Rosario Scalero: Violin & Piano music

[Alan Howe]

Intriguing:
http://www.mdt.co.uk/scalero-rosario-chamber-music-romanticism-mauro-tortorelli-angela-meluso-tactus.html
Further info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Scalero

[alberto]

I am very intrigued. I understood that Scalero was teacher of Barber, Menotti and Rota (and now I gather also of Foss of Rorem);
but in decades of concerts, and in his own city, I could never hear any music by him.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Fleisher has the complete score and all parts for the Op. 20 work. I see La Divina Foresta (Full Score) is in Library of Congress. It was published in Milan by Carisch so I expect there is at least one copy (maybe with parts too) in an Italian Library.

[Gareth Vaughan]

As I thought - Full Scores in Rome, Florence and Bergamo. Can't locate a set of parts yet, though.

[Alan Howe]

Some gorgeous-sounding excerpts here:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Scalero-Violin-Piano-Works/hnum/3987623

[eschiss1]

Another of Scalero's students is a particular interest of Paul Rapoport's and was a prolific composer of string quartets (and rather good but not yet published ones, I gather). Can't remember the name offhand but hoping to find out more and see/hear some of those quartets. And very curious, yes, about Scalero's music, so thank you.

[Alan Howe]

The Violin Sonata, Op.12 turns out to be a richly romantic work in the style of Brahms - a most satisfying composition and an extremely beautiful one too. A really wonderful surprise (I wasn't expecting such a profound piece): definitely my chamber/instrumental music discovery of the year so far.