
Franco Alfano (March 8, 1875 – October 27, 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist best known for completing Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot in 1926. He was born in Posillipo, near Naples. Until recent times, musical histories usually gave the year of Alfano's birth, incorrectly, as 1876. He attended piano privately under Alessandro Longo (1864-1946), and harmony and composition respectively under Camillo de Nardis (1857-1951) and aulo Serrao (1830-1907) at the conservatory San Pietro a Majella in Naples.
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2 Pièces, Op. 5: No. 1, Valse coquette
II. Largo
III. Solenne - Allegro alla marcia [pomposo]
Don Juan de Manara, Act II: Tu vedi in un bel ciel
Nessun dorma (da Turandot) : Nessun dorma
II. Lento e Grave
Cello Sonata: I. Assai Lento
Tre nuovi poemi: II. Melodia
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Guardate tutti la: non si puo veder nulla
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano: I. Con Dolce Malinconia
I. Allegro
4 Pièces, Op. 3: No. 2, Romanzetta
Cello Sonata: II. Allegretto Con Grazia
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano: II. Allegretto Fantastico
Alfano: Risurrezione: Oggi, e sereno il ciel, senza procelle
Symphony No. 1 in E Major, "Classica": II. Lento e Grave
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano: III. Presto
Cello Sonata: III. Presto, Appassionato
Symphony No. 1 in E major, "Classica": I. Allegro
Symphony No. 2 in C Major: I. Allegro
4 Pièces, Op. 3: No. 1, Mazurka
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Guardate tutti la: non si puo veder nulla - Act One
III. Presto, appassionato
Risurrezione (Resurrection): Giunge il treno … Dio pietoso
Symphony No. 1 in E Major, "Classica": III. Adagio [solenne] - Presto
Amour... amour... (Version for Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 in C Major: II. Largo
Symphony No. 2 in C Major: III. Solenne - Allegro alla marcia [pomposo]
III. Adagio [solenne] - Presto
Nostalgie
Suite romantica: I. Notte adriatica
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Beffare un Montfleury! Che coraggio!
4 Pièces, Op. 3: No. 3, Fable
4 Pièces, Op. 3: No. 4, Causerie
4 Danses napolitaines, Op. 8: No. 1, Chanson populaire
4 Danses roumaines, Op. 9: No. 1, Allegro
Cyrano de Bergerac / Acte 4: Roxane... Adieu
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: E tutto cio per un Montfleury, borbottone
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Beffare un Montfleury! Che coraggio! - Act One
4 Danses napolitaines, Op. 8: No. 2, Sérénade à la bien aimée
2 Pièces, Op. 5: No. 2, Arlequin
4 Danses napolitaines, Op. 8: No. 3, Sérénade qui passe
4 Danses napolitaines, Op. 8: No. 4, Guitare
5 Danses de Cléo de Mérode: No. 4, Mazurka
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: De Guiche ne ha prezzolati cento contro di me - Act One
5 Danses de Cléo de Mérode: No. 5, Aveu et valse du modèle I
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: De Guiche ne ha prezzolati cento contro di me
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Io getto con grazia il cappello
Alfano: Cyrano de Bergerac: Io getto con grazia il cappello - Act One
Pax (Version for Piano)
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