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Rebay COMPLETE MUSIC FOR CLARINET, FLUTE & GUITAR - ESTESO TRIO - IDAGIO
Rebay
                      COMPLETE MUSIC
                      FOR CLARINET, FLUTE
                      & GUITAR

                                              ESTESO TRIO
Marcello Fantoni guitar · Carlo Enrico Sandrini clarinet · Alessandra Alfonsi flute
Rebay COMPLETE MUSIC FOR CLARINET, FLUTE & GUITAR - ESTESO TRIO - IDAGIO
Ferdinand Rebay 1880-1953
Complete Music for Clarinet, Flute and Guitar

Variations in the style of the greatest        Trio in A for Flute, Clarinet and Guitar    Small Spanish Rhapsodie for Trio             27. II.	Var. Im Zeitmaß des
Austrian composers over the song “Mein         FRWV IV 5/10                                ensemble with Flute, Clarinet and Guitar               Thema’s Ruhig und sehr
schönes Innsbruck am grünen Inn”. For          Meiner lieben Gerta! Ostern 1941            FRWV IV 5/12/IV                                        ausdrucksvoll               1’15
ensemble with Guitar, Flute, Clarinet          8. I.	Satz Allegro moderato                Für meine liebe Gerta!                       28. III.	Var. Innig bewegt, aber
and Voice FRWV IV 4/6*                                  (Tempo di Minuetto)         7’21   20.	Tempo di Marcia                                   ruhiges Zeitmaß!            1’16
1.	Thema Langsames                            9. II. Satz Ruhig, mit Ausdruck 5’04             (non “Alla breve”)            1’30      29. IV. Var. Lebhaft bewegt           0’51
    Marsch-Zeitmaß                      0’50   10. III. Satz Presto (– prestissimo) 3’42   21. Allegretto grazioso            1’27      30. V.	Var. Langsam
2. I.	Var. (à la Mozart)                      11. IV.	Satz. Finale                       22. Moderato (con moto)            1’05                (Trauermarsch-Charakter) 2’10
         Graziös bewegt                 1’07            (Rondo a la “perpetuum             23. Lento                          1’50      31. VI. Var. a la Menuett             1’12
3. II.	Var. (à la Haydn)                               mobile”) Allegretto con moto       24. Tempo di Bolero                2’10      32. VII.	Var. Graziös bewegt
         Menuett-Zeitmaß                1’13            (Gut bewegt, aber nicht                                                                   (launig)                    1’14
4. III.	Var. (à la Beethoven)                          zu schnell)                 4’56   Variations on a theme by the composer        33. VIII.	Var. Etwas elegisch (Zeitmaß
         Sehr langsam                   2’23                                               himself for Trio ensemble with Flute,                  etwas langsamer als bei
5. IV.	Var. (à la Schubert) Im Zeitmaß        Variations on a Tirolean tune for Trio      Clarinet (in A) and Guitar FRWV IV                     einer ruhigen Gavotte)      1’58
         des Liedes „Die Forelle“ 1’51         ensemble with Flute, Clarinet and Guitar    5/13/IV                                      34. IX.	Var. Ruhiges Walzer
6. V.	Var. (à la Johann Strauß)               FRWV IV 5/11/IV                             25.	Thema Im Volkston. Ruhig                          Zeitmaß                     0’50
         Walzer Zeitmaß                 0’55   12. Thema Marschmäßig bewegt 0’48                und ausdrucksvoll              1’06     35. X.	Var. Lebhaft bewegt
7.	Wie in Erinnerung versunken                13. I.    Var. Gut bewegt            0’51   26. I.	Var. Ein wenig bewegter als das                (Zeitmaß der Tarantella) 1’16
    (durchwegs sehr leise zu singen            14. II. Var. Im selben Zeitmaß       0’47            Zeitmaß des Themas         1’11     36. XI. Var. (rubato)                 4’09
    und so leise als möglich                   15. III. Var. Sehr lebhaft bewegt 1’30                                                   37. XII. Var. Scherzo Sehr lebhaft 5’33
    zu begleiten)                       1’06   16. IV. Var. Ruhiges Zeitmaß         2’02
                                               17. V. Var. Walzer-Zeitmaß           0’59
                                                                                                                              ESTESO TRIO
                                               18. VI. Var. Langsam (rubato)        1’54
                                                                                             Marcello Fantoni guitar · Carlo Enrico Sandrini clarinet · Alessandra Alfonsi flute
                                               19. VII.	Var. Frisches
                                                         Marsch-Zeitmaß             1’48                                  *Eleonora Mosca voice
Rebay COMPLETE MUSIC FOR CLARINET, FLUTE & GUITAR - ESTESO TRIO - IDAGIO
Ferdinand Rebay, born in Vienna on June 11, 1880, was an Austrian composer,              In the following years he composed many works for both of these choirs. In 1920,
pianist, conductor and piano teacher with Italian roots. His grandfather, Antonio        Rebay was appointed Professor of Piano at the Staatsakademie für Musik und
Maria Agostina, emigrated from Italy to Brno in the first half of the 18th century.      darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Always a prolific composer, he continued to write
Pognana, near the Lake of Como, Italy, has been documented as the original seat of       music in particular for voice, composing two operas and about four hundred Lieder.
