Christian Brewer / Roger Vignoles / Gillian Tingay / Marianne Thorsen / Max Martin / Julian Milford
Chamber Works
- Type CD
- Label Champs Hill
- UPC 5060212590077
- Catalog number CHRCD 006
- Release date 01 July 2010
About the album
Gian Carlo Menotti passed away recently - in 2007 - and had been a force in musical life for over half a century. Born in Italy, he became a friend of Samuel Barber while studying, and it was largely this friendship which encouraged him to move to the USA. Though his home was in the USA, he always considered himself to be an Italian composer.
Menotti had great success with several operas, establishing himself as a leading opera composer of the post-war period. There is a natural, innate lyricism to his musical language; an unabashed deployment of attractive melodies, which allows him to communicate directly to a large audience who, in general, share his musical taste, loving the things he loved.
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11Trio for Violin, Clarinet, & Piano : I. Capriccio
05:09 -
12Trio for Violin, Clarinet, & Piano : II. Romanza
05:59 -
13Trio for Violin, Clarinet, & Piano : III. Envoi
02:33 -
14Five Songs : No. 1, the Eternal Prisoner
02:05 -
15Five Songs : No. 2, The Idle Gift
01:41 -
16Five Songs : No. 3, The Longest Wait
03:54 -
17Five Songs : No. 4, My Ghost
03:47 -
18Five Songs : No. 5, The Swing
03:41 -
19Cantilena e Scherzo for Harp and String Quartet : Cantilena e Scherzo for Harp and String Quartet
10:25 -
110Canti Della Lontananza : I. Gli Amanti Impossibili
01:51 -
111Canti Della Lontananza : II. Mattinata de Neve
02:42 -
112Canti Della Lontananza : III. Il Settimo Bicchiere de Vino
00:54 -
113Canti Della Lontananza : IV. Lo Spettro
02:14 -
114Canti Della Lontananza : V. Dorme Pegaso
01:35 -
115Canti Della Lontananza : VI. La Lettera
02:57 -
116Canti Della Lontananza : VII. Rassengnazione
03:17