Vito Clemente - Tommaso e Filippo Traetta (2021)

Father and son united by the bond of blood and music. It is the fil rouge of the disc dedicated to Tommaso and Filippo Traetta, composed of music performed by the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Bari, presented in Bitonto, as part of the Traetta Opera Festival . The festival of the city of oil, created with the support of the Puglia Region, boasts important collaborations at local and international level with entities such as the Metropolitan City of Bari, the Japan Apulia Festival in Tokyo, Idea Press Usa Musical Edition, the University of Rhode Island, the conservatories of Monopoli and Bari ("Rota" and "Piccinni"), as well as Epos Teatro and Musica Insieme.
This recording, published by Digitazione Music, seals the multi-year synergy between the Bitonto festival and the Metropolitan Orchestra which will give a work of great artistic value to the entire metropolitan and world territory.
The disc pays homage to the two composers, travelers and great interpreters of music between the 18th and 19th centuries. On the one hand, the genius of Tommaso Traetta, born in Bitonto but known throughout Italy (Rome, Venice, Rome, Parma), Europe (with his experiences in London and Vienna) and in the world (thanks to his experience in Russia at the court of Tsarina Catherine II), on the other hand the rediscovery of the repertoire of his son Filippo, known as the founder of three conservatories in the United States (in Boston, Philadelphia and New York). Inside the disc the most significant overtures of the works of Tommaso Traetta and some pieces by Filippo Traetta (two overtures and non-operatic pieces).