
That Giuseppe Martucci wrote symphonies at all is remarkable given his rearing in the primarily vocal Italian musical culture of the 19th century. But the
In an era when Italian composers tended to gravitate toward
Slowly but surely Giuseppe Martucci’s orchestral music is making headway on CD. In 2007 Brilliant Classics reissued ASV’s complete cycle, while my colleague Victor Carr
On the surface of things, Giuseppe Martucci’s keyboard writing stirs its brew from the potent founts of Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, and, at times, Brahms. But