Alessandro & Antonio Rolla: Opere per viola sola Federica Cardinali

• Alessandro Rolla (1757 - 1841): Andante (Vaccaj: Giulietta e Romeo, Atto III), BI 316:
• 1 Rolla: Andante (Vaccaj: Giulietta e Romeo, Atto III), BI 316 05:52
• Andante (Rossini: Demetrio e Poliblio, Quartetto), BI 317:
• 2 Rolla: Andante (Rossini: Demetrio e Poliblio, Quartetto), BI 317 03:11
• Romanza e Preghiera (Rossini: Otello), BI 318:
• 3 Rolla: Romanza e Preghiera (Rossini: Otello), BI 318 06:08
• Cavatina Nel furor delle tempeste (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 319:
• 4 Rolla: Cavatina Nel furor delle tempeste (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 319 01:57
• Meco tu vieni (Bellini: La Straniera), BI 320:
• 5 Rolla: Meco tu vieni (Bellini: La Straniera), BI 320 02:17
• Tu vedrai la sventurata (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 321:
• 6 Rolla: Tu vedrai la sventurata (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 321 05:12
• Duetto Pietosa al Padre (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 322:
• 7 Rolla: Duetto Pietosa al Padre (Bellini: Il Pirata), BI 322 03:16
• Antonio Rolla (1798 - 1837): Andante:
• 8 Rolla: Andante 03:52
• Adagietto:
• 9 Rolla: Adagietto 05:59
• Allegretto:
• 10 Rolla: Allegretto 02:07
• Andante comodo:
• 11 Rolla: Andante comodo 03:32
• Adagio, allegro comodo:
• 12 Rolla: Adagio, allegro comodo 05:01
• Lento ma non troppo:
• 13 Rolla: Lento ma non troppo 05:55
• Total Runtime 54:19

Info for Alessandro & Antonio Rolla: Opere per viola sola

A fascinating instrument, with a warm and intimate timbre, the viola began relatively late to arouse the interest of composers and musicians. Long the recipient of accompaniment lines within orchestral ensembles, it was only in the classical period that the viola took its first steps in the instrument repertoire for soloist with orchestra as well as for solo instrument.

Although some masterpieces still widely performed today stand out (think of Mozart’s famous Sinfonia Concertante), this type of repertoire remains meagre and at times unexplored. The two compositions offered here for the first recording are precisely among these hidden treasures to be rediscovered: the Musica Ridotta BI. 316-322 and the Six Idylls, composed for solo viola respectively by Alessandro Rolla and his son Antonio. Not only do these pieces bring out the melodic and cantabile peculiarities of the instrument, but they also deepen its technical virtuosic aspect.

The discographic project thus seeks to restore due consideration to these composers and appreciated violists of European fame at the time, who contributed to the development and emancipation of an instrument of extraordinary beauty.

Federica Cardinali, viola

Federica Cardinali
He began studying the violin at the age of 8 with Prof. Giovanni Garavini and then obtained a viola diploma at the ISSM Giuseppe Verdi in Ravenna under the guidance of Prof. Luciano Bertoni with top marks and honours. She also obtained her Second Level Academic Diploma at the ISSM Achille Peri in Reggio Emilia with top marks and honours, under the guidance of Prof. Pietro Scalvini.

She studied with Christian Heubes and Béatrice Muthelet, members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with Simonide Braconi, first viola of the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Formentelli, first viola of the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Adrian Mustea, first viola of the Bayerische Staatsoper, Stefano Zanobini, first viola of the Orchestra della Toscana, Luca Ranieri, first viola of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Kati Sebestyén, Davide Zaltron and Olga Arzilli.

She was a member of the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana from December 2017 to July 2018 and was admitted to the second edition of the orchestral training course YO-YO: Youth Orchestra Youth ORT organised by the Orchestra della Toscana.

He has collaborated with various orchestras and conservatories with whom he has participated in concerts and festivals. In November 2018, she formed a duo with pianist Fabrizio Fogli. Thanks to the Erasmus + programme, she perfected her violin studies with Christophe Weidmann, first viola of the Noord Nederlands Orkest, at the Prins Claus Conservatorium based in Groningen (The Netherlands). In July 2020, she graduated brilliantly in violin at the ISSM G. Lettimi in Rimini.

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