as well as some of his 16 complete surviving songs for voice and piano (Canti), which he composed, with frequent references to his operas, almost throughout his career. He achieved a breakthrough as an opera composer with Manon Lescaut (1893); between 1893 and 1904 he composed La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly, which remain his most frequently-performed works today. In recent years there has been a growing realisation that Puccini's entire output requires reappraisal. And so, he has increasingly come to be understood as a musician searching for a way forward into the modern age. Personal details
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Michele Girardi
| 1954
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Ist diese Ausgabe (Partitur und Stimmen) an den Notentext des entsprechenden Bandes der Edizione Nazionale (Carus 56.002, erschienen 2015) angepasst worden?
Ja, die Ausgabe wurde 2017 revidiert (= Übernahme des Notentextes aus 56.002).
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