Illuminations
Curt Cacioppo
MSR ClassicsNé più la luce
Kristina Bachrach, soprano
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Evan Ocheret, oboe
(I, madly struggling, cry)
William Sharp, baritone
Wan-Chi Su, piano
Metamorphoses
Albany RecordsArmed and Dangerous (fantasy-variations on l’homme armé)
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
Galatea (from Women of Ancient Greek Myth)
Viva Voce Chamber Singers
Nathan Zullinger, conductor
Sarbaggiu (from TUSCAN FOLIO, Symphony No. 3)
Yale Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Through Glass
Navona RecordsTrio for Violin, Horn and Piano (Tracks 5, 6, & 7)
Francesco D’Orazio, violin
David Wetherill, horn
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Ritornello
Curt Cacioppo
Navona RecordsDivertimenti in Italia (String Quartet No. 6)
Quartetto di Venezia – Andrea Vio, violino 1; Alberto Battiston, violino 2; Giancarlo di Vacri, viola; Angelo Zanin, violoncello
Trulli Sketches
In the Dolomites
Sorriso a Catania
Dalle Dolomiti all’ Etna/From the Dolomites to Etna
Curt Cacioppo, pianista; Marino Baratello, voice-over/voce recitante
Venezia mia! (oppure “a Violetta”)
Epitaph
Mitleid (חמלה)
Ecco Venere
Consolatio (from Vespero Vermiglio)
Nel mezzo del cammin – with narration
Burlesca (on “Fin ch’ han dal vino”)
Women at the Cross/Donne alla Croce (Quintetto per pianoforte ed archi)
Quartetto di Venezia – Andrea Vio, violino 1; Alberto Battiston, violino 2; Giancarlo di Vacri, viola; Angelo Zanin, violoncello; Curt Cacioppo, pianista
Maria, gratia plena
Procula
Veronica
Maddalena
The Third Mary/La Terza Maria
Salome
Sons of Thunder/Figli del Tuono
The Realm of Possibility
Music of composer Mark Hagerty
MeyermediaThe Realm of Possibility: 33 minutes, 16 tracks
Facets (track 11)
After Duchamp: 17 minutes, 10 tracks
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Fine Music, Vol. 4
Navona RecordsScenes from Indian Country: Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods (track 5)
Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr
Heidi Jacob, conductor
Heidi Jacob, conductor
Celebration
Music of American Composers with major works by Curt Cacioppo
Kuumba MusicPhiladelphia Diary (World Premiere Recording)
Under the Treaty Elm (ending segment)
Old Swedes
Strawbridge Observatory
Masonic Temple
Boathouse Row
Fantasy-Choruses On “This Little Light of Mine”
Althea Waites (piano)
Heavy Pedal
Works for Organ
Navona RecordsCurt Cacioppo
di cibo celeste (ciaconna-fantasia on themes from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
Robert Gallagher, organ
Laws of the Pipe
Curt Cacioppo
Navona RecordsWolf
Janice Fiore, soprano; David Geber, cello; Curt Cacioppo, piano
Kinaaldá – the Rite of Changing Woman
Borromeo String Quartet – Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, violo; Yeesun Kim, cello
Part One: Fantasy
Part Two: Theme and Variations
Tema (Summer)
Var. I (Courante 2)
Var. II (Fall)
Var. III (Courante 2)
Var. IV (Winter)
Var. V (Courante 3)
Var. VI (Spring)
Reprise
Scenes from Indian Country
The Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr – Heidi Jacob, music director
Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods
Raven Lance (Beloved Emblem)
Crying For Justice (Old Petitions)
Adeline Tomasone, solo flute
Italia
Curt Cacioppo
Navona RecordsImpressioni venexiane (Impressions of Venice)
Sunrise over St. Mark’s (aerial view)
Song of the Serenissima
Quadriga (il duomo)
Reflection of flames on wet pavement (Piazza San Marco)
Simbolo (Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena)
Canzone popolare (“Venezia mia!”)
Napping on Attila’s throne (Torcello)
Campo dei Mori
Il Ghetto
Sunset on the banks of Lido
Reprise
Quartetto d’Archi di Venezia: Andrea Vio (violin), Alberto Battiston (violin), Luca Morassutti (viola), Angelo Zanin (cello)
Sulla Via dei Sette Ponti (On the Road of the Seven Bridges)
Getreidegasse Nr. 9
Lo studio
Capriccio leggendario
Bagatelle
Apparition
Amusement
Old Swedes (piccola fantasia su “Santa Lucia”)
Reflection
Matthew Bengtson, piano
Colomba scarlatta della Libia (Red Dove of Libya)
Prélude ericéen
Melodrama* and Ayre
Processional Dance
Network for New Music: David Cramer (flute), Kimberly Rowe (harp), Robert Kesselman (contrabass), Angela Zator Nelson (percussion), Curt Cacioppo (celesta), Lily Press (voice overs)
Ancestral Passage
Chamber Music of Curt Cacioppo
MSR ClassicsDISC ONE
Coyoteway
Emanations from the Underworld
Incantation
Hogan Dance
The Swallows Colloquy
Shawl Dance
Coyote’s Leap
Fire Dance
Fortyniner (Round Dance)
The Moscow String Quartet
The Ancestors
Berceuse
Scherzo
Interlude
Scherzo
Barcarolle
Friends Chamber Group
Composer’s commentary
On Coyoteway
On The Ancestors
DISC TWO
A Distant Voice Calling
Fantasia
Ode
Scherzo
Finale: Rondo
The American String Quartet
Snake Dance (1985)
Friends Chamber Group
Composer’s commentary
On A Distant Voice Calling
On Snake Dance
Burning With The Muse
Vocal Works of Curt Cacioppo & Joseph Hudson
MSR ClassicsDISC ONE
Sieben Thiel Lieder
Es stirbt in Menschen nie
Einmal nur dich zu berühren
Herbst voll Licht (track 3)
Wasser, Luft und Schaum
Abends sind die Geister schwer
Der Spinne gleicht die Zeit
Daß ich denke
Poems from Paternina
Ghosts of Old Desires
In Memoriam
To a Connoisseur
Franciscan Prayer
Michael Riley (bass-baritone), Curt Cacioppo (piano), Leah Inger (soprano), David Bilger (trumpet), Anthony Orlando (percussion)
Millennium Crossings (Incroci di Millennio)
Piano Music, 1975-2000
Capstone RecordsCurt Cacioppo
Klavierstück
Sonata trasfigurata
Lisa Weiss, piano
Ingrid Arauco: Triptych
Freely, quasi improvisando
Intermezzo
Allegro, with wit and verve
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Joseph Hudson
Fantasy-Refrain II
Piece for the Swans
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Keyboard Fantasies
Music of Curt Cacioppo
Capstone RecordsThree American Fantasies
Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s “Amazing Grace”
Ostinato-Fantasia on “All Creatures of Our God and King”
Fantasy-Choruses on “This Little Light of Mine”
Charles Abramovic (piano), Kenneth Fearn (piano), Paul Orgel (piano)
di cibo celeste (Ciaconna-Fantasia on Themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni)
Robert Gallagher (organ)
Visione delle Crociate (Vision of the Crusades)
Robert Gallagher (organ)
New Music for Oboe
Capstone RecordsIngrid Arauco: Trio for oboe, violin, and piano
Moderato
Energico
Mesto
Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe), Gloria Justen (violin), Curt Cacioppo (piano)
Curt Cacioppo: Concerto for Oboe and String Chamber Orchestra with Harpsichord
Fantasia
Largo
Allegro con spirito
Ensemble Solarium, Heidi Jacob (conductor),
Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe)
Monsterslayer
Music of Curt Cacioppo
Capstone RecordsThree Piano Pieces
America: a prayer
¡Angelus! (After Jimenez)
Old Petitions
Curt Cacioppo (piano)
Pawnee Preludes
The Buffalo and the Crow
The Woman Imitates the Buffalo
I Hear the Sound of a Child Crying
Spring Is Opening
Beloved Emblem (For The Left Hand Only)
How Near Is the Morning?
Old Age Is Painful
The Woman Welcomes the Warrior
Mad Chief Mourns for His Grandson
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Monsterslayer
Exorcism
Cadenza
Dialogue
Scherzo
Dance Of Celebration
Emerson String Quartet
Society of Composers, Inc.
Intimate Thoughts
Capstone RecordsCurt Cacioppo
Wolf
Curt Cacioppo (composer & piano), Janice Fiore (soprano),
David Geber (cello)
The Distant Native Voice: America’s other musical heritage
Orchestral music by Dvorak, MacDowell, Busoni, Cacioppo
Artist Release
Scenes from Indian Country
Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods
Raven Lance
Crying for Justice
Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr, Heidi Jacob (music director)
Inner Compass
Music of Joseph Hudson
Paladin Records
Inner Compass: 12 tracks
Four Piano Preludes: I. October Wind (track 2)
Fantasy/Refrain II