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Soirées musicales
composer
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
published 1835

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

Recordings
'Rossini: Soirées musicales' (CDA67647)
Rossini: Soirées musicales
Roger Vignoles (piano)
'Souvenirs de Venise' (CDH55217)
Souvenirs de Venise
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
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CDH55217  Helios (Hyperion's budget label)  
Details
No 01: La promessa  Ch'io mai vi possa lasciar d'amare
author of text
Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

Miah Persson (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 1 on CDA67647 [3'42]
ItalianoEnglish
No 02: Il rimprovero  Mi lagnerò tacendo
author of text
Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

Stella Doufexis (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 2 on CDA67647 [3'22]
ItalianoEnglish
No 03: La partenza  Ecco quel fiero istante!
author of text
Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

Bruce Ford (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 4 on CDA67647 [4'38]
ItalianoEnglish
No 04: L'orgia  Amiamo, cantiamo
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Bruce Ford (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 3 on CDA67647 [3'25]
ItalianoEnglish
No 05: L'invito  Vieni, o Ruggiero
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Stella Doufexis (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 5 on CDA67647 [3'37]
ItalianoEnglish
No 06: La pastorella dell'Alpi  Son bella pastorella
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Miah Persson (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 6 on CDA67647 [2'28]
ItalianoEnglish
No 07: La gita in gondola  Voli l'agile barchetta
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Bruce Ford (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 8 on CDA67647 [6'19]
ItalianoEnglish
No 08: La danza  Già la luna è in mezzo al mare
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Bruce Ford (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 7 on CDA67647 [3'15]
ItalianoEnglish
No 09: La regata veneziana  Voga, o Tonio benedeto
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Miah Persson (soprano), Stella Doufexis (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 11 on CDA67647 [4'26]
ItalianoEnglish
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Track 1 on CDH55217 [4'24] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
ItalianoEnglish
No 10: La pesca  Già la notte s'avvicina
author of text
Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)

Miah Persson (soprano), Stella Doufexis (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 9 on CDA67647 [3'53]
ItalianoEnglish
No 11: La serenata  Mira la bianca luna
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Miah Persson (soprano), Bruce Ford (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Track 10 on CDA67647 [4'10]
ItalianoEnglish
No 12: Li marinari
author of text
Conte Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
Track 9 on CDH55217 [5'22] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
ItalianoEnglish

Soirées musicales
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The Soirées musicales begins with three short, formally simple, song-like arias that Rossini called ‘canzonettas’: La promessa, a song in which the lover swears eternal love and loyalty to his beloved, which begins as a gentle barcarolle and develops into a more impassioned central section; Il rimprovero, another declaration of love in which the jilted man berates the woman for causing him such pain; and La partenza, which describes the pain of separation, with the pianist’s right hand echoing the vocal line. L’orgia celebrates the joys of wine and love in a lively brindisi, while L’invito, to a poem by Count Pepoli, is a delightful bolero in which Eloisa tells her Ruggiero that she cannot live without him. In La pastorella dell’Alpi the shepherdess’s anguish sounds strangely lighthearted, but chords interrupt the catchy tune and express grief at Aminta’s faithlessness. La danza is a celebrated bravura piece for tenor—an intoxicating, breathless tarantella. La gita in gondola sets Pepoli’s poem to a charming barcarolle in rolling 12/8 time; La pesca, subtitled ‘notturno’ by the composer, is an Andante grazioso in 3/8 time, and sets a Metastