- Vol.5 - La ninna-nonna “Dormi fanciullo mio” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Quando il mio ben io rivedrò” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Il pescatore “Era l’ora che i cieli lente” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - L’amor mio “Amo sì, ma l’amor mio” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “È più dell’onda instabile” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Che non mi disse un dì!” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Che non mi disse un dì!” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Amor, ch’a nullo amato” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Giovanna Gray “Io morrò! sonata è l’ora” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Eterno amore “Eterno amore e fè” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Lu trademiento “Ah tradetore, tu m’haje lassata” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Non m’ami più “Non m’ami più” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - La tradita “Ah! ingrato, m’inganni” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Se a te d’intorno scherza” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - La conocchia “Quann’a lo bello mio” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Dell’anno novello” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - “Come volgeste rapidi” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.5 - Lamento per la morte di Bellini “Venne sull’ali ai zeffiri” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - La Mère et l’enfant “Un voile blanc couvrait la terre” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - “Au tic-tac des castagnettes” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - “Depuis qu’une autre a su te plaire” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - Malvina “Depuis qu’une autre a su te plaire” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - “Au pied d’une croix” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - J’attends toujours “Dans sa course rapide” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - Les Billets doux “Billets chéris, interprètes de l’âme” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - La Jeune Malade “Combien la nuit est longue…” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - La Chanson de l’abeille “Sur les fleurs voltige une abeille” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - La Nouvelle Ourika “Dès le berceau, toujours avec courage” Buy Track 0:32
- Vol.6 - “Faut-il renfermer dans mon âme” Buy Track 0:32
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Donizetti Songs Vols 5&6 Ermonela Jaho
£16.99
The prolific and versatile Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, one of the central figures of Italian bel canto opera, also wrote around 200 solo songs. Most of them are rarely performed and some, until recently, were completely unknown. Curated by musicologist Roger Parker and under the leadership of Opera Rara’s artistic director Carlo Rizzi, Opera Rara presents the complete solo songs in a series of eight recital albums.
Described by The Economist as “the world’s most acclaimed soprano”, Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho (Oper! Awards 2024 Best Female Singer, ICMA 2023 Artist of the Year, Opera XXI 2024 Best Foreign Artist) displays her exceptional capacity for emotional communication through song in volumes 5 (Italian songs) and 6 (French songs) of a series of eight albums to be issued between October 2024 and September 2026.
Description
One of Opera Rara’s most ambitious projects in its fifty-year history is to record the complete solo songs of Gaetano Donizetti.
A handful of these songs has been long known and often heard in recitals; many more are listed in specialist catalogues but very rarely if ever performed; others still have been thought lost or are completely unknown. Recent research connected with this project, undertaken by Roger Parker in collaboration with Ian Schofield, has made clear that, in total, Donizetti wrote some 200 solo songs over the course of his thirty-year career.
Making modern editions of this vast corpus has been an arduous task: sources for the songs are dispersed in European libraries and beyond, the composer’s autograph scores often having been casually given away at the time of composition (typically as a present from the composer to the dedicatee). But in their totality these compositions make a powerful case for Donizetti as a key figure in nineteenth-century domestic music-making: someone whose achievements in this area deserve to be better known; a body of work that, single-handedly, makes a powerful argument for the importance of the Italian “school” in a field long dominated by German and French composers.
Described by The Economist as “the world’s most acclaimed soprano”, Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho (Oper! Awards 2024 Best Female Singer, ICMA 2023 Artist of the Year, Opera XXI 2024 Best Foreign Artist) displays her exceptional capacity for emotional communication through song in volumes 5 (Italian songs) and 6 (French songs) of a series of eight albums to be issued between October 2024 and September 2026.
This recording is generously supported by Elena Baturina in loving memory of Yury Luzhkov.
Cast
Ermonela Jaho, soprano
Carlo Rizzi, piano
Tracklist
CD1 – Vol. 5: Italian Songs
[1] La ninna-nonna “Dormi fanciullo mio” (8:13)
[2] “Quando il mio ben io rivedrò” (2:29)
[3] Il pescatore “Era l’ora che i cieli lente” (9:24)
[4] L’amor mio “Amo sì, ma l’amor mio” (2:25)
[5] “È più dell’onda instabile” (0:59)
[6] “Che non mi disse un dì!” (2:18)
[7] “Che non mi disse un dì!” (2:11)
[8] “Amor, ch’a nullo amato” (0:43)
[9] Giovanna Gray “Io morrò! sonata è l’ora” (4:13)
[10] Eterno amore “Eterno amore e fè” (3:02)
[11] Lu trademiento “Ah tradetore, tu m’haje lassata” (2:16)
[12] Non m’ami più “Non m’ami più” (4:06)
[13] La tradita “Ah! ingrato, m’inganni” (1:42)
[14] “Se a te d’intorno scherza” (2:26)
[15] La conocchia “Quann’a lo bello mio” (2:03)
[16] “Dell’anno novello” (1:43)
[17] “Come volgeste rapidi” (3:52)
[18] Lamento per la morte di Bellini “Venne sull’ali ai zeffiri” (5:46)
CD2 – Vol. 6: French Songs
[1] La Mère et l’enfant “Un voile blanc couvrait la terre” (4:46)
[2] “Au tic-tac des castagnettes” (3:33)
[3] “Depuis qu’une autre a su te plaire” (5:58)
[4] Malvina “Depuis qu’une autre a su te plaire” (4:45)
[5] “Au pied d’une croix” (4:06)
[6] J’attends toujours “Dans sa course rapide” (3:50)
[7] Les Billets doux “Billets chéris, interprètes de l’âme” (5:23)
[8] La Jeune Malade “Combien la nuit est longue…” (3:19)
[9] La Chanson de l’abeille “Sur les fleurs voltige une abeille” (3:09)
[10] La Nouvelle Ourika “Dès le berceau, toujours avec courage” (4:45)
[11] “Faut-il renfermer dans mon âme” (1:13)
[12] La Savoyarde “Je quitte la montagne” (4:47)
[13] “Heureuse qui près de toi” (2:00)
[14] Deux Heures après minuit – vous dormez “Il m’aime encore? doux rêve de mon âme” (3:17)
[15] Le Bal masqué “Je les ai vus entrer dans cette loge” (3:55)
[16] Les Revenans “Un soir à l’heure où finit la veillée” (4:43)
[17] “Oui, je sais votre indifférence” (5:13)
[18] Le Prisonnier de guerre “Marie, enfin quitte l’ouvrage” (4:53)
[19] Il serait là “Plus ne m’est rien” (4:31)