FLAC (tracks +booklet) | Classical | 53:38 | 1CD | 169 MbBorn in Genoa in 1819, Carlo Andrea Gambini began his career as a piano teacher to local aristocracy thanks to his familys privileged connections.

Showing equal energy and invention in both words and music, however, he soon pursued parallel activities as a composer and a critic.

He was friends with both Rossini and Mercadante but held Verdis music in little esteem.

His own music looks to the north of the Alps for its inspiration: to Chopin and Schumann, Thalberg and Liszt.

Though he engaged in operatic composition writing a Christopher Columbus drama, for example Gambini focused his compositional energies on piano music and vocal chamber works such as the Romanzas recorded for the first time on this album.

Tracklist:01. 8 Chamber Romances: I. Invito al mare02. 8 Chamber Romances: II. Sola…!03. 8 Chamber Romances: III. Al lido04. 8 Chamber Romances: IV. La Viola05. Album vocale: I. La vedova06. Album vocale: II. Il salice07. Album vocale: III. Zulima08. Album vocale: IV. È morta!09. Pensieri melodici, Op. 39: I. Notturno10. Pensieri melodici, Op. 39: III. Menuetto et trio