Orazio Maione - Franco Alfano: Piano Works

In addition to his operatic achievements, Franco Alfano composed an impressive body of chamber and instrumental works, including the little-known music for piano heard on this recording. His early career as a virtuoso pianist is reflected in works ranging from the Quatre Pi�ces, with their tributes to Schumann and Mendelssohn, to the Danses napolitaines, inspired by the Neapolitan canzone, the neo-classicism of the Cinq Danses de Cl�o de M�rode and the quirky rhythms of the Danses roumaines. Recordings of Alfano�s chamber music can be heard on Naxos 8.570928 and 8.572753. His opera Cyrano de Bergerac, with Pl�cido Domingo in the title r�le, is available on Naxos DVD 2.110270 and Blu-ray NBD0005.