Guido Agosti
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Guido Agosti (11 August 1901 â 2 June 1989) was an Italian pianist and piano teacher. Agosti was born in Forlì in 1901. He studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni, Bruno Mugellini and Filippo Ivaldi, earning his diploma at age 13. He studied counterpoint under Benvenuti and literature at Bologna University. He commenced his professional career as a pianist in 1921. Although he never entirely abandoned concert-giving, nerves made it difficult for him to appear on stage, and he concentrated on teaching. He taught piano at the Venice Conservatoire and at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome. In 1947 he was appointed Professor of piano at the Accademia Chigiana (Siena). He also taught at Weimar and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. His notable students include Maria Tipo, Yonty Solomon, Bedana Chertkow, Leslie Howard, Barbara Lister-Sink, Martin Jones, Donna Amato, Vladimir Krpan, Hamish Milne, Dag Achatz, Sergio Calligaris, Raymond Lewenthal, Kun-Woo Paik, Paul Stewart, Daniel Pollack, William Corbett Jones, Ian Munro, and Lucia Passaglia.
He made very few recordings; his recording of preludes by Debussy was highly praised. He also recorded Mussorgsky and JanáÄek. His piano transcription of three movements from Stravinskyâs The Firebird (1928, dedicated to the memory of his teacher Busoni) is in the repertoire. Agosti also made an edition of Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80. He played chamber music with the flautist Severino Gazzelloni and the cellist Enrico Mainardi. Ernest Blochâs Piano Sonata was written for Agosti.
Guido Agosti died in Milan in June 1989.
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- R. Strauss: 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: 1. Traum durch die Dämmerung by Guido Agosti
- R. Strauss: 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op. 10: 1. Zueignung by Guido Agosti
- R. Strauss: 5 Lieder, Op. 48, TrV 202: 1. Freundliche Vision by Guido Agosti
- Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Act 1 / Scene 1: "O del mio dolce ardor" by Guido Agosti
- Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: 2. Wohin? by Guido Agosti
- Schubert: Die Forelle, D. 550 by Guido Agosti
- A. Scarlatti: La Donna Ancora è Fedele: Se Florinda è fedele by Guido Agosti
- Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 29, Anakreons Grab by Guido Agosti
- Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: 16. Elfenlied by Guido Agosti
- Mendelssohn: 6 Songs, Op. 34: 2. Auf den Flügeln des Gesanges by Guido Agosti
- Brahms: Fünf Lieder, Op. 49: 4. Wiegenlied by Guido Agosti
- R. Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: 4. Morgen! by Guido Agosti
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965 featuring Gervase de Peyer
- R. Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: 2. Ständchen by Guido Agosti
- Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: 4. Wiegenlied by Guido Agosti
- Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 106: 1. Ständchen "Der Mond steht über dem Berg" by Guido Agosti
- Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 96: 2. Wir wandelten by Guido Agosti
- Brahms: 9 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 63: 5. Junge Liebe I "Meine Liebe ist grün wie der Fliederbusch" by Guido Agosti
- Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: 12. Verborgenheit by Guido Agosti
- Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 24, Blumengruss by Guido Agosti
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12/3: III. Rondo. Allegro molto by Franz von Vecsey
- Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 25, Gleich und gleich by Guido Agosti
- Gounod: Six Mélodies: 6. Venise by Guido Agosti
- Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 28, Frühling übers Jahr by Guido Agosti
