Pieces for pianos duo

Suite champetre (1948) 14:34 **
1 I. Bourrée
2 II. Aria et Écossaise
3 III. Gigue

Vaudeville Marches (3) (1969) 6:13 **
1. Tempo di marcia
2. —
3. —

Second Avenue Waltzes (6) (1942) 16:39 **
1. À Yo
2. À Mar
3. À Elsie
4. À Fabio
5. À John
6. À Phyllis

Gossip (1979) 1:43 **

Valse Fugitive (1970) 1:44 **

Pieces for piano solo

Preludes (12) (1945) 12/79 *
1. Moderato cantabile
2. Allegro
3. Moderatamente mosso
4. Allegrett
5. Andante cantabile, "la Bella addormentata"
6. Andante espressivo e sostenuto
7. Allegretto alla marcia
8. Scorrevole
9. Moderato
10. Allegretto scherzando
11. Allegro
12. Passacaglia: Andante moderato

Pezzi Brevi (6) (1932) 10:13 *
1. Preludio
2. Invenzione
3. Elegia
4. Momento musicale
5. Barcarola
6. Saltarello

Pieces (5) for Young Pianists (1942) 5:45 *
1. Prelude
2. Canon
3. Valsette
4. Tarantella
5. Silly Polka

‘My music may not be performed often, but it is performed all over the world,’ wrote the Italian-American composer Vittorio Rieti.
His orchestral works were conducted and admired by luminaries such as Rafael Kubelík, Leopold Stokowski and Arturo Toscanini but it was the piano that was arguably Rieti’s first and most significant musical love to which he brought a natural, effortless and brilliant style.
Rieti’s works for piano solo and duo, including many world premiere recordings, are performed here by acclaimed Giorgio Koukl, who is joined in the works for piano duo by the prize-winning pianist Virginia Rossetti.