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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Filippo Arlia
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Filippo Arlia

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Details

Composer
MASCAGNI, PIETRO
Artist
Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea Of Reggio Calabria, Berliner Symphoniker, Arlia
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96179
UPC
5028421961798

About

One would be hard pressed to find an opera more proudly Southern Italian than Cavalleria rusticana, set in Vizzini, a small mountain village in the Sicilian hinterland that was the birthplace of the story’s playwright, Giovanni Verga. Its enduring popularity makes it surprising indeed that the last studio recording dates to exactly 30 years ago (1990, Semyon Bychkov), preceded just a year earlier by Giuseppe Sinopoli’s critically acclaimed production dedicated to his father, who, like its protagonists and Verga, was Sicilian. This new interpretation is thus long overdue and joins a small but prestigious circle of recordings, with Carmine Gallone (1953, film), Tullio Serafin (1960), Herbert von Karajan (1965), James Levine (1978), Franco Zeffirelli (1982, film) and Georges Pretre (1983) predating Sinopoli. This new production of Cavalleria Rusticana brings together some of the most prominent artists on today’s international opera stages under conductor Filippo Arlia, a native of South Italy’s Calabria and youngest-ever Director of an Italian conservatory (Nocera Terinese’s ‘Tchaikovsky’ Conservatory). The recording’s soloists are no less impressive: tenor Piero Giuliacci (Turiddu, winner of the ‘Mascagni d’Oro’ 2013 and ‘Pavarotti d’Oro’ 2017); mezzo-soprano Alessandra Di Giorgio (Santuzza); baritone Domenico Balzani (Alfio); mezzo-soprano Irina Dolzhenko (Lucia); and soprano Giorgia Teodoro (Lola) who, like Arlia, calls Calabria home. This recording revives Mascagni’s voice in a new millennium with artists capable of honouring the verismo vocal color he pioneered, before an entire generation of opera composers followed suit.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Siciliana: O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino 08:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    Siciliana: O Lola ch'ai di latti fior di spino
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  2. 2 Gli aranci olezzano 08:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gli aranci olezzano
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  3. 3 Dite, mamma Lucia - Il cavallo scalpita - O che bel mestiere 07:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Dite, mamma Lucia - Il cavallo scalpita - O che bel mestiere
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Domenico Balzani, Alessandra di Giorgio, Irina Dolzhenko
    Ensemble
    Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  4. 4 Beato voi, compar Alfio 08:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Beato voi, compar Alfio
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Domenico Balzani, Alessandra di Giorgio, Irina Dolzhenko
    Ensemble
    Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  5. 5 Voi lo sapete, O mamma - Miseri noi 06:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Voi lo sapete, O mamma - Miseri noi
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Alessandra di Giorgio, Irina Dolzhenko
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  6. 6 Tu qui, Santuzza? - Fior di giaggiolo - Ah! Lo vedi, che hai tu detto? - Oh! Il signore vi manda, compar Alfio! 18:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tu qui, Santuzza? - Fior di giaggiolo - Ah! Lo vedi, che hai tu detto? - Oh! Il signore vi manda, compar Alfio!
    Duration
    18:42
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  7. 7 Intermezzo 03:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  8. 8 A casa, a casa (Villagers, Turiddu and Lola) 05:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    A casa, a casa (Villagers, Turiddu and Lola)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Ensemble
    Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia
  9. 9 A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Turiddu and Lola) 11:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Turiddu and Lola)
    Duration
    11:17
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Domenico Balzani, Alessandra di Giorgio, Piero Giuliacci, Irina Dolzhenko
    Ensemble
    Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Filippo Arlia