Identify that composer's PICTURE game!

[ritter]

Les patineurs, Estudiantina, Minuit, Dolores... Your grandmother has / had impeccable taste. 

Had...she's been dead for 40 years now. Quite a character, she was. BTW, she and my then teenage mother got to see Maria Callas as Norma at the Met in 1956. Beat that! 

A Frenchman?

Ma no! È italiano! 

[Florestan]

Any hint?

[ritter]

You know I'm too generous with my hints. 

Probably Italy's best-known living music critic has said that this man is the best Italian symphonist of the 20th century (even if he is better remembered--if he's remembered at all--as a conductor).

[Florestan]

NPI 

[ritter]

He conducted what is considered a classic recording of a Verdi opera... Can't say which, as that would give him away...

[Florestan]

Vittorio Gui?

[Mirror Image]

Rafael, this would be Gino Marinuzzi.

[Mirror Image]

I'll have to post an image of a composer later on tonight as it's time for work. In the meantime, someone else can post an image in my absence.

[Florestan]

Rafael, this would be Gino Marinuzzi.

John of all people knows obscure Italian operatic conductors, who'd have guessed... 

[Florestan]

Not my turn, but since John gave us his permission to go on, here's another guy.

[ritter]

Rafael, this would be Gino Marinuzzi.

Gino Marinuzzi it is...His 1943 recording of La Forza del destino with Galliano Massini and Maria Caniglia (on Cetra, now Warner) is considered a classic as far as recordings of Verdi operas go. He also composed operas himself, of which Jacquerie has been recorded  (I've owned the CDs for years). 

Italian critic Paolo Isotta raves (in his book Altri canti di Marte) about Marinuzzi's Symphony in A (from 1942), saying it's only rivalled--in the 20th century--by works of Schoenberg, Szymanowski and Enescu. Isotta is highly opinionated, with likes and dislikes that often appear irrational to me, and can be really catty (to the point of unpleasantness). Still, this symphony might be worth exploring. It's available here:

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[Florestan]

Italian critic Paolo Isotta raves (in his book Altri canti di Marte) about Marinuzzi's Symphony in A (from 1942), saying it's only rivalled--in the 20th century--by works of Schoenberg, Szymanowski and Enescu. Isotta is highly opinionated, with likes and dislikes that often appear irrational to me, and can be really catty (to the point of unpleasantness).

Kind of an Italian Hurwitz? 

[ritter]

Kind of an Italian Hurwitz? 

Hurwitz is Mother Teresa of Calcutta compared to Isotta.  This is going to sound politically incorrect, but fortunately it's in Spanish: Isotta often just sounds like a "marica mala" when he tries to thrash some artists. His phobia extends to people like Mitsuko Uchida, Pierre Boulez, John Eliot Gardiner, Claudio Abbado, and a long et cet. As we say in Spanish, "no deja títere con cabeza". 

[Florestan]

Hurwitz is Mother Teresa of Calcutta compared to Isotta.  This is going to sound politically incorrect, but fortunately it's in Spanish: Isotta often just sounds like a "marica mala" when he tries to thrash some artists. His phobia extends to people like Mitsuko Uchida, Pierre Boulez, John Eliot Gardiner, Claudio Abbado, and a long et cet. As we say in Spanish, "no deja títere con cabeza". 

Perhaps he really is? (The m-word, I mean    )

[ritter]

Perhaps he really is? (The m-word, I mean    )

Oh yes, he is. Nothing wrong with that, and he does not hide it. One could infer from his writings that had a brief liaison with Dino Ciani.

[Florestan]

Oh yes, he is (nothing wrong with that).

Oh, absolutely.

One could infer from his writing that had a brief liaison with Dino Ciani.

Never knew Ciani was.

Anyway, let's not derail the thread. 

[vandermolen]

Vittorio Gui?

Isn't that the name of the evil member of the Inquisition (who persecuted Sean Connery) in 'The Name of the Rose'? I didn't know that he was a composer as well.

[North Star]

Isn't that the name of the evil member of the Inquisition (who persecuted Sean Connery) in 'The Name of the Rose'? I didn't know that he was a composer as well.

Bernard was a real person
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Gui

[vandermolen]

Bernard was a real person
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Gui

How very interesting - thank you.
I had no idea that he was a real person. I suspect that 'William of Baskerville' was, sadly, fictitious however.

Disappointing that Bernard Gui's death appears to not have been as spectacular as that featured in the excellent movie (not the book if I recall correctly) of 'The Name of the Rose'.

[Florestan]

A reminder.