La Partenza

The consequences of love are explored on this glorious CD. From Il Salotto Volume 6, La Partenza, Bel Canto Salon songs with various artists. Familiar composers featured on this disc include Donizetti, Rossini and Balfe. Regular purchasers of this series will also recognise Michael Costa, Pacini, Gabussi and Poniatowski. New to the series is Carl Czerny a pupil of Beethoven’s whose Canzonetta ‘Dal suo gentil sembiante’ reflects on Love’s uncompromising face is sung ravishingly by the tenor Bruce Ford. The Mexican composer Melisio Morales’ La Farfalletta (The Butterfly) presents the singer with an array of coloratura challenges, the most notable being the short trills or shakes, which suggest the flutter of the butterfly’s wings. Ensembles in the collection include a quartet and quintet by Sir Michael Costa, a duet and quartet by Donizetti and Michael William Balfe’s Cantata Sempre pensoso e torbido. This last features the Italian mezzo soprano Manuela Custer and the virtuoso horn player Richard Bissell in an extraordinary bravura display. Vocal newcomers to the series are the gifted American soprano Laura Claycomb, the Italian baritone Roberto Servile, and the Italian tenor Nicola Rossi Giordano. Once again it is the splendid pianist David Harper who accompanies all the tracks on the disc to stunning effect.

Details

  • Composer: Michael Costa, Pacini, Gabussi, Poniatowski, Carl Czerny, Morales, Donizetti, Rossini, Balfe
  • Title: La Partenza, Il Salotto Volume 6
  • Cast:

    Laura Claycomb, Bruce Ford, Manuela Custer, Roberto Servile, Dominic Natoli, Nicola Rossi Giordano, Dean Robinson, Brindley Sherratt

  • Additional information:

    Individual Track Details:
    1.    Perche due cori insieme by Michael Costa
    Performer:  Manuela Custer (Alto), Brindley Sherratt (Bass), Bruce Ford (Tenor),
    David Harper (Piano), Laura Claycomb (Soprano)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    2.    Il biglietto amoroso by Antonio Belgiojoso
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Bruce Ford (Tenor)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: 1830s
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    3.    Inspirations viennoises: Predestinazione by Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer:  Manuela Custer (Alto), Laura Claycomb (Soprano), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1842
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    4.    Sotto il salice piangente by Achille Peri
    Performer:  Roberto Servile (Baritone), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1855; Italy
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    5.    T'amo bell'idol mio by Angelo Savinelli
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Laura Claycomb (Soprano)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: circa 1833; Italy
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    6.    La Sventura by Giovanni Pacini
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Nicola Rossi Giordano (Tenor)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: Italy
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 1 Minutes 36 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    7.    Sempre pensoso e torbido by Michael Balfe
    Performer:  Manuela Custer (Alto), Richard Bissill (French Horn), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    8.    Dal suo gentil sembiante by Carl Czerny
    Performer:  Bruce Ford (Tenor), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1833; Vienna, Austria
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    9.    All'amante lontano by Józef Poniatowski
    Performer:  Laura Claycomb (Soprano), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 9 Minutes 31 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    10.    Felice eta dell'oro by Michael Costa
    Performer:  Brindley Sherratt (Bass), David Harper (Piano), Dominic Natoli (Tenor),
    Laura Claycomb (Soprano), Bruce Ford (Tenor), Manuela Custer (Alto)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    11.    Ecco quel fiero istante by Julius Benedict
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Bruce Ford (Tenor)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 7 Minutes 8 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    12.    La Farfalletta "Ah! Lusinghevole, leggiera va da fior" by Melesio Morales
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Laura Claycomb (Soprano)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    13.    Inspirations viennoises: Non m'ami più by Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Roberto Servile (Baritone)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1842
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    14.    La Calabraise by Vincenzo Gabussi
    Performer:  Laura Claycomb (Soprano), David Harper (Piano), Manuela Custer (Alto)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 4 Minutes 20 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    15.    Matinée musicale: La campana by Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer:  Brindley Sherratt (Bass), Bruce Ford (Tenor), David Harper (Piano),
    Nicola Rossi Giordano (Tenor), Dean Robinson (Bass Baritone)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1841
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    16.    Aurette che placide sull'ali movete by Lauro Rossi
    Performer:  Laura Claycomb (Soprano), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    17.    Lamento in morte di V. Bellini by Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer:  David Harper (Piano), Manuela Custer (Alto)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: by 1836; Italy
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 5 Minutes 49 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    18.    Les soirées musicales: no 3, La partenza by Gioachino Rossini
    Performer:  Bruce Ford (Tenor), David Harper (Piano)
    Period: Romantic
    Written: circa 1830-1835; Italy
    Date of Recording: 2003
    Venue:  St. Clement Church, London, England
    Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
    Language: Italian
    Length: 1 Hours 19 Mins.

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