Guido Cantelli - Giulio Cesare Sonzogno - Dmitri Schostakovich - Gustav Holst

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This item involves Guido Cantelli (Italian conductor), Giulio Cesare Sonzogno (Italian composer and publisher), Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian composer) and Gustav Holst (English composer).

Guido Cantelli is referred to in the review as a conductor; Giulio Cesare Sonzogno is described as a classical music publisher and composer; Dmitri Shostakovich composed the First Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Gustav Holst composed the suite The Planets.

A single detailed live-concert review describing a Novara concert that presented works by Giulio Cesare Sonzogno (Quadri Rustici, Tango), a youthful orchestral Tema e Variazioni by Guido Cantelli, Shostakovich's First Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, and Holst's The Planets. The reviewer praises orchestration, color and fortissimos, highlights the rarity of some pieces, and expresses strong appreciation for Holst's suite.