Respighi, Ottorino > Mezzo Soprano

Folk Stories - Traditional folk songs and music by Brahms, Beethoven, Mahler, Britten, Respighi, Bartók, Sibelius, and Vogel / Cora Burggraaf: mezzo-soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: English Traditional: Sprig of Thyme; Johannes Brahms: Marienwürmchen ("Marienwürmchen, setze dich"), folk song for voice & piano (Volks-Kinderlieder), WoO; German folk songs (49) for voice ...
Performers: Burggraaf, Cora; Ferschtman, Liza; Lepper, Simon; Mijnders, Floris

The debut CD on Challenge Classics for Cora Burggraaf, recipient of many prizes including the 2009/10 ECHO Rising Star Award, the 2006 Elizabeth Everts Prize,...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2011-04-26&2011-12-11_2011-)....continue...

Respighi: Arianna - Liriche da Camera / Monica Bacelli, mezzo-soprano; Aldo Orvieto, piano

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-04-10

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Arrangement; E se un giorno tornasse, recitative for mezzo-soprano & piano, P. 96; Melodie, songs (6) for voice & piano, P. 89; Canzone sarda, for voice & piano, P. 155; Le funtane...
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Orvieto, Aldo

In this new chapter of the series dedicated to Ottorino Respighi's chamber lyrics, pianist Aldo Orvieto accompanies the great mezzo-soprano Monica Bacelli!...continue...
Recording information: Sala Piccolo Teatro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di (2010-11-15_2010-11-16&2010-)....continue...

Diana Tash in Recital

1 CD / LML Music / 2009-02-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: An Chloë, K 524; Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (295b); Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Gioachino Rossini: La pastorella ("Odia la pastorella"), for v...
Performers: Guzelimian, Armen; Tash, Diana

A recital featuring German lied, French chanson, Italian art song, Spanish song, and Americana - all on one disc!...continue...

Respighi: Liriche da camera / Marta Moretto, Aldo Orvietto

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2007-09-04

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Liriche, songs (4) for voice, harp, keyboard & strings, P. 125; La donna sul sarcofago, song for voice & piano, P. 121; La statua, song for voice & piano, P. 122; Il tramonto; Liri...
Performers: Moretto, Marta; Orvieto, Aldo

Respighi (1879-1936) is known to the wide public for his colorful orchestral tone poems, but he had a particular fondness throughout his career for the...continue...

Respighi: Il tramonto, String quartets / Doufexis, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-02-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Quartet for Strings in D minor; Quartet for Strings in D major
Performers: Doufexis, Stella
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Hellenic Quartet

"Mezzo-soprano Stella Doufexis sings beautifully in Il Tramonto, which opens the disc. Her basic sound is fresh and pure, even in her highest register, and...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël; Respighi / Anders Eby, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Proprius / 2006-10-17

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël, for solo voices, chorus, strings, harp & organ, Op. 12; Ottorino Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore, for soloists, chorus & ensemble, P....
Performers: Aruhn, Britt Marie; Hagegard, Erland; Lundmark, Ulf; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Eby, Anders
Ensemble: Mikaeli Chamber Choir

Respighi: La pentola magica, etc / Pinti, Conti, et al

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-08-29

Works: Ottorino Respighi: La Sensitiva, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra, P. 104; La pentola magica, ballet on Russian melodies, P. 129; Aretusa
Performers: Pinti, Damiana
Conductors: Conti, Marzio
Ensemble: Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

"I have never heard any of these three works of Respighi before. I am completely taken by them. They are all rather soft and quiet,...continue...

Respighi: La fiamma / Molinari-Pradelli, Coleva, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Ottorino Respighi: La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175
Performers: Carturan, Gabriella; Coleva, Mara; Mandalari, Maria Teresa; Mandelli, Luisa; Moffo, Anna; Prandelli, Giacinto; Santo, Tusa; Tagliabue, Carlo; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Respighi composed several operas, of which 'La Fiamma' is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long...continue...

Songs / Magdalena Kozena

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-07-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Satires (5), for soprano & piano, Op. 109; Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Erwin Schulhoff:...
Performers: Barta, Jiri; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Henschel, Christoph; Kozená, Magdalena; Martineau, Malcolm

"Magdalena Kozena is casting her net ever wider in time and space. An intriguing catch of song from the first half of the 20th century...continue...

Espace 2 - Martucci: La canzona dei ricordi, etc; Respighi

1 CD / Claves / 2002-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Martucci: La canzone dei ricordi; Nocturnes (2), Op. 70; Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto
Performers: Balleys, Brigitte
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Respighi: La bella dormente nel bosco / Adriano, et al

1 CD / Marco Polo / 1995-10-31

Works: Ottorino Respighi: La bella dormente nel bosco, opera in 3 acts, P. 176
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Bernath, Karol; Czakova, Ivana; Dominguez, Guillermo; Durco, Jan; Haan, Richard; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kurnava, Anton; Lednarova, Henrietta; Pasek, Igor; Peckova, Dagmar; Slepkovska...
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

"Throughout the work I found myself smiling....The qualities of charm, wit, inspiration, and genuine warmth do not inhabit so much music that we can afford...continue...

Respighi: Belfagor / Gardelli, Miller, Sass, Lamberti

3 CD / Hungaroton / 1989-10-17

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Belfagor, comic opera in 2 acts, P. 137
Performers: Kalmar, Magda; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lukin, Marta; Miller, Lajos; Moldvai, Jozsef; Polgar, Laszlo; Sass, Sylvia; Takacs, Klara; Toth, Janos; Zempleni, Maria
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio/TV Chorus