We all would like to have a holiday in Italy, and your desire will just grow and grow as you listen to this week of EM. The composers inspired by the great beauty of Italy include Berlioz, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Elgar. And let us not forget Mozart’s visit as a teenager that changed the course of opera forever.
Italian Souvenirs
Playlist
Episode 1
Eduardo Di Capua: “O Sole Mio” (excerpt)
National Phil/Chiaramello; Pavarotti, tenor
O Sole Mio Favorite Neapolitan Songs
London 410015; 1:18
Heinrich Schütz: First Book of Madrigals (excerpts)
Consort of Musicke/Rooley
The Consort of Musicke
BMG 38180; 2:51, 11:12
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, I (excerpt)
English Concert/Pinnock
12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Archiv 423626; 1:15
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 in F Major
English Chamber/Leppard
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
Philips Baroque Classics 422487; 10:35
Archiv 419219; 4:09
Handel – Renée Fleming – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Harry Bicket
Mozart: Grabmusik K 42
Episode 2
Luigi Denza: “Funiculì funiculà” (excerpt)
Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra & Chorus/Guadagno; Pavarotti, tenor
O Sole Mio Favorite Neapolitan Songs
London 410015; 1:24
Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
LSO/Previn
Symphonie Fntastique / Harold en Italie / 5 Overtures
EMI 73338; 8:05
Symphonie Fntastique / Harold en Italie / 5 Overtures
Années de Pèlerinage 2
Philips 6500 420; 3:01
Mendelssohn: Symphonies No. 3 & 4
Episode 3
Franz Liszt: Les Jeux D’eau a La Villa D’Este from Années de Pèlerinage
Watts, piano
Andre Watts Plays Liszt Vol. 1
EMI Classics 64599; 7:48
Mikhail Glinka: Trio in d minor, III & IV
Borodin Trio
Arensky, Glinka: piano Trios / The Borodin Trio
Chandos 8477; 7:51
Gustave Charpentier: Impressions of Italy On the Hill-Tops
Nat’l Opera Theatre Orchestra/Dervaux
EMI 65618; 6:03
Jules Massenet: Suite for Orchestra No. 5: Scènes Napolitaines (excerpt)
New Zealand Symphony Orch/Ossonce
Naxos 8.553125; 3:02
Columbia Masterworks MS 6827; 16:07
Stravinsky – Itzhak Perlman & Bruno Canino
Vladimir Askenazy – Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions
Episode 4
Carl Goldmark: In Italien Overture (excerpt)
Philharmonia Orch/Butt
Goldmark – Symphony No. 2, Prometheus Bound, In Italien – Philharmonia Orchestra Yondani Butt
ASV 934; 2:38
Luigi Denza: “Funiculì funiculà” (excerpts)
Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra & Chorus/Guadagno; Pavarotti, tenor
O Sole Mio Favorite Neapolitan Songs
London 410015; 1:12, :29
R. Strauss: Don Juan, Aus Italien
Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2, In London Town, in the South
Chung, piano; Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Chant D’Amour – Mélodies Françaises
London 452667; 1:27
Georges Bizet: “Tarantelle”
Chung, piano; Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Chant D’Amour – Mélodies Françaises
London 452667; 3:54
Episode 5
Jacques Ibert: Rome – Palerme from Escales
French Nat’l Radio Orchestra/Martinon
Ibert: Ouverture De Fête, Escales, Tropismes
EMI 64276; 6:53
Samuel Barber: Intermezzo from Vanessa
Met Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Mitropoulos
Vanessa
RCA Victor Red Seal LM 6062; 3:32
Vincent Persichetti: Infanta Marina, Op. 83
Pöntinen, piano; Imai, viola
A Bird Came Down The Walk. Original Works For Viola and Piano
BIS 300829; 10:01
Vittorio Giannini: Symphony No. 3 for Winds, III
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Fennell
Gould: West Point Symphony; Hovhaness, Giannini
Mercury 434320; 3:21
Walter Piston: Sonatina for Violin and Piano, II
Meyers, violin; Schub, piano
The American Album
RCA Victor Red Seal 68114; 5:30
Paul Creston: Symphony No.5 / Toccata / Partita
Barber: Agnus Dei / The Sixteen
Music of John Corgliano
Petrushka / Pulcinnella