Il Salotto Vol 9 - Ora Divina - The Sublime Hour

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Album Summary

Performers

• Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• David Harper (Piano)
• Mark Stone (Voice)
• Mark Stone (Baritone)
• Majella Cullagh (Soprano)
• Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano)
• Elisabeth Vidal (Soprano)
• Roland Wood (Baritone)
• Barry Banks (Tenor)
• Susanne Beer (Cello)
• Sine Bundgaard (Soprano)
• Paul Kelly (Tenor)

Composers

• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Fabio Campana (1819 - 1882)
• Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870)
• Julius Benedict (1804 - 1885)
• Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794 - 1854)
• Angelo Mariani (1821 - 1873)
• Edoardo Vera (1821 - 1889)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Antonio Giuglini (1827 - 1865)
• Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877)
• Lord Burghersh (1784 - 1859)
• Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870)
• Luigi Carlini

Notes & Reviews:

Ora divina is the ninth volume of Opera Rara's acclaimed Il Salotto series. The songs featured on this disc explore the serious side of love. You will discover here the plaintive song "Ad un fiume" by Mariani, conductor turned composer and author of the Turkish National Anthem and the canon "fiero dolore," composed by Lord Burghersh (founder of the Royal Academy of Music, London). The music is bought to life by Diana Montague, Bruce Ford, Majella Cullagh and Mark Stone, a distinguished line-up of artists indeed. Michael Balfe, famous for his Victorian Ballads I dreamt in Marble Halls and Come into the garden Maud, muses on the themes of lost love and sullied virtue in his "the blighted flower." Offenbach's L'etoile, brilliantly sung by Elizabeth Vidal and accompanied by the distinguished cellist Susie Beer, shows that romance and love always come tinged with a hint of irony and nothing is ever quite what it seems. And, of course, there is the duet by Fabio Campana, sung by Diana Montague and Paul Austin Kelly, that gives this volume its title, Ora Divina, a meditation on love's overwhelming intensity. This disc is accompanied by a fully illustrated 72 page booklet with an introduction and notes to the songs by the distinguished writer, broadcaster and music journalist Patrick O'Connor.

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Works Details

Mariani, Angelo : Ad un fiume, romanza for voice & piano

• Performers: Bruce Ford (Tenor); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Burghersh, Lord : Sì fiero dolore, canone for 4 voices & piano

• Performers: Mark Stone (Voice); Mark Stone (Baritone); Majella Cullagh (Soprano); David Harper (Piano); Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano); Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Campana, Fabio : Clair de lune, mélodie for voice & piano

• Performers: Elisabeth Vidal (Soprano); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Vera, Edoardo : La tradita, aria for voice & piano

• Performers: Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mercadante, Saverio : Ah, che nel dirti addio, for 4 voices & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Roland Wood (Baritone); Barry Banks (Tenor); Majella Cullagh (Soprano); Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Balfe, Michael : The blighted flower, ballad for voice & piano

• Performers: Bruce Ford (Tenor); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Vera, Edoardo : Le ombre, for 3 voices & piano

• Performers: Mark Stone (Voice); Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano); Majella Cullagh (Soprano); David Harper (Piano); Mark Stone (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Vera, Edoardo : Mescetemi il vin (Brindisi), for voice & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Barry Banks (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Offenbach, Jacques : L'étoile, song for voice & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Elisabeth Vidal (Soprano); Susanne Beer (Cello)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Carlini, Luigi : Cresci arboscel felice, for 3 voices & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Sine Bundgaard (Soprano); Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano); Roland Wood (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.

Benedict, Julius : Presso quel rio che piange, canzonetta for voice & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Paul Kelly (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Giuglini, Antonio : Il passato, for 2 voices & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Majella Cullagh (Soprano); Sine Bundgaard (Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : Aimer ma rose est la sorte de ma vie, romance for voice & piano

• Performers: Elisabeth Vidal (Soprano); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Rubini, Giovanni Battista : La rose, for 2 voices & piano

• Performers: David Harper (Piano); Bruce Ford (Tenor); Barry Banks (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Campana, Fabio : Ora divina, for 2 voices & piano

• Performers: Paul Kelly (Tenor); David Harper (Piano); Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Unger, Caroline : L'addio, for voice & piano ("Mes adieux à Naples")

• Performers: Majella Cullagh (Soprano); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mariani, Angelo : La partenza, for voice & piano

• Performers: Bruce Ford (Tenor); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic