[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 12 March 2006
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There is nothing here of the German Lied. The poems are conventional; the accompaniments never exploit the possibilities of the keyboard in the manner of Schubert or Schumann. Sometimes they suggest an orchestral reduction, as though the composer had his eye on the theatre. Certainly the operatic world is rarely far away...
01. La ricordanza (Memory) 05:24
02. La farfalletta (The Butterfly) 01:58
03. Sogno d’infanzia (Dream of Childhood) 06:37
3 Ariette
04. No. 1. Il fervido desiderio (Fervent desire) 02:19
05. No. 2. Dolente immagine di Fille mia (Sad Image of My Phyllis) 03:01
06. No. 3. Vaga luna che inargenti (Lovely moon that sheds silver light) 03:48
07. L’allegro marinaro 04:11
08. Torna, vezzosa Fillide (Return, fair Phyllis) 07:50
6 Ariette (excerpts)
09. No. 1. Malinconia, ninfa gentile (Melancholy, gentle nymph) 01:32
10. No. 2. Vanne, o rosa fortunata (Go, O fortunate rose) 02:22
11. No. 3. Bella Nice, che d’amore (Fair Nice, who of love) 02:47
12. L’abbandono (Abandonment) 03:57
6 Ariette (excerpts)
13. No. 4. Almen se non poss’io (At least if I can not) 02:21
14. No. 5. Per pieta, bell’idol mio (For pity, fair idol mine) 02:20
15. No. 6. Ma rendi pur contento (But make happy) 02:29
16. Quando inciso sul quel marmo (When inscribed on this marble) 05:04