Catalini: Loreley / Annovazzi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca

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Label
Bongiovanni
Release Date
August 6, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CATALANI, ALFREDO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Del Gigli Di Lucca
    • PERFORMER
      Annovazzi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 06, 2021
    • UPC
      8007068201532
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GB2015/16-3
    • LABEL
      Bongiovanni
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical

Learning the untimely death of his young colleague, Verdi wrote to Masheroni: “Poor Catalani! A good man and an excellent musician! What a pity! Congratulate Giulio (Ricordi) on the few and touching words he said for that poor man. What a shame! And what a rebuke for the others!” Indeed, Catalani’s short existence was troubled by a restless struggle against the inexorable disease that undermined him and that carried him off untimely, and by the difficulties sometimes insurmountable in becoming popular as a successful composer. It was a great affliction that lasted some twelve years and that was made more doleful by the urgent need of creating and by the incomprehension that took the place of the first Milanese enthusiasm. Loreley is a vital opera, thanks to the authenticity Catalani was able to infuse in it with his fantasy and day-dreaming, with his relish for harmonic and instrumental delicacy. The unforgettable and touching funeral march with the intermittent and sorrowful participation of the chorus and of the solo voice, or the famous Danza delle Ondine immersed in a voluptuous sonorous atmosphere are pages that remain on the top of the canon of melodramatic literature.