Zecchi Plays and Conducts

CARLO ZECCHI PLAYS and CONDUCTS

Carlo Zecchi plays and conducts in works for piano and cello, concerted works, and works for full orchestra. These are excellent performances all and I urge you to listen to them as examples of the art of a master musician. The recording of the Rachmaninoff cello sonata is particularly wonderful, and the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique under Zecchi's baton is like fine chamber music.

The recording of Zecchi speaking about his life as a conductor is to be found at the end of this page.

Bach Sonata 1 in G major for Cello and Keyboard BWV 1027
i Adagio - ii Allegro ma non troppo - iii Andante - iv Allegro
with Juro Aoki, cello

recorded in Tokyo in 1983

Marcello Cello Sonata in F major
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

recorded in 1952

i Largo con espressione - ii Allegro

iii Largo - iv Allegro molto

Boccherini Cello Sonata 1 in A minor
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

recorded in 1952

i Allegro

ii Largo

iii Allegro

Boccherini Cello Sonata 6 in A major
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

recorded in 1952

i Allegro moderato

ii Adagio

iii Affettuoso

Beethoven Sonata for Cello and Piano 4 in C major, Op 102~1
i Adagio - ii Tempo di Andante - iii Allegro Vivace
with Radu Aldulescu, cello

recorded in 1974

Schubert Sonata in A minor for cello and piano, D 821 "Arpeggione"
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

Brahms Sonata for cello and piano 2 in F major, Op 99
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

recorded in 1952

i Allegro vivace

ii Adagio affetuoso

iii Allegro passionato

iv Allegro molto

Rachmaninoff Sonata for cello and piano, Op 19
i Lento. Allegro moderato - ii Allegro scherzando - iii Andante - iv Allegro mosso
with Enrico Mainardi, cello

live recording

Bach Brandenburg Concerto 5 in D major, BWV 1050
i Allegro - ii Affettuoso - iii Allegro
Gioconda De Vito, violin - Arrigo Tassinari, flute - Carlo Zecchi, piano
Fernando Previtali conducting l'Orchestra dell'EIAR di Torino

recorded in 1938

Geminiani Concerto Grosso, Op 3~2
Carlo Zecchi conducting l'Orchestra dell'EIAR di Torino

recorded in 1942

Part I

Part II

Haydn Symphony 44 in E minor, Hob I:44
i Allegro con brio - ii Menuetto: Allegretto - iii Adagio - iv Finale: Presto
Carlo Zecchi conducting l'Orchestra Rai di Torino

recorded in 1981

Mozart Piano Concerto 17 in G major, K 453
i Allegro - ii Andante - iii Allegretto. Presto
Fausto Zadra, piano
Carlo Zecchi conducting the Romanian Radio Television Orchestra

recorded in 1970

Mozart Piano Concerto 20 in D minor, K 466
Tito Aprea, piano
Carlo Zecchi conducting the Orchestra Rai di Roma

recorded in 1958

Mozart Piano Concerto 23 in A major, K 488
i Allegro - 11:40 ➢ ii Adagio - 19:01 ➢ iii Allegro assai
Fausto Zadra, piano
Carlo Zecchi conducting the Orchestra Rai di Roma

recorded in 1970

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste, Op 14
i Rêveries – Passions (Daydreams – Passions)
ii Un bal (A ball)
iii Scène aux champs (Scene in the Country)
iv Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)
v Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath)

Carlo Zecchi conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
recorded in 1959