the Rebay family. His father, Ferdinand Wilhelm Rebay, owned a music shop and            While remaining a well-known composer, his style started to be overshadowed by
was also a music editor, partner of Anton Robitschek Rebay & Robitschek Verlag           the success of the arising Second Viennese School’s composers. Rebay wrote about
in Vienna. Since very young, Rebay started to play violin and piano. His mother, a       600 pieces (296 of which are kept in The Abbey of Stift Heiligenkreuz Collection) for
former pupil of Bruckner, was certainly little Ferdinand’s first piano teacher.          solo guitar, guitar chamber music in various combinations with other instruments,
   In 1890, 10-year-old Ferdinand was sent to the Abbey of Stift Heiligenkreuz as        lessons for beginners, solo songs, children’s songs and choral parts with guitar
a choir boy for four years. Here he received, thanks to his teacher, Father Stephan      accompaniment.
Pfeiffer and the abbey’s organist, Hans Fink, a thorough musical education becoming         He began to be interested in the guitar due to the influence of his niece, the
a solo alto. In 1900 he graduated from the Kunstgewerbeschule des Museum für             concert guitarist Gerta Hammerschmied (to whom he dedicated a significant number
Kunst und Industrie in Vienna. At the same time, he took music lessons with Joseph       of his guitar works) and of his friend Jacob Ortner, professor of guitar at the
J. von Wöss and Eusebius Mandyczewski. He also studied horn, in the meanwhile            Musikhochschule.
achieving the first success as a composer of Lieder, choral works and scene music.          The five works here recorded for Clarinet, Flute and Guitar trio, dedicated to his
   In 1901 he was admitted at the Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde       niece Gerta, are a clear example of Rebay’s style that can be definitely classified as
in Vienna (today’s Universität Für Musik Und Darstellende Kunst Wien) where, from        conservative, bearing in mind the musical revolutions that took place in the first
1901 to 1904, he studied composition with Robert Fuchs (1847-1927), one of the few       half of the twentieth century. Employing Classical and Baroque forms as Menuett,
composers praised by Brahms and teacher - among others - of Gustav Mahler, Jean          Scherzo, Rondò, Variations, and even Suite, his compositions frequently incorporate
Sibelius, Alexander Zemlinsky, Richard Strauss.                                          elements borrowed from German and Austrian folklore with occasional touches of
   In the Konservatorium he also continued his piano studies with Josef Casimir          impressionism. The deep love for Austrian folklore shown in his works can describe
Hofmann (1876-1957), one of the greatest pianists of all time and especially noted for   himself as a Nationalistic composer. His gratitude to the great old Masters is very
his glittering performances of the music of Frédéric Chopin.                             clear in all his compositions. His works and style are influenced by Haydn, Mozart,
   While still a student he was awarded the Silberne Gesellschaftsmedaille, the          Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert and denote a great compositional technique
‘Brahms Premium’, and the ‘Zusner’ Prizes.                                               combined with a highly refined musical taste.
