Franco Cesarini

Following La fl te au salon and Belle Époque, Franco Cesarini dedicated himself once more to French chamber music: Joueurs de fl te presents a delightful selection of compositions for flute and piano...

Greek folk music is characterised by the sound of the 'buzuki' which is often used in combination with the clarinet, the mandolin, the violin and various types of tambourines. In Greek Folk Song Suite...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

Questa raccolta contiene opere della cosiddetta "Belle Époque", il periodo intorno alla fine del XX secolo, arrangiate per flauto e pianoforte da Franco Cesarini. Sono inclusi brani di Dukas e Massene...

This collection contains works, selected and arranged by Franco Cesarini, that explore the wide spectrum of Russian romantic music. On one side are the followers of Russian nationalism, including comp...

American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on t...

Questo famoso brano del compositore svizzero Franco Cesarini è un modo festoso per iniziare il concerto.

Piotta is a lively 6/8 march from well-known concert band composer, Franco Cesarini. This exciting and musically witty piece is as impressive rhythmically as it is melodically, and will make for an el...

This joyous fanfare offers many members of the band the opportunityto shine. The opening subject is passed from the clarinets to thesaxophones and then to the oboes before being taken up by thecomplet...

Diese 'Bilder einer Stadt' wollen nicht so sehr visuale Bilder, sondern vielmehr ein Stimmungsbild einer modernen Großstadt heraufbeschwören. Die Musik spiegelt die Stimmungslagen des heutigen Lebens...

This overture, called Sinfonia, is without doubt one of the best original works for concert band to emerge from the 19th century. It is characterised by its fluid spontaneity as well as its rich textu...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

Genève is a festive march, composed on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 'La Musique Municipale de la Ville Genève' music association. The composer, Franco Cesarini, integrated a traditiona...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

C'era una volta in Nord America, una madre e la sua bambina che facevano parte di una comunità di persone Ojibwa. La ragazza soffriva di gravi incubi. La madre chiese aiuto alla 'Donna Ragno' nota anc...

The White Thrill è stato commissionato dalla banda musicale di St. Anton am Arlberg, in Austria. Il tema si riferisce alla gara di sci "The White Thrill", che si tiene ogni anno a St. Anton. La compos...

C'era una volta in Nord America, una madre e la sua bambina che facevano parte di una comunità di persone Ojibwa. La ragazza soffriva di gravi incubi. La madre chiese aiuto alla 'Donna Ragno' nota anc...

Bright Dawn Overture è stata commissionata a Franco Cesarini dall’Associazione Bandistica Svizzera nell’ambito di un progetto di rinnovo e ampiamento del repertorio artistico. “Non c’è mai stata una n...

Bright Dawn Overture è stata commissionata a Franco Cesarini dall’Associazione Bandistica Svizzera nell’ambito di un progetto di rinnovo e ampiamento del repertorio artistico. “Non c’è mai stata una n...

Possa il vostro cammino essere tortuoso, ventoso, solitario e pericoloso, e condurvi alla vista più spettacolare. Che le tue montagne si innalzino fino alle nuvole e le superino. - Edward Abbey

Notes from the Road è stato commissionato dall'Associazione Musicale Cantonale della Turgovia, in Svizzera, come brano d'obbligo per la seconda categoria del 26° Festival Musicale Cantonale della Turg...