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Charles Gounod - Piano Works

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Roberto Prosseda plays Mendelssohn's Piano concerto n. 1 op. 25 with Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

Tour Dates

08/02/2019 - Teatro dei Differenti / Barga, Italy
08/03/2019 - Villa Oliva / Lucca, Italy
08/05/2019 - Vendsyssel Festival / Hjoerring, Denmark
08/08/2019 - Ciresa - anfiteatro dei tronchi di abete / Tesero, Italy
08/20/2019 - Teatro Comunale / Portogruaro, Italy
08/30/2019 - Teatro Il Maggiore / Verbania, Italy
09/01/2019 - Festival Pergolesi Spontini / Jesi, Italy
09/07/2019 - Grunewaldsalen / Stockholm, Sweden
09/11/2019 - NCPA / Mumbai, India
09/14/2019 - NCPA / Mumbai, India
09/15/2019 - Mazda Hall / Pune, India
09/22/2019 - Teatro Nacional / San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman Province
09/25/2019 - Teatro Nacional / San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman Province
10/12/2019 - Sala Aurea / Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy
10/14/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/15/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/16/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/17/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/18/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/19/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venezia, Italy
10/27/2019 - NCPA Beijing / Beijing, China
10/29/2019 - Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti / Roma, Italy
10/30/2019 - Aula Magna de La Sapienza / Rome, Italy
11/04/2019 - Almo Collegio Borromeo / Pavia, Italy
11/07/2019 - Istituto Italiano di Cultura / Munich, Germany
11/11/2019 - Amici Della Musica / Palermo, Italy
11/12/2019 - Amici Della Musica / Palermo, Italy
11/14/2019 - Teatro La Fenice / Venice, Italy
11/15/2019 - Castello Gamba / Val d'Aosta, Italy
11/17/2019 - Amici Della Musica Firenze / Florence, Italy
11/24/2019 - Solisti Veneti / Padova, Italy
12/07/2019 - Palacultura Antonello / Messina, Italy
12/08/2019 - Associazione Musicale Etnea / Catania, Italy
12/16/2019 - Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid / Madrid, Spain
1 La Veneziana (Barcarolle) in G minor CG 593  
2 Impromptu in G major CG 580 WP  
3 Souvenance (Nocturne) in E flat major CG 590 WP  
4 Marche funebre d'une marionette in D minor CG 583  
5 Six Romances sans Paroles: No. 1: La Pervence in B major CG 585  
6 No. 2: Le Ruisseau in G flat major CG 589  
7 No. 3: Le Soir in E flat major CG 441a  
8 No. 4: Le Calme (La Nonne sanglante) in D flat major CG2e WP  
9 No. 5: Chanson de Printemps in A flat major CG 359a  
10 No. 6: La Lierre (Ivy) in B flat major CG 581  
11 Meditation sur le 1er Prelude de Bach (Ave Maria) in C major CG 89b  
12 Six Preludes et Fugues: Prelude in G major CG 587 a1  
13 Fugue in G major CG 587 a2  
14 Choral in E minor CG 587 b1  
15 Fugue in E minor CG 587 b2  
16 Prelude in C major CG 587 c1  
17 Fugue in C major CG 587 c2  
18 Prelude in D major CG 587 d1  
19 Fugue in D major CG 587 d2  
20 Choral in F major CG 587 e1  
21 Fugue in F major CG 587 e2  
22 Choral in A minor CG 587 f1  
23 Fugue in A minor CG 587 f2  
24 Sonata in E flat major for piano four hands CG 617 - I. Allegro  
25 II. Adagio  
26 III. Presto  
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In celebration of the 200th birthday of French composer Charles Gounod, Roberto Prosseda releases Gounod: Piano Works. The album features a number of world premieres, including Sonata in E-flat Major for Piano Four Hands CG 617, as well as Gounod's well-known pieces such as "Méditation sur le 1er prélude de J. S. Bach (1852)," later known as "Ave Maria," and "Marche funèbre d'une marionette."

  • Roberto Prosseda set to open SOIMumbai autumn season / mid-day.com
    Posted At: July 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    When you step in for a western classical concert, chances are you will be in the midst of perfection. For, classical musicians are ine­­v­i­tably striving for perfection, gi­ven the strict diktats of their ge­nre of choice. And when we're talking about Italian pianist and composer Roberto Prosseda, then it gets even more interesting, not only because of his unique to­uch a...
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  • Roberto Prosseda's Mendelssohn Piano Concertos is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: March 16, 2019 12:00 AM

    In a multi-year project, pianist Robert Prosseda has been recording all of Mendelssohn's piano works for the Decca label. His project continues on the orchestral front with this album of the Piano Concertos No. 1 and 2 and Rondo brillant. He is accompanied by the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, led by Jan Willem de Vriend, principal conductor of the orchestra. The album also includes a superb reading ...
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  • WCMU, Mt. Pleasant MI is "Happy to debut 'Mendelssohn Project' with Roberto Prosseda"
    Posted At: March 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    Roberto Prosseda continues his Mendelssohn project on the orchestral front with this ambitious recording of Piano Concerts No. 1 and 2 and of the Rondò Brillant op.29. He is accompanied by the Residentie Orkest The Hague, a historical Dutch orchestra founded in 1904 that in the course of its activity has collaborated with great composers (Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Max R...
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  • Roberto Prosseda's 'Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475' makes this week's GRAMOPHONE: Listening Room
    Posted At: February 23, 2019 12:00 AM

    Roberto Prosseda closes the Mozart sonatas series with not equal tuning. Is there really any need for yet another recording of Mozart's sonatas? Is it still possible to say something new when playing these compositions while maintaining respect for the score and for the composer's indications? If Mozart were alive today, would he prefer to perform his sonatas on a fortepiano of the time or on a modern pi...
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  • Roberto Prosseda brings his musical mastery to UCLA / Hollywood SOAPBOX Q&A
    Posted At: February 21, 2019 12:00 AM

    Roberto Prosseda, the celebrated pianist known for his solo work and extensive playing with world-renowned orchestras, will bring his musical mastery to the Jan Popper Theater at the University of California, Los Angeles, tonight; Thursday, Feb. 21. Prosseda is a master interpreter of the catalog of Felix Mendelssohn, having recorded the composer's complete piano works over the course of 10 years for Dec...
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  • Roberto Prosseda presents a recital and masterclass at UCLA's 'Abell Piano Masters Series' / KMozart Arts Report
    Posted At: February 21, 2019 12:00 AM

    One of the most exciting and innovative pianists in the world today; Roberto Prosseda, presents a mini-recital on February 21 in UCLA's Jan Popper Theater, with music by Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn. Following the recital, the renowned Italian pianist will teach three of UCLA's piano students in a masterclass. Currently, Prosseda continues his Mendelssohn project on the orchestral fr...
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  • Roberto Prosseda - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2 makes hi-finews 'album choice'
    Posted At: February 19, 2019 12:00 AM

    Roberto Prosseda, Residentie Orkest The Hague/Jan Willem de Vriend Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2; Rondò Brillant; Overture The Hebrides (96kHz/24-bit, FLAC)  The Italian pianist made his 2009 debut (with Chailly) in Mendelssohn's incomplete Third Piano Concerto and went on to record all of the solo piano works for Decca – this programme with the Hague orchestra and ...
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  • Roberto Prosseda set for Horowitz Piano Series / Yale Daily News
    Posted At: February 13, 2019 12:00 AM

    With the increasing role of technology in today's music world, computer-generated music and compressed audio files can take precedence over sitting down at a concert to enjoy a live performance. In one of Italian classical pianist Roberto Prosseda's educational projects, he performs side-by-side concerts with a robot pianist - named Teo Tronico - in order to stress the differences between lifeless perfec...
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  • Roberto Prosseda - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1&2 makes stereophile 'Records to Die For 2019'
    Posted At: February 6, 2019 12:00 AM

    Bert van der Wolf of Northstar Recording, producer of many wonderful albums for Channel Classics and other labels, now has a license to release on his website, www.spiritofturtle.com, the projects he records for Decca "in all the High Resolution versions that I have available." I hope his model will lead to the release of more hi-rez multichannel recordings from major labels. Equally important, these...
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  • Roberto Prosseda set for 'Horowitz Piano Series' Q&A's with Yale University School of Music
    Posted At: February 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz chose to leave his papers to Yale University upon his death in 1989. Today, Yale honors his legacy through the Horowitz Piano Series, which brings many of the world's great keyboard artists to Yale and presents the distinguished pianists of the Yale faculty. Pianist Roberto Prosseda who Gramophone magazine exclaimed; "has a fiery and fluent technique", wi...
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  • Outspoken Mendelssohn specialist; Roberto Prosseda releases the Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2
    Posted At: February 2, 2019 12:00 AM

    In a ten-year project, pianist Roberto Prosseda recorded all of Mendelssohn's piano works for Decca and successfully presented them in concerts around the world during this period. Thus, the Italian pianist is regarded as an outspoken Mendelssohn specialist of our time, which can now be comprehended on the new download with the Mendelssohn piano works with orchestral accompaniment via this high-resol...
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  • Roberto Prosseda: Mendelssohn - Kleine Fuge MWV U 96 makes iTunes 'Classical A-List'
    Posted At: February 1, 2019 12:00 AM

    After combing through countless releases each week, iTunes editors select their favorites for The A-List: Classical-the best new recordings from across the genre. Roberto Prosseda's Mendelssohn - Kleine Fuge MWV U 96 (1838) on Decca makes the The A-List: Classical. The track was released digitally worldwide on February 1, 2019, as a recent discovery from Prosseda's Complete Piano Works box w...
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  • Roberto Prosseda Charles Gounod - Piano Works is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: July 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    In celebration of the 200th birthday of French composer Charles Gounod, Roberto Prosseda has released a collection of rarely heard piano works by the composer who is mostly remembered for his work on the opera stage. Gounod was an amateur pianist in matters of technique, but he excelled at accompanying himself singing his own melodies. He composed about 40 piano pieces in all, and this collection of a nu...
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  • Roberto Prosseda: Charles Gounod - Piano Works is IPR 'Featured New Release'
    Posted At: May 31, 2018 12:00 AM

    2018 is the bicentennial of the birth of the French composer Charles Gounod. Best known for his operas such as "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette," Gounod also composed masses, symphonies and piano pieces. A new album by Roberto Prosseda celebrates Gounod's works for piano, including some that have never been recorded before.  The most famous of Gounod's piano works is his "Ave Maria,...
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