   He graduated with distinction in 1904 with his work Erlkönig for large orchestra         Rebay’s guitar music, with its Brahmsian roots (really unique in the guitar
which Fuchs hailed as the finest work to have been produced in his 29 years of           repertoire) and sophisticated compositional technique, has therefore forged its own
teaching at the Conservatory. At this time, Rebay’s list of works counted already        highly significant place in the history of the instrument.
hundreds of works for voice, piano solo, chamber and orchestral music.                      Ferdinand Rebay spent the last few years of his life poor and almost completely
   Rebay became the leader of the Wiener Chorverein and later, in 1915, he took          forgotten. He died in Vienna on 6 December 1953
the same role with the Wiener Schubertbund remaining in these posts until 1920.          © Marcello Fantoni
Rebay COMPLETE MUSIC FOR CLARINET, FLUTE & GUITAR - ESTESO TRIO - IDAGIO
Ferdinand Rebay, nato a Vienna l’11 giugno 1880, fu un compositore, pianista,            1920. Negli anni successivi compose molte opere per entrambi i cori. Nel 1920
direttore d’orchestra e insegnante di pianoforte austriaco, di origine italiana. Suo     Rebay fu nominato professore di pianoforte alla Staatsakademie für Musik und
nonno, Antonio Maria Agostina, emigrò dall’Italia a Brno nella prima metà del XVIII      darstellende Kunst di Vienna. Da sempre compositore prolifico, continuò a scrivere
secolo. Pognana, vicino al lago di Como, in Italia, è stata documentata come la sede     musica in particolare per voce, componendo due opere e circa quattrocento Lieder.
originaria della famiglia Rebay. Suo padre, Ferdinand Wilhelm Rebay, fu proprietario     Pur rimanendo un noto compositore, il suo stile cominciò ad essere messo in ombra
di un negozio di musica ed era anche editore musicale, partner di Anton Robitschek       dal successo dei compositori della nascente Seconda Scuola di Vienna. Rebay scrisse
Rebay & Robitschek Verlag a Vienna. Fin da giovanissimo, Rebay iniziò a suonare          circa 600 pezzi (296 dei quali sono conservati nella collezione The Abbey of Stift
il violino e il pianoforte. Sua madre, ex allieva di Bruckner, fu certamente la prima    Heiligenkreuz Collection) per chitarra solista, musica da camera per chitarra in varie
insegnante di pianoforte del piccolo Ferdinand.                                          combinazioni con altri strumenti, lezioni per principianti, canzoni soliste, canzoni per
   Nel 1890, Ferdinand, 10 anni, fu mandato nell’abbazia di Stift Heiligenkreuz          bambini e parti corali con accompagnamento di chitarra.
come cantore, per quattro anni. Qui ricevette, grazie al suo insegnante, padre              Iniziò ad interessarsi alla chitarra grazie all’influenza di sua nipote, la concertista
Stephan Pfeiffer e all’organista dell’abbazia, Hans Fink, un’accurata educazione         chitarrista Gerta Hammerschmied (alla quale dedicò un numero significativo delle
musicale che lo portò a diventare un contralto solista. Nel 1900 si diplomò              sue opere chitarristiche) e del suo amico Jacob Ortner, professore di chitarra alla
alla Kunstgewerbeschule des Museum für Kunst und Industrie di Vienna.                    Musikhochschule.
Contemporaneamente prese lezioni di musica con Joseph J. von Wöss e Eusebius                Le cinque opere qui registrate per trio clarinetto, flauto e chitarra, dedicate alla
Mandyczewski. Studiò anche corno, ottenendo nel frattempo i primi successi come          nipote Gerta, sono un chiaro esempio dello stile di Rebay che può essere sicuramente
compositore di Lieder, opere corali e musica di scena.                                   classificato come conservatore, tenendo conto delle rivoluzioni musicali avvenute nella
   Nel 1901 fu ammesso al Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde di            prima metà del XX secolo. Impiegando forme classiche e barocche come il minuetto,
Vienna (oggi Universität Für Musik Und Darstellende Kunst Wien) dove, dal 1901 al        lo scherzo, il rondò, le variazioni e persino la suite, le sue composizioni incorporano
1904, studiò composizione con Robert Fuchs (1847-1927), uno dei pochi compositori        spesso elementi presi in prestito dal folclore tedesco e austriaco con qualche tocco di
elogiati da Brahms e maestro - tra gli altri - di Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius,          impressionismo. Il profondo amore per il folclore austriaco che si manifesta nelle sue
Alexander Zemlinsky, Richard Strauss.                                                    opere, può farlo ascrivere alla corrente compositiva nazionalista. La sua riconoscenza
   In Conservatorio continuò anche gli studi pianistici con Josef Casimir Hofmann        verso i grandi maestri antichi è molto chiara in tutte le sue composizioni. Le sue opere
(1876-1957), uno dei più grandi pianisti di tutti i tempi, noto soprattutto per le sue   e il suo stile sono influenzati da Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms e Schubert e
brillanti esecuzioni della musica di Frédéric Chopin.                                    denotano una grande tecnica compositiva combinata con un gusto musicale molto
   Ancora studente, ricevette il premio Silberne Gesellschaftsmedaille, il “Premio       raffinato.
