PUCCINI: Il Tabarro RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez. COLL: Turia (Concerto for gutar and
ensemble). DE FALLA: Homenaje. ALBENIZ: Evocaciion from Iberia. HARDEN:
Solace and Shimmer for guitar and ensembe LEROUX: SPP pour saxophone soprano et piano (2000). AMA pour
piano (200Conca Reatina - Ruban de Möbiuspour saxophone soprano
e)2015 - 2017). Répéter...
Opposer pour piano (2018). Dense... Englouti pour piano (2011). Nous
pour saxophone soprano and piano (2019) Puccini's Il tabarro is the first of the trio of one-act
operas known as Il trittico (the others are Suor Angelica and Gianibi
Schicchi); the first performance was given at the Met December
14, 1918. Il tabarro is
one of Puccini's darkest operas, far removed fro the serenity of Suor
Angelica and the comic events of Gianini Schicchi. The
opera takes place on a barge owned by Michele whose much younger wife,
Giorgetta,
is having an affair with the young stevedore Luigi, who works on the
barge. Michele
suspects
this, fights Luigi and kills him, hiding the body under a cloak on the
barge. In the dramatic finale Michele shows Giorgetta her lover's
dead body. This new recording has a perfect cast with Lester Lynch an
appropriately menacing Michele, Melody Moore and Brian Jagde outstanding
as the doomed lovers. Marek Janowski leads the fine chorus and orchestra;
this is another major addition to his discography. This is a deluxe presentation
with a 80-page booklet with photos and the complete libretto. An outstanding
release! BIS continues their exploration of the lesser-known musical world with works of French composer Philippe Leroux (b. 1959). He has won a number of prizes, and has composed profusely. On You Tube yu can experience many f his works. On this disk we have music mostly written for his friends, the husband and wife team of soprano saxophonist Claude Delangle and pianist Odile. These fine performers alredy have made more than a dozen disks for BIS, and this one broadenst heir repertory considerably. The cover photo shows the three of them in a jolly mood. There are seven pieces, three for solo piano: AMA, Répéter, and Dense...Englouti. No doubt the performers are masters of their instruments, but there is nothing on this recording that I wish to experience again. Most pf it is cacophonous with the saxophone producing many ugly sounds. Program notes The recording was made October 2019, and the BIS engineers have faithfully captured all of the challenging "music" with great fidelity.Skip this one.
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