Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero / Noseda, Danish National Symphony
Details
- Composer
- DALLAPICCOLA, LUIGI
- Artist
- Chiuri, Rugamer, Nagy
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Jul 03, 2020
- Catalog #
- CHSA 5276
- UPC
- 095115527627
About
Gianandrea Noseda continues his series of recordings of the works of Luigi Dallapiccola, this time with his Danish forces. Seen by many as Dallapiccola’s masterpiece, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) is a one-act opera composed in the late 1940s, and premiered (in a radio broadcast) in 1949. The Italian composer had first encountered serialism as a student in Florence in the 1920s, when Schoenberg visited to conduct Pierrot lunaire. The influence was profound, although it would take two decades before it demonstrated itself fully in his composition. Based primarily on a short story, ‘La Torture par l’espérance’ (Torture by Hope), by the French writer Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, the opera concerns a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition who finds the door of his cell unlocked and creeps out under the cover of darkness to the garden beyond. Hope rises to the level of ecstasy, before he finds himself embraced in the Garden by the Inquisitor, who returns him to his cell. Dallapiccola employs three twelve-note tone rows in the work, which he named ‘Prayer’, ‘Hope’, and ‘Freedom’, from which all the vocal lines are created. The album is completed by three choral works: Estate, written in 1932 for male chorus, and two settings from 1933 of poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger for mixed voice chorus.
REVIEW:
Noseda’s performance is nothing if not formidable. Its impact derives largely from his ability to think in terms of cumulative span while focusing on textural clarity and immediacy of expression. The cast, meanwhile, combine lyricism with declamation. It’s an outstanding, essential album, every second of it.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 Prologue: Ti rivedrò, mio figlio! Ti rivedrò (The Mother) 06:16
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prologue: Ti rivedrò, mio figlio! Ti rivedrò (The Mother)
- Duration
- 06:16
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Anna Maria Chiuri
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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2 Interlude: Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos (Chorus) 01:18
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Interlude: Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:18
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Ensemble
- Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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3 Scene 1: Ero solo. Tutto era buio (The Prisoner, The Mother) 05:51
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Scene 1: Ero solo. Tutto era buio (The Prisoner, The Mother)
- Duration
- 05:51
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy, Anna Maria Chiuri
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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4 Scene 2: Solo. Son solo un'altra volta (The Prisoner, The Jailer) 13:28
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Scene 2: Solo. Son solo un'altra volta (The Prisoner, The Jailer)
- Duration
- 13:28
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy, Stephan Rügamer
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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5 Scene 3: Signore, aiutami a camminare (The Prisoner) 01:14
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Scene 3: Signore, aiutami a camminare (The Prisoner)
- Duration
- 01:14
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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6 Scene 3: Buio. Silenzio. Come fra le tombe (The Prisoner) 01:56
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Scene 3: Buio. Silenzio. Come fra le tombe (The Prisoner)
- Duration
- 01:56
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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7 Scene 3: Non reggo (The Prisoner, First Priest, Second Priest) 03:18
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Scene 3: Non reggo (The Prisoner, First Priest, Second Priest)
- Duration
- 03:18
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy, Adam Riis, Steffen Bruun
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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8 Scene 3:Quegli occhi mi guardavano! (The Prisoner) 03:18
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Scene 3:Quegli occhi mi guardavano! (The Prisoner)
- Duration
- 03:18
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy
- Ensemble
- Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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9 Interlude: Domine, labia mea aperies (Chorus) 01:26
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Interlude: Domine, labia mea aperies (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Ensemble
- Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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10 Scene 4: Alleluja! (The Prisoner, Chorus, The Grand Inquisitor) 05:02
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Scene 4: Alleluja! (The Prisoner, Chorus, The Grand Inquisitor)
- Duration
- 05:02
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Performer
- Michael Nagy, Stephan Rügamer
- Ensemble
- Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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11 No. 1. Il coro delle malmaritate 04:34
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 1. Il coro delle malmaritate
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Ensemble
- Danish National Concert Choir
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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12 No. 2. Il coro dei malammogliati 04:32
- Track
- 12
- Title
- No. 2. Il coro dei malammogliati
- Duration
- 04:32
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Ensemble
- Danish National Concert Choir
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda
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13 Estate (Summer) 03:17
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Estate (Summer)
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Luigi Dallapiccola
- Ensemble
- male section Danish National Concert Choir
- Conductor
- Gianandrea Noseda