Intermezzi del Verismo

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Label
CPO
Release Date
October 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MASCAGNI PUCCINI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonic Orchestra Graz
    • PERFORMER
      Zocche
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 09, 2015
    • UPC
      761203795321
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777953-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Preludio Sinfonico

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    2. Le Villi, Act II: La tregenda

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    3. Manon Lescaut, Act III: Intermezzo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    4. Suor Angelica: Intermezzo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    5. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    6. L'amico Fritz, Act II: Intermezzo

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    7. Le Maschere: Sinfonia

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    8. Pagliacci, Act I: Intermezzo

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    9. Fedora, Act II: Intermezzo

      Composer: Umberto Giordano

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    10. Adriana Lecouvreur, Act II: Intermezzo

      Composer: Francesco Cilea

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    11. I gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo No. 2

      Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche

    12. L'amore dei tre re, Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Italo Montemezzi

      Ensemble: Grazer Philharmonische Orchester

      Conductor: Lodovico Zocche


Captivating verismo intermezzi. The focus [of this CD] is occupied by intermezzi from the famous operas of Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, and Ruggero Leoncavallo and their masterfully instrumented music rich in emotions and ideas. Here three verismo works by these composers merit special mention: According to some music historians, the Rome premiere of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana on 17 May 1890 signaled the birth of this special stylistic current. Ever since its Milan premiere on 21 May 1892 Leoncavallo’s two-act Pagliacci has become the perfect counterpart to the one-act opera by Puccini, who was six years his junior. Italo Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re (The Love of the Three Kings) developed the fundamental verismo concept in phenomenal fashion and into three gripping acts. This lesser-known opera was staged at the Teatro alla Scala considerably later, on 10 April 1913, when its composer was thirty-eight-years old. - cpo (Translated from German text.)