Rossini - Quatre hors d’œuvre: Radis - Riccardo Caramella, piano

Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) Péchés de vieillesse (fourth volume) Quatre hors d’œuvre no. 1 Radis Allegretto maestoso - Andantino moderato molto - Andante un poco - Allegro vivace - Primo Tempo Riccardo Caramella, piano Pistoia, 1994 While the four episodes of the Mendiants seemed to be animated by an ideal dance rhythm, the Quatre hors d’oeuvre work out what is perhaps a more ambitious composition plan in the ambit of theme and variations. This is the form of the first piece, Radis [Radish], A minor