[ Warner Classics / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 20 September 2024
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Taking its title, Nessun Dorma, from the greatest tenor hit of them all, Pene Pati's second album balances favourite numbers with operatic rarities - one of them in world premiere recording. In addition to Puccini, the Italian composers are Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni and Mercadante, while the French school is represented by Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Halévy and Guiraud. Joining the Samoan tenor on the album are his soprano wife, Amina Edris, his tenor brother Amitai Pati, conductor Emmanuel Villaume, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and the Choeur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux.
"It's always a delicate process to put together an album that tells your story as an artist, and captures your growth as a musician and your trajectory as a singer," writes Pene Pati. "Nessun Dorma showcases my love of the art of storytelling and the emotions it can elicit … As you listen to this album, I hope it takes you on an emotional journey."
1. Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)
2. Gounod: Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust)
3. Gounod: Et toi, malheureux Faust...C'est l'enfer qui t'envoie (from Faust)
4. Massenet: Ah! fuyez douce image (from Manon)
5. Mascagni: Suzel, buon di 'Cherry Duet' (from L'amico Fritz)
6. Verdi: Dove siam?...La patria tradita (from Macbeth)
7. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Nature immense, impénétrable et fière
8. Massenet: Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s'envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
9. Donizetti: Seul sur la terre (from Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal)
10. Puccini: Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)
11. Mercadante: Non sai tu che non avrai piu del ciel (from Il bravo)
12. Guiraud: Nous partirons ce soir (from Frédégonde)
13. Donizetti: La maîtresse du roi?...Ange si pur (from La Favorite)
14. Donizetti: Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
15. Verdi: O figli … Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth)
16. Halévy: Tu possedes, dit-on, un joyau magnifique (from La Juive)