Brahms” e il premio “Zusner”.                                                               La musica per chitarra di Rebay, con le sue radici brahmsiane (davvero uniche nel
   Si è laureò con lode nel 1904 con l’opera per grande orchestra Erlkönig che           repertorio chitarristico) e la sua sofisticata tecnica compositiva, ha quindi conquistato
Fuchs salutò come la migliore opera prodotta nei suoi 29 anni di insegnamento al         un posto di grande rilievo nella storia dello strumento.
Conservatorio. In questo periodo, l’elenco delle opere di Rebay contava già centinaia       Ferdinand Rebay trascorse gli ultimi anni della sua vita povero e quasi
di opere per voce, pianoforte solo, musica da camera e orchestrale.                      completamente dimenticato.
   Rebay divenne il direttore del Wiener Chorverein e più tardi, nel 1915, assunse          Morì a Vienna il 6 dicembre 1953
lo stesso ruolo con il Wiener Schubertbund rimanendo in questi incarichi fino al         © Marcello Fantoni
Eduardo Fernández (2005), Timo Koronen (2005), Leo Brouwer (2006) and Pavel Steidel
                                                                                                     (2006) at the Conservatory of Florence where, in 2007, he earned a master’s degree in
                                                                                                     performance. His compositions include Perpetuum, omaggio a Egberto Gismonti (for
                                                                                                     solo guitar, 2004), Omaggio a Michel Petrucciani, Omaggio a Manuel de Falla and
                                                                                                     Sonata Semplice. He has a number of broadcasts and recordings to his credit, including
                                                                                                     the works of Spanish composer Tomás Marco and of the Italian composer and guitarist
                                                                                                     Luigi Moretti (1774-1856 ca.) both released on the Italian label Dynamic. In 2014 Tomás
                                                                                                     Marco dedicated his chamber works Trio Concertante No.5 ‘Cartografias of Melodrama’
                                                                                                     (for flute, viola and guitar) and Para un ritual del olvido (for clarinet and guitar) to
                                                                                                     Marcello Fantoni. In 2015 he made the world premiere recording of guitar works by the
                                                                                                     Sevillian composer Manuel Castillo (1930–2005) and, in 2017, of Rossini Variations
                                                                                                     (reaching the 5th position in the ranking of the best sales of Naxos). Since 2017 he has
                                                                                                     teached classical guitar at the “Giacomo Puccini” Music Conservatory in Gallarate (VA).

                                                                                                     Carlo Enrico Sandrini, graduated in Clarinet at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of
                                                                                                     Como and in Composition at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Milan with full
                                                                                                     honors. Since 2003 he has taught music in public and private schools, choral singing and
                                                                                                     music education in primary schools and preparatory music in kindergarten. He’s currently
From left to right: Marcello Fantoni, Carlo Enrico Sandrini, Alessandra Alfonsi and Eleonora Mosca   teaching clarinet at middle schools in Milano. He keeps harmony and compositional
                                                                                                     rudiments group lessons at “Blau Studio” in Milan. He has collaborated with “Sacco
                                                                                                     Hospital” of Milan taking collective music courses for the prevention of Alzheimer’s
 Marcello Fantoni, musician, teacher, researcher and composer, has studied classical guitar          disease. He has held several conferences on the jazz language at the A.L.D.A.I.
 since the age of eight. Under the guidance of Lena Kokkaliari and with Paolo Paolini at                Active as arranger, he works with independent labels for the Italian songwriting
 the Conservatory of Milan he graduated summa cum laude in performance, as well as                   market. His works are published by the labels “Niegazowana”, “Magmatiq” and
 studying composition. Later he studied musical analysis at the University of Cremona.               “Zeromoneta”. He writes music for films and documentaries. His compositions were
 He was awarded a Sergio Dragoni Foundation scholarship and in 1996 took advanced                    performed at festivals dedicated to contemporary music in Milan (Rebus) and Porvoo-
 courses with Eliot Fisk at the Salzburg Mozarteum, with Leo Brouwer in Córdoba, and                 Finland (Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival 2016 performed by Avanti! Ensemble and
 with Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena, where he won a scholarship and                 conducted by Anna Maria Helsing).
 a diploma of merit. The Rome ARAM Association hailed him as an emerging talent,                        Since 2005 he has played in a permanent duo with the pianist Roberta Salaris.
 inviting him to play during their concert season. He attended masterclasses held by
Alessandra Alfonsi graduated from the Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara in            Eleonora Mosca, singer. Born in Milano and graduated in Modern foreign languages and
2010, with a final mark of 9/10. When she was 16, she was selected to represent the         literature at Università Statale of Milan with a thesis about music and poetry of English
Conservatory of Pescara as its best student, performing a duet with Maestro M. Marvulli.    Renaissance. She studied lyrical and baroque singing, with a particular attention to
   In 2008 she was a member of the “Orchestra Nazionale de iConservatori d’Italia”,         English Renaissance music and german Lieder. Besides she studied Jazz, Pop and Music
with whom she worked performing all over Italy and together with some artists such          Theatre singing styles. In the years she had collaborations with some Italian orchestras like
as M. Caballé, J. Pons, S. Licitra, F. Mastrangelo. She also collaborated with the Teatro   “Carlo Coccia”, “Camerata dei laghi”, “Orchestra delle Groane”, “Orchestra Haydn” in
Marrucino’s Orchestra, in Chieti, with the Solisti Aquilani and with Pescara’s Symphony     Legnano and with the guitar Ensemble “Sextha Consort”, wtih a repertoire that included
Orchestra.                                                                                  songs written in Portuguese language. With her versatile voice she sang different kind of
   Alessandra Alfonsi performed during several festivals, such as the “Settimana            roles and characters in the classical and Music theatre worlds: Zerlina, Bastiana, Agnese
Mozartiana”(Mozart Week) in Chieti and the “Settembre in musica” Festival in Ascoli         del Maino, Amina, Maria, Eliza Doolittle, Maria Maddalena, Grizabella. Interested in
Piceno. Together with the “Flûte Ensemble del Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana”, she   the repertorire for voice and guitar, she released under the label “Eco Classic” the album
took part in important events in the LAC in Lugano. She performed as a solo flute with      “Ombre amene” with the guitarist Andrea Massimo Fantozzi, which included songs by
the “String Orchestra del Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana” conducted by Maestro       Giuliani, Carulli and some Diabelli’s LIeder transcriptions for guitar. Since 1998 she is
Pavel Berman in the Brandenburg Concerto No.4 by J. S Bach and in the Concerto for          director of the singing class in “MTS, Musical the school” of Milan, one of the three
Flute and Harp K299 by W. A. Mozart.                                                        most important Music Theatre accademies in Italy. In the years she addressed the musical
   From 2011 to 2013 she attended a Specialization Course at the Conservatory of            direction of Musical shows as “Crazy for you”, “Anything goes”, “Chapeau”, “Pippin”
Aulnay-sous-bois in Paris with Maestro P. Gallois, getting top marks, the so-called         and, in 2019, “Hair”, produced by “Compagnia della Rancia”.
“Prix d’Excellence”. In 2014 she completed, with honours, her Second Level Specialist
2-year course in Music Disciplines at the Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara. In
2016 she completed her Master’s Degree in Music Pedagogy at the Conservatorio della
Svizzera Italiana (Conservatory of Italian Switzerland), being in the class of Maestro
A. Oliva. In 2018 she performed with the Orchestra “Camerata Dei Castelli” at the
Kammermusiksaal Berliner Philharmonikerin Berlin conducted by Maestro Andreas
Laake in music by Maestro Daniel Pacitti.

                                                                                                     Special Thanks to Lena Kokkaliari and Rino Trasi for their great help

                                                                                            Recording: 28-29 September 2019, Officina Fuori Opera, Milan, Italy
                                                                                            Audio Engineer: Andrea Massimo Fantozzi
                                                                                            Editing Audio: Marcello Fantoni and Carlo Sandrini
                                                                                            Artists’ photos: Bruno Ruggerio (Fantoni), Roberta Salaria (Alfonsi & Sandrini),
                                                                                            Roberto Ranzani (Mosca)
                                                                                            Cover: Innsbruck (1930), by Lajos Gimes (1886-1944/45)
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