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Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets

Francesco Meli (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets
[Meli is] one of the great tenor hopes of his generation. This is a fresh and lively voice that pings out of the speakers...he essays Britten’s Michelangelo Sonnets and Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets,...

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Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets

Francesco Meli (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)

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[Meli is] one of the great tenor hopes of his generation. This is a fresh and lively voice that pings out of the speakers...he essays Britten’s Michelangelo Sonnets and Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets,...

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Francesco Meli is acclaimed for his mellifluous tenor in the French and Italian bel canto repertoire celebrated on this recital disc with songs and arias from Rossini to Massenet. Complementing these are song cycles by Liszt and Britten setting poems by two great figures of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo and Petrarch. Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class season of opera recitals. This new partnership with Opus Arte will see 5-6 CDs released per year, based predominantly on studio recordings with occasional bonus live tracks.

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Work length17:18
No. 1. Sonetto 16. Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro
Track length2:08
No. 2. Sonetto 31. A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia
Track length1:20
No. 3. Sonetto 30. Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume
Track length3:25
No. 4. Sonetto 55. Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai
Track length2:01
No. 5. Sonetto 38. Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume
Track length1:50
No. 6. Sonetto 32. S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna
Track length1:15
No. 7. Sonetto 24. Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede
Track length5:19
Massenet: Manon, Act II
Work length4:09
En fermant les yeux
Track length4:09
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette, Act II
Work length4:25
Ah! Lève-toi, soleil
Track length4:25
Tosti: L'ultima canzone
Work length4:05
Tosti: Tristezza
Work length3:53
Tosti: L'ultimo bacio
Work length2:15
Rossini: Soirées Musicales
Work length2:53
No. 8. La danza, "Tarantella napoletana"
Track length2:53
Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Vol. 3, "Morceaux réservés"
Work length6:22
No. 9. Romance, "Le sylvain"
Track length6:22
Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Act II
Work length1:56
La mia letizia infondere
Track length1:56
Donizetti: Il duca d'Alba, Act IV
Work length4:47
Angelo casto e bel (completed by M. Salvi)
Track length4:47
Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 270 / 1 / R. 578a
Work length19:54
No. 1. Pace non trovo (1st version)
Track length7:19
No. 2. Benedetto sia 'l giorno (1st version)
Track length6:18
No. 3. I' vidi in terra angelici (1st version)
Track length6:17

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Opera Now

[Meli is] one of the great tenor hopes of his generation. This is a fresh and lively voice that pings out of the speakers...he essays Britten’s Michelangelo Sonnets and Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets, coping admirably with the first group’s shifts of mood and colour and the second group’s demanding tessitura.
4 out of 5 stars
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