Respighi, Tre Liriche per mezzo-soprano, I. Notte, Chamber Orchestra of New York

Описание: Tre Liriche per mezzo-soprano, I. Notte, by Ottorino Respighi, orchestration completed by Salvatore Di Vittorio. Chamber Orchestra of New York; Salvatore Di Vittorio, Music Director. Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano. Performed live on May 10, 2012 at Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.

The Tre Liriche (Three Art Songs) include Notte (Night), Nebbie (Fog) and Pioggia (Rain), which Respighi had originally set as separate works for mezzo and piano between 1906 and 1912. He then decided to orchestrate the three songs as a song cycle in 1913 -- the same year of its world premiere with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome. Luciano Pavarotti had championed two of the three songs in the 1970s. Potito Pedarra, the cataloger of Respighi's works, then rediscovered the existence of the lost (incomplete) opus with all three songs in the 1990s, well after the publication of his Respighi works list. Pedarra then numbered the rediscovered opus as Tre Liriche, P. 99a. Maestro Di Vittorio has completed Respighi's orchestration of the extant orchestral manuscript, as provided by the Respighi family, for its first engraved critical edition in anticipation of its 100th anniversary in 2013.

Tre Liriche is available for rental under publisher Casa Ricordi (Universal Music) in Italy in two versions: the original for mezzosoprano (or baritone) and orchestra, and for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra. Duration: 10 min.