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Duo Praxedis also represents an "exciting combination" (quote International Piano Magazine) with it's equally rare and tonally highly exciting instrumentation of harp and piano

Sam Jones on bass

The very brief closing number is an arrangement

this 2LP set features liner notes by John McLaughlin

An entertaining showcase for a highly distinctive talent

Alfredo Casella: La Donna Serpente Release:Alfredo Casella: La Donna Serpente Duo Praxedis also represents anWhen, in 1928, Alfredo Casella approached opera for the first time, he was already a mature, 45 year old composer. La Donna Serpente by Carlo Gozzi was a subject that had intrigued him for a decade or so and, in fact, in 1918 he had conceived of a choral ballet, for which he commissioned scenery and costumes from the Russian painter. La Donna Serpente kept Casella busy for three years, from October 1928 to the same month in 1931. Just days before the

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