At the time of the release of this album, Alfi Kabiljo is Croatia’s most prolific composer! He is also the country’s most versatile composer, with over six hundred compositions written in all sorts of genres! The creative opus of this composer, conductor, pianist and producer, librettist and lyric writer, who turned 80 on 22 December 2015, is comprised of musicals, ballets and operas, orchestral music of classical and popular character, chamber music, pop melodies and chansons, music for children, stories and songs, motion picture scores, scores for radiodramas and television series, arrangements, even music for sports events!
Cantus, 2016.
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THEATER SUITE for piano four-hands*
[1.] The King is Naked from the musical of the same name
[2.] Bacchanal from the comic opera Casanova in Istria
Duo D&B; Dubravka Vukalović; Bruno Vlahek
[3.] MY BEAUTIFUL ZAGREB* From the suite Traveling Flute No. 1 for flute and piano
[4.] VENICE* From the suite Traveling Flute No. 2 for flute and piano (premiere)
Renata Penezić, flute; Zarija Alajbeg Galuf, piano
[5.] FIDDLER ON THE STREET, suite for violin solo*
Andante, Allegro
Andante quasi recitativo
Allegro
Anđelko Krpan, violin
[6.] TWO CHAGALLESQUES, for violin and piano*
Bella
Vitebsk
Anđelko Krpan, violin; Tamara Jurkić Sviben, piano
[7.] BALOGIAD, cycle of poems for bass baritone and piano* To the poems by Zvonimir Balog
Suggestion to Consider
Fog
Ballad on the Distracted Math Professor
Giorgio Surian, bass baritone; Lana Bradić, piano
[8.] PARTY, suite for two pianos*
Kolo
Party at Tamara de Lempicka’s
This is (not) Bolero
Duo D&B; Dubravka Vukalović; Bruno Vlahek
CD 2
[1.] FRIENDLY TRIO for horn, trombone and piano**
Friendly Meeting
WHP – March (World Hedonist Party
Friendly Finale
Hrvoje Pintarić, horn; Ivan Mučić, trombone;Tamara Jurkić Sviben, piano
[2.] LIBURNIAN TRIO, suite for flute, cello and piano**
Prelude
Legend
Finale
The Osor Trio; Renata Penezić, flute; Petar Kovačić, cello; Zarija Alajbeg Galuf, piano
Arias from the opera CASANOVA IN ISTRIA*
[3.] Dorina’s Aria
[4.] Dorina and Casanova’s Duet
[5.] Casanova-European
Giorgio Surian, bass baritone; Martina Zadro, soprano; Lana Bradić, piano
[6.] ANUNNAKI, suite for ten flutes**
Arrival
Love Games
Annu and Aki (Love Theme)
Lovers Quarrels
Is This the End?
Departure
The Zagreb Flute Ensemble; Renata Penezić; Tamara Coha Mandić; Ana Batinica; Jelena Geček; Danijela Klarić Mimica; Lidija Ljubičić; Marija Esih; Ivana Vukojević; Katarina Horvat; Eva Cigić
Bonus
[7.] JALTA, JALTA from the musical of the same name*
Giorgio Surian, bass baritone
Alfi Kabiljo, piano
[8.] INTERMEZZO from the opera Casanova in Istria*
Alfi Kabiljo, piano
[9.] LET THIS WHOLE WORLD from the musical Jalta, Jalta*
All soloists
Alfi Kabiljo, piano
