Ninna Nanna

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
August 24, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Calandra, Del Bono, Lippi, Alfieri, Andreis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 24, 2018
    • UPC
      5028421957715
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95771
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ninne nanne popolaresche: No. 1. Il sonno bimba mia

      Composer: Vincenzo Davico

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    2. Ninne nanne popolaresche: No. 2. Fai la nanna mio tesoro

      Composer: Vincenzo Davico

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Cecilia Andreis

    3. 7 Canciones populares españolas: No. 5. Nana

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Rino Alfieri

    4. 6 Chants populaires hebraiques, Op. 86: No. 4. Berceuse (Lullaby)

      Composer: Darius Milhaud

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Cecilia Andreis

    5. Wiegenlied, "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen", K. 350/K. Anh. C 8.48

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    6. 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    7. Canzonetta spirituale sopra, "Alla Nanna": Hor ch'e tempo di dormire

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Cecilia Andreis

    8. Berceuse

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    9. E l'uccellino, "Ninna-Nanna"

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    10. Ninna nanna del grillo

      Composer: Anna Filippone del Bono

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    11. Wiegenlied, Op. 98, No. 2, D. 498

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    12. Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52. Maria vuggesang (Maria Wiegenlied)

      Composer: Max Reger

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Emanuele Lippi

    13. Ninna nanna (Lullaby)

      Composer: Paolo Tosti

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Emanuele Lippi

    14. Ninna nanna di guerra

      Composer: Anna Filippone del Bono

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Mirella de Bono

    15. Ninna nanna, ninna nanna

      Composer: A. Cartoni

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Emanuele Lippi

    16. Ninne nanne popolaresche: No. 3. Vieni o sonno

      Composer: Vincenzo Davico

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Cecilia Andreis

    17. Nonna nonna core mio

      Composer: Rino Alfieri

      Performer: Letizia Calandra, Rino Alfieri


This collection of 17 lullabies constitutes a particularly charming selection of songs for children, songs about children and indeed songs to send them to sleep. Alongside old favorites such as Wiegenlieder by Schubert, Brahms and Reger, Letizia Calandra has programmed much less frequently encountered examples of the genre. The album opens with two lullabies by Vincenzo Davico (1889-1969), a one-time student of Reger who wrote in a direct and appealing idiom. These form part of a mini-cycle of songs, Ninna nanne popolaresche, completed in the penultimate track. There are one or two older works by Merula and Mozart, but by and large the collection focuses on the 20th century, with memorable melodies and tender expressions by Puccini, Chaminade and Tosti. There are also two lullabies by another lesser-known Italian composer of the last century, Anna Filippone Del Bono. The first was written for the birth of her grandson Lello, while the second, the Ninna nanna di guerra, is a more lyrical piece in which the instrumental part and vocal line are deliberately separate, with a text full of echoes of the First World War and a sense of ineluctable sadness. The delight of this recording owes much to the art of soprano Letizia Calandra, who interprets the individual songs with great intelligence and empathy, delicately differentiating between the moods and intentions of the various composers. A graduate of the Accademia della Santa Cecilia in Rome, Calandra has worked with many of Italy's foremost early-music directors such as Diego Fasolis and Claudio Cavina. 'Scarlatti and the Neapolitan Song' was Letizia Calandra's debut album for Brilliant Classics. According to MusicWeb International, 'The performances are convincing in every respect'.