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Works for Organ
Navona Records, 2011
Curt Cacioppo
3. di cibo celeste (ciaconna-fantasia on themes from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
 
Robert Gallagher (organ)
 
 
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Curt Cacioppo
Navona Records, 2010
 
Impressioni venexiane (Impressions of Venice)
1. Sunrise over St. Mark’s (aerial view)
2. Song of the Serenissima
3. Quadriga (il duomo)
4. Reflection of flames on wet pavement (Piazza San Marco)
5. Simbolo (Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena)
6. Canzone popolare (“Venezia mia!”)
7. Napping on Attila’s throne (Torcello)
8. Campo dei Mori
9. Il Ghetto
10. Sunset on the banks of Lido
11. 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)
12. Getreidegasse Nr. 9
13. Lo studio
14. Capriccio leggendario
15. Bagatelle
16. Apparition
17. Amusement
18. Old Swedes (piccola fantasia su “Santa Lucia”)
19. Reflection
Matthew Bengtson, piano
 
Colomba scarlatta della Libia (Red Dove of Libya)
20. Prélude ericéen
21. Melodrama* and Ayre
22.
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
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Ancestral Passage

Chamber Music of Curt Cacioppo
MSR Classics, 2008
DISC ONE
Coyoteway
1. Emanations from the Underworld
2. Incantation
3. Hogan Dance
4. The Swallows Colloquy
5. Shawl Dance
6. Coyote’s Leap
7. Fire Dance
8. Fortyniner (Round Dance)
The Moscow String Quartet
The Ancestors
9. Berceuse
10. Scherzo
11. Interlude
12. Scherzo
13. Barcarolle
Friends Chamber Group
Composer’s commentary
14. On Coyoteway
15. On The Ancestors
DISC TWO
A Distant Voice Calling
1. Fantasia
2. Ode
3. Scherzo
4. Finale: Rondo
The American String Quartet
5. Snake Dance (1985)
Friends Chamber Group
Composer’s commentary
6. On A Distant Voice Calling
7. On Snake Dance
 
 
 
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Burning With The Muse

Vocal Works of Curt Cacioppo & Joseph Hudson
MSR Classics, 2006
DISC ONE
1 - 7. Sieben Thiel Lieder
„Herbst voll Licht” (track 3)
8 - 10. Poems from Paternina
11. Franciscan Prayer
Michael Riley (bass-baritone), Curt Cacioppo (piano), Leah Inger (soprano), David Bilger (trumpet), Anthony Orlando (percussion)
 
 
 
Millennium Crossings
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    Millennium Crossings

(Incroci di Millennio)

Piano Music, 1975-2000
Capstone Records, 2004
Curt Cacioppo
1. Klavierstück
2. Sonata trasfigurata
Lisa Weiss, piano
Ingrid Arauco: Triptych
3. Freely, quasi improvisando
4. Intermezzo
5. Allegro, with wit and verve
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Joseph Hudson
7. Fantasy-Refrain II
8. Piece for the Swans
Curt Cacioppo, piano
 
 
 
Keyboard Fantasies
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Keyboard Fantasies

Music of Curt Cacioppo
Capstone Records, 2003
Three American Fantasies
1. Contrapuntal Fantasy on John Newton’s “Amazing Grace”
2. Ostinato-Fantasia on “All Creatures of Our God and King”
3. Fantasy-Choruses on “This Little Light of Mine”
Charles Abramovic (piano), Kenneth Fearn (piano), Paul Orgel (piano)
4. di cibo celeste (Ciaconna-Fantasia on Themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni)
Robert Gallagher (organ)
5. Visione delle Crociate (Vision of the Crusades)
Robert Gallagher (organ)
 
 
 
New Music for Oboe
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New Music for Oboe

Jonathan Blumenfeld, oboist
Capstone Records, 2002
Ingrid Arauco: Trio for oboe, violin, and piano
1. Moderato
2. Energico
3. Mesto
Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe), Gloria Justen (violin), Curt Cacioppo (piano)
Curt Cacioppo: Concerto for Oboe and String Chamber Orchestra with Harpsichord
5. Fantasia
6. Largo
7. Allegro con spirito
Ensemble Solarium, Heidi Jacob (conductor),
Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe)
 
 
 
Monsterslayer
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Monsterslayer

Music of Curt Cacioppo
Capstone Records, 1998
Three Piano Pieces
1. America: a prayer
2. ¡Angelus! (After Jimenez)
3. Old Petitions
Curt Cacioppo (piano)
Pawnee Preludes
4. The Buffalo and the Crow
5. The Woman Imitates the Buffalo
6. I Hear the Sound of a Child Crying
7. Spring Is Opening
8. Beloved Emblem (For The Left Hand Only)
9. How Near Is the Morning?
10. Old Age Is Painful
11. The Woman Welcomes the Warrior
12. Mad Chief Mourns for His Grandson
Curt Cacioppo, piano
Monsterslayer
13. Exorcism
14. Cadenza
15. Dialogue
16. Scherzo
17. Dance Of Celebration
Emerson String Quartet
 
 
 

Society of Composers, Inc.

Intimate Thoughts
Capstone Records, 1996
Curt Cacioppo
5. Wolf
Curt Cacioppo (composer & piano), Janice Fiore (soprano),
David Geber (cello)
 
 
 
 
The Distant Native Voice
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The Distant Native Voice: America’s other musical heritage

Orchestral music by Dvorak, MacDowell, Busoni, Cacioppo
Artist Release, 2002
Scenes from Indian Country
4. Invocation and Dance of the Mountain Gods
5. Raven Lance
6. Crying for Justice
Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr, Heidi Jacob (music director)
 

 

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Italia

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Monsterslayer

New Music for Oboe

Keyboard Fantasies

Millennium Crossings

Ancestral Passage

Burning with the Muse