Sinfonia of London & John Wilson — Puccini: Orchestral Music

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Made in the depths of an English winter, this dazzling album radiates the heat of Italy in June. It trains the spotlight on works from Puccini’s student years, orchestral music conceived for or recycled in his early operas, <i>Le villi</i> and <i>Edgar</i>, and two pieces created for his first operatic hit, Manon Lescaut. John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London, an extraordinary blend of principal players from other bands, soloists and ace chamber musicians, extract countless colours from the composer’s instrumentations: listen, for instance, to the Intermezzo from <i>Manon Lescaut</i>, where the solo and collective strings hold the stage like impassioned opera divas, or to every section of the orchestra’s heart-on-sleeve commitment to the <i>Capriccio sinfonico</i>. The latter springs a surprise at its centre—a potent pre-echo of the music that Puccini used again to launch his <i>La bohème</i>—while the <i>Scherzo-Trio</i> includes a tender tune destined to appear decades later in <i>Madama Butterfly</i>.

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Sinfonia of London & John Wilson

Треки

  1. Preludio sinfonico, SC 32 7:11
  2. Capriccio sinfonico, SC 55 10:53
  3. Le villi, SC 60: Preludio to Act I 2:07
  4. Le villi, SC 60: La tregenda 3:39
  5. Scherzo-Trio, SC 34a 2:50
  6. Adagetto, SC 51 3:47
  7. Manon Lescaut, SC 64: Preludio to Act II 4:12
  8. Manon Lescaut, SC 64: Intermezzo to Act III 4:32
  9. Crisantemi, SC 65 (Adapted for String Orchestra by John Wilson) 6:32
  10. 3 Minuetti, SC 61 (Adapted for String Orchestra by John Wilson): No. 1, A S. A.R. Vittoria Augusta di Borbone Principessa di Capua 3:32
  11. 3 Minuetti, SC 61 (Adapted for String Orchestra by John Wilson): No. 2, All'esimio violinista prof. Augusto Michelangeli 2:45
  12. 3 Minuetti, SC 61 (Adapted for String Orchestra by John Wilson): No. 3, Al'amico maestro Carlo Carignani 2:46
  13. Edgar, SC 62: Preludio to Act I 3:25
  14. Edgar, SC 62: Preludio to Act III 4:22