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VERA FRANCESCHI (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S. MAY 5, 1926 – NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, U.S. JULY 12, 1966)

 

 

 

 

The daughter of Italian parents (both of Tuscan origin), she was born in San Francisco, California. She began her studies in the United States; but in 1936 moved with her family to Rome, Italy. In 1939, at a very young age, she graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Santa Cecilia Conservatory), where she was able to study with Alfredo Casella and Germano Arnaldi. She debuted at eighteen as a soloist at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. During the same time, she began recording for Parlophon. Later she moved to Cetra Records. After World War II, she perfected her training at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying with Harold Bauer and Carl Friedberg, and in 1948 she made her debut with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Monteux. She became one of the most acclaimed interpreters of Chopin during those years. In the early 1950s, she signed with RCA and then Victrola, and recorded many albums performing the compositions of the Polish composer. During the same time, she met the tenor Daniele Barioni, whom she married on October 28, 1957 in New York and with whom she had a son in 1958. He was named Giulio Barioni. After a long hospitalization for leukemia at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, she died in July 1966.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Muzio Clementi, Vera Franceschi – Sonatas For Piano

Westminster – WN 18091

LP

US

1955

Classical

Sonata In B Minor, Op.40, N°2 (Clementi) 1. Molto adagio e sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco e con espressione

Sonata In B Minor, Op.40, N°2 (Clementi) 2. Largo, mesto e patetico – Allegro – Lento come prima – Presto

Sonata In E Flat Major, Op.12, N°4 (Clementi) 1. Allegro

Sonata In E Flat Major, Op.12, N°4 (Clementi) 2. Lento

Sonata In E Flat Major, Op.12, N°4 (Clementi) 3. Rondeau Allegro con spirito

Sonata In G Major, Op.25, N°2 (Clementi) 1. Allegro con brio

Sonata In G Major, Op.25, N°2 (Clementi) 2. Rondo un poco allegro

Sonata in G minor Op. 50 N°3 Didone abbandonata (Clementi) 1. Largo patetico e sostenuto. Allegro ma con espressione

Sonata in G minor Op. 50 N°3 Didone abbandonata (Clementi) 2. Adagio dolente…3. Allegro agitato e con disperazione

 

Chopin, Vera Franceschi – Valzer Raccolta Completa

RCA Victrola – KVI 159, RCA Victrola – VIC 1234

LP, Album

Italy

Classical

A1 N. 1 In Mi Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 18 «Gran Valzer Brillante»

A2 N. 2 In La Bememolle Maggiore, Op.34 N. 1 «Valzer Brillante»

A3 N. 3 In La Minore, Op. 34 N. 2

A4 N. 4 In Fa Maggiore, Op. 34 N. 3

A5 N. 5 In La Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 42

A6 N. 6 In Re Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 64 N. 1

A7 N. 7 In Do Diesis Minore, Op. 64 N. 2

B1 N. 8 In In La Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 64 N. 3

B2 N. 9 In In La Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 69 N. 1 «L’addio» (Postumo)

B3 N. 10 In Si Minore, Op .69 N. 2 (Postumo)

B4 N. 11 In Sol Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 70 N. 1 (Postumo)

B5 N. 12 In Fa Minore, Op. 70 N. 2 (Postumo)

B6 N. 13 In Re Bemolle Maggiore, Op.70 N. 3 (Postumo)

B7 N. 14 In Mi Minore (Postumo)

B8 N. 15 In Mi Maggiore (Postumo)