Vittorio Rieti
(28 Janvier 1898, Alexandrie, Égypte - 19 février 1994, New York City, USA)

Vittorio Rieti s'installe à Milan en 1917. Il y fait des études d'économie (Université Bocconi où il soutient une thèse sur l'économie turque)
mais aussi de piano avec Giuseppe Frugatta et de composition avec Ottorino Respighi, Gian Francesco Malipiero et Alfredo Casella.
En 1925 il s'établit à Paris où il compose de la musique de ballet pour George Balanchine et les ballets russes de Diaghilev (Barabau).
Puis, compte tenu de l'antisémitisme fasciste ambiant, il s'exile à New York en 1940.
Aux États-Unis il enseigne dans différentes écoles des musiques, comme le Hunter College de New York (1960-1964), à Baltimore et à Chicago.
Il obtient la nationalité américaine en 1944.

Œuvres

Retour

1931
Serenade for violin and little orchestra

I. Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo I
II. Cadenza...
III. Allegretto
IV. Allegro vivace
Carlo Feige, violon
Harmonia Ensemble
Gusepe Grazioli
Sinfonia Tripartita (Symphony No4)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
Second Avenue Waltzes
Robert Fizdale, Arthur Gold, pianos
Trio for Violin, Cello and piano
Beaux Arts Trio
Isidore Cohen, Bernard Greenhouse, Menahem Pressler
Concerto for 2 Pianos & orchestra
Robert Fizdale, Arthur Gold, pianos
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet
Premier Recordings PRCD 1033
Giulia GS201009 Arts 47328-2 AS Disc AS5005
       
Serenata per Violino e Piccola Orchestra
Concerto per Clavicembalo e Orchestra
Partita per Flauto, Oboe, Quartetto di Corde e Clavicembalo

Chamber Orchestra
Longy Artists Ensemble
Melvin Strauss, conductor
Samuel Baron, conductor & flute
Charles McCraken, cello
Charles Libove & Anahid Ajemian, violins
Harry Zaratzian, viola
Janet Packer, violin
Ronald Roseman, oboe
Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord

New World Record NWCR601
(Originally issued on the CRI label)
Chess Serenade
Margaret Leng Tan, Piano
Mode Records 158
Sonata Brève for violin & harpsichord
Roger Elmiger, violon
Micheline Mitrani, clavecin
Gallo CD585
Sonata a Quattro
Wind Quintet of the National Theatre of Prague
Giorgio Koukl
Aulia 96109
       
Sinfonia Tripartita (Symphony No4) 1944
(Rec. 1945.11.25)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
Music of Italian Composers
Arturo Toscanini Society ATCD 100/101
(2 CDs)
1994
Dance Variations
Theme: Adagio
Variation 1: Gigue
Variation 2: Chaconne
Variation 3: Gavotte
Variation 4: Finale
MGM String Orchestra
Carlos Surinach
MGM E 3565 (1957)
Naxos Classical Archives 9.80715
(MP3, 320kbps)
Allegro danzante
Homage to Paderewski
(Boosey & Hawkes, 1942)

Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Hyperion CDA67903
Novembre 2011
Exposition Paris 1937
La Danseuse aux Lions
Etcetera Records KTC1061
Bennett Lerner, piano
       
Souvenirs de l'Exposition Paris 1937
50ème Anniversaire
La Danseuse aux Lions
René Gailly CD87 008
Daniel Blumenthal, piano
Quattro liriche italiane (1945)
Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob (1933)

L'Infinito
Songs from a Lost World of Italian Jewish Composers 1920-1945
Equilibrium EQL 123
Caroline Helton, Soprano
Kathryn Goodson, Pianist
2014-04-08
Kammermusik mit Cembalo
Triptych für 2 Cembali
Concertino für 5 Instrumente
Sonata Breve für Violine & Cembalo
Pastorale & Fughetta für Flöte, Viola & Cembalo
Cembalosonate "All'Antica"
Variationen über 2 Cantigas de Santa Maria
New World 80764-2

2014
Briciole (1922)
Il carillon scordato
Il carillon rotto
Magic Boxes
Dynamic CDS7684

Dario Muller (piano)
28th April 2014
       
Italian Clarinet Treasures
Romanza lidica
Naxos 8.579034

Sergio Bosi, clarinet
Riccardo Bartoli, piano
3-5 July 2013
Teatro Filippo Marchetti, Camerino, Italy
13th July 2018
Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello
Brilliant Classics 96382
Mythos Trio :
Marios Panteliadis, piano
Giuliano Cavaliere, violin
Rina You, cello
Sala Academica of Pontifico
Instituto de Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy
P & C date : 22-23 june 2021
Release date : 28.1.2022
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994)
Complete Piano Solo and Duo Works Vol. 1
Grand Piano GP921

Giorgio Koukl (Piano), Virginia Rossetti (Piano)
Second Avenue Waltzes (6) (1942)
Pieces (5) for Young Pianists (1942)

2023
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994)
Complete Piano Solo and Duo Works Vol. 2
Grand Piano GP938

Giorgio Koukl (Piano), Virginia Rossetti (Piano)
Chess Serenade (1941-45)
2024
       
Italian 20th Century Music for 2 Pianos
Second Avenue Waltzes
Bongiovanni GB5134 (1942)

Duo Bertetti
01/08/2014
Partita For Flute, Oboe, String Quartet And Harpsichord Obbligato (1945)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ssvLvXPb8
Recorded c. 1947 for Hargail Recordings, and issued as 78-rpm set Mercury HN-300 (two records).
Reissued c. 1950 on LP, as Side 2 of Mercury MG-10012
Capitol Records P8309 (LP, Juin 1958)
Decca DL 710135 (Gold Label Series) LP, Stereo, 1967
Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord
The Concert Arts Players
Juin 1958