Art Songs on texts by Dante

Cortesi, Raffaele, Custer, Manuela, Quartetto Dafne

TC 840003

The collection presented in this recording by the voice of the mezzo-soprano Manuela Custer – accompanied by Raffaele Cortesi on the piano and the strings of the Dafne Quartet – offers us a series of valuable composers trying their hand at the genre of vocal chamber music. The common denominator of the compositions presented are the Dante Alighieri rhymes – certainly one of the greatest poets of all time – whose immortal verses inspired generations of artists over the centuries. Starting from the notes by Gioachino Rossini, the album then focuses on the historical period going from the nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century, including, alongside famous names (Giacomo Puccini, Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco) a series of less known composers to the general public but of extraordinary importance for the understanding of this historical period.

Works:

•Luigi Confidati: Francesca da Rimini nel Canto v di Dante da "Alcuni tratti della Divina Commedia"
• Domenico Alaleona: Matelda aus "Canti di Maggio" op. 6 Nr. 3
• Stanislao Gastaldon: Il sonetto di Dante
• Luigi Mancinelli: Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare aus "Sei Melodie" Nr. 1
• Filippo Marchetti: La Pia
• Arrigo Boito: Canzone della sera aus "Due Melodie di R. Schumann" Nr. 1
• ario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 4 Sonette aus "La Vita Nova"
• Antonio Palminteri: La Pia
• Hans von Bülow: Sonetto di Dante Alighieri op. 22
• Gioacchino Rossini: Rezitativ aus "Francesca da Rimini"
• Giacomo Puccini: Storiella d'amore
• Amilcare Ponchielli: Noi leggevamo insieme
• Mario Pilati: Sonett Nr. 15 aus "La Vita Nova"
• Francesco Morlacchi: Lamento del Conte Ugolino

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5.06.2023

8007194107869