Puccini: Orchestral Works

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
March 27, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giacomo Puccini
    • PERFORMER
      Sinfonia of London
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2026
    • UPC
      0095115538524
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5385
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Preludio sinfonico

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    2. Capriccio sinfonico

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    3. Le Villi: Prelude

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    4. Le Villi, Act II: La tregenda

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    5. Scherzo in A Minor, SC 34 - Trio in F Major, SC 52 (orchestration completed by V. Bernardoni)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    6. Adagietto in F Major

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    7. Manon Lescaut, Act II: Preludio

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    8. Manon Lescaut, Act III: Intermezzo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    9. Crisantemi (version for string orchestra)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    10. No. 1. Moderato

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    11. No. 2. Allegretto

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    12. No. 3. Assai mosso

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    13. Edgar, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson

    14. Edgar, Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Sinfonia of London

      Conductor: John Wilson


Puccini is renowned as one of the greatest opera composers of all time, and his early works - before Manon Lescaut catapulted him to international fame - offer a fascinating insight into his development as a composer. John Wilson and Sinfonia of London explore this repertoire with characteristic style and commitment, leading us on a journey through student compositions and orchestral extracts from his earliest operas. Studying under Amilcare Ponchielli at the Milan Conservatory from 1880 to 1883, he created the Preludio sinfonico (loosely based on Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin), the Scherzo, Trio, and Adagetto, and Capriccio sinfonico, his graduation piece, which famously pre-echoes the opening of La boh�me by a decade. The one-act opera Le villi was composed for a competition launched by the publisher Sonzogno (Puccini didn't win), whilst themes from the contemporaneous Tre minuetti and Crisantemi (both for string quartet) were subsequently re-cycled in Manon Lescaut. Verdi's publisher, Ricordi, bought the rights to Le villi, and commissioned a new work at the same time: Edgar, which, largely owing to the absurd plot, is arguably Puccini's only failure, despite some fully mature music easily the match of the more celebrated scores.