Sonetti di Petrarca (3), song cycle for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270 (LW N12)
Angiolin dal biondo crin, S. 269
Buch der Lieder, Volume 2
Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (I & II), song for voice & piano, S. 272 (LW N3)
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S 314
Liebesträume
Comment, disaient-ils, S 276 no 2 (2nd version)
La tombe et la rose, song for voice & piano, S. 285 (LW N26)
S'il est un charmant gazon, song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 284 (LW N25)
Enfant, si j'étais Roi, song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 283 (LW N24)
Oh! quand je dors (II), song for voice & piano, S. 282ii (LW N11/2)
The Petrarca Sonnets are known to all pianists from the Années de pèlerinage: Italie, - what is less known is that they started life as songs. Even allowing for Liszt’s undoubted originality, these songs are so extraordinary that one doubts they have any precedent. In every aspect - the merging of lieder and operatic styles, virtuosic piano accompaniments, and a vocal range rising to a high C sharp! - Liszt’s writing is at the margin of contemporary musical language. The remaining items on this CD include seldom-heard first settings of Victor Hugo and later popular songs including O lieb! and Es muss ein wunderbares sein. Dennis O'Neill is one of the world's leading tenors and a specialist in the works of Verdi. He has enjoyed a long association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where his many roles have included Rodolfo (La bohème), Duca (Rigoletto), and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). O'Neill is also a very busy concert artist and is well known for his performances of Verdi's Requiem which he has televised no less than seven times, and has sung throughout Europe with conductors including Muti, Sir Colin Davis, Sinopoli, Simon Rattle and Sir John Pritchard.
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Gwyneth Herbert - All The Ghosts
Ramon Ruiz - Flamenco Havana
Mike Lindup - Conversations with Silence
Fred Simon - Dreamhouse
Earwax Control - 2 Live
Chris Anderson - From the Heart
Antonio Forcione, Neil Stacey - Acoustic Mania - Talking Hands
SCHUBERT, STRAVINSKY, MOZART, The Allegri String Quartet - Arpeggione Sonata // Three Pieces for String Quartet // Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo // Clarinet Quintet in A Major
SCHUBERT, MENDELSSOHN, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Symphony No. 5 in B Flat // Symphony No.4 in A