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Trascrizioni d'opera

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Details

Composer
ARBAN CACCIAMANI FORESTIER
Artist
Santi, Arlotti
Format
CD
Label
Tactus
Released
Jun 02, 2017
Catalog #
TC850003
UPC
8007194106114

About

The pieces recorded in this release stem from an all-pervading performance practice that deeply marked out the musical taste of the nineteenth century: that of “transcription”. This practice enabled a widespread dissemination of the most popular opera passages, well beyond the official circuits of the great theatres, and above all into the sphere of holy rites. Arias, cavatinas, cabalettas and symphonies were plentiful everywhere: in many cases they were transcriptions of pieces by well-known composers (it was sufficient to give them a “liturgical” title); more often they were homely elaborations. Almost all these pieces are being performed here for the first time in the modern age; the composers are practically unknown; in their music, famous opera themes are freely mixed with fanciful variations on those themes. The purpose was to reproduce this atmosphere, at once theatrical and sacred, in its entirety, by means of period instruments: a wonderful nineteenth-century organ and a series of precious original brass instruments. In fact Marco Arlotti is sitting the Adeodato Bossi Urbani 1874 organ, and Michele Santi, a specialist in nineteenth-century trumpets, is playing seven different period instruments delivering the best and most characteristic sound to each track.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Reminiscenze del Rigoletto di Giuseppe Verdi 09:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Reminiscenze del Rigoletto di Giuseppe Verdi
    Duration
    09:00
    Composer
    Domizio Zanichelli
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  2. 2 Fantasia per cornetta a pistoni in B-Flat Minor sopra vari motivi dell'opera la Traviata di G. Verdi 12:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasia per cornetta a pistoni in B-Flat Minor sopra vari motivi dell'opera la Traviata di G. Verdi
    Duration
    12:33
    Composer
    Gustavo Rossari
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  3. 3 Pout pourrì sul tema A te o cara… da I Puritani di Vincenzo Bellini 03:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    Pout pourrì sul tema A te o cara… da I Puritani di Vincenzo Bellini
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Raniero Cacciamani
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  4. 4 Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'Opéra Don Pasquale de Gaetano Donizetti 09:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'Opéra Don Pasquale de Gaetano Donizetti
    Duration
    09:09
    Composer
    Joseph Forestier
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  5. 5 Adagio (arr. for trumpet and organ) 03:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Adagio (arr. for trumpet and organ)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  6. 6 Pout pourrì con variazioni sull'opera Barbiere di Siviglia di Costantino dall'Argine 08:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Pout pourrì con variazioni sull'opera Barbiere di Siviglia di Costantino dall'Argine
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Lodovico Spiga
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  7. 7 Variazioni su temi della Norma di Vincenzo Bellini 08:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variazioni su temi della Norma di Vincenzo Bellini
    Duration
    08:10
    Composer
    Joseph Forestier
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  8. 8 Variazioni su temi del Barbiere di Siviglia di Gioachino Rossini 06:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variazioni su temi del Barbiere di Siviglia di Gioachino Rossini
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Joseph Forestier
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti
  9. 9 La Cenerentola, air varie sur un air de l'Opera de Rossini 08:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    La Cenerentola, air varie sur un air de l'Opera de Rossini
    Duration
    08:39
    Composer
    Jean-Baptiste Arban
    Performer
    Michele Santi, Marco Arlotti