Castelnuovo-Tedesco: From the Set of Greeting Cards for Piano, Op. 170

Description

Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco composed 52 Greeting Cards for various instruments between 1953 and 1967, collectively catalogued as opus 170, which he developed in a non-systematic manner up to the year before his death. These pieces were conceived as gifts for his interpreters and students, whom the author meant to gratify with these pleasant little vignettes. Composed between 1953 and 1964, the 18 Greeting Cards for piano (17 for piano solo and 1 for two pianos) represent a point of equilibrium between experimentation and tradition.

Pieces

• Tango for Piano on the Name of André Previn, Op. 170, No. 1
• Mirages for Piano on the Name of Gieseking, Op. 170, No. 4
• Fandango for Piano on the Name of Amparo Iturbi, Op. 170, No. 9
• Lullaby on the name of Claudia, Op. 170, No. 9a
• Etude on the name of Jacob Gimpel, Op. 170, No. 11
• "Für Erna" Albumblatt for Klavier von Mario, Op. 170, No. 12
• A Canon for Robin, Op. 170, No. 13
• A Fandango for Escovado, Op. 170, No. 16
• Ricercare sul nome di Luigi Dallapiccola, Op. 170, No. 17
• Little March on the name of Scott Harrison, Op. 170, No. 20
• Slow, with variations on the name of Nicolas Slonimsky, Op. 170, No. 22
• Leggenda per pianoforte sul nome di Gisella Selden-Goth, Op. 170, No. 26
• Angelus sul nome di Nino Rota-Rinaldi, Op. 170, No. 27
• Melodia sul nome di Claudio Sartori, Op. 170, No. 30
• Prelude and Fugue on the name of Gerhard Albersheim, Op. 170, No. 31
• Prelude, Aria and Fugue on the name of Hugh Mullins, Op. 170, No. 32
• Canzonetta on the name of Nick Rossi, Op. 170, No. 35