Goffredo Petrassi(1904-2003): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

GOFFREDO PETRASSI : A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1929:   Prelude and Fugue for strings
1930:   Divertimento in D major for orchestra
1931:   "Ouverture da concerto"
             Passacaglia for orchestra: 8 minutes
1932:   Partita for orchestra: 18 minutes   +  (Stradivarius cd)
             "Tre cori" for chorus and orchestra: 16 minutes
1933:   "Introduzione e allegro" for Violin and eleven instruments
1934:   Concerto for Orchestra, No.1: 24 minutes  *  +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1934-36:Psalm IX for chorus, strings, brass, percussion and two pianos   + (Stradivarius cd)
1939:   Piano Concerto: 31 minutes    +  (Stradivarius cd)
1940:   Magnificat for soprano, chorus and orchestra: 36 minutes
1941:   Two Sappho Lyrics for voice and eleven instruments
             "Coro di morti" for male chorus, brass, three pianos, double bass and percussion:14 minutes   +  (Stradivarius cd)
1942/50:Four Sacred Hymns for tenor, baritone and orchestra: 18 minutes  + (Ermitage and Stradivarius cds)
1943:   Ballet "La follia di Orlando" (and Suite- 18 minutes + (Stradivarius cd))
1945:   Ballet "Ritratto di Don Chisciotte" (and Ballet Suite: 19 minutes    +  (Stradivarius cd))
1948:   Sonata da camera for harpsichord and ten instruments: 12 minutes   +  (Warner Fonit and Ermitage cds)
1950/51:Cantata "Noche oscura" for chorus and orchestra: 20 minutes  +  (Ermitage cd)
1951:   Concerto for Orchestra, No.2: 18 minutes   +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1953:   Concerto for Orchestra, No.3 "Recreation concertante": 18 minutes    +  (Warner Fonit, Ermitage and Stradivarius cds)
1954:   Concerto for Orchestra No.4 for strings: 25 minutes  +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1955:   Concerto for Orchestra No.5: 27 minutes   +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius  cds)
1957:   Concerto for Orchestra No.6 "Invenzione concertata" for strings, brass and percussion: 14 minutes   *  +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1958:   "Saluto augurale" for orchestra
1960:   Flute Concerto: 18 minutes   + (Stradivarius cd)
             "Propos d'Alain" for baritone and twelve instruments: 16 minutes
1961-62:Prologue and Five Inventions for orchestra
1963:   Music for brass and timpani
1964:   Concerto for Orchestra No.7: 17 minutes  +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1967:   "Estri" for fifteen instrumentalists: 12 minutes
1972:   Concerto for Orchestra No.8: 25 minutes  +  (Warner Fonit and Stradivarius cds)
1974-75:"Orationes Christi" for chorus, brass, 8 violas and 8 cellos: 25 minutes
1977-80:Poema for strings and four trumpets: 16 minutes   +  (Stradivarius cd)
1983:   "Frammento" for orchestra: 5 minutes    + (Stradivarius cd)
1984:   "Inno" for twelve brass instruments: 6 minutes
1986:   Kyrie for choir and strings: 4 minutes   +  (Stradivarius cd)

Sources:

http://web.tiscali.it/silvio-home/petrassi/index.htm

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goffredo_Petrassi

[alberto]

The 1948 "Sonata da Camera" exists also on Warner Fonit Cd (C.M.Giulini cond., 1949 live recording, 2003 Cd release).

[Dundonnell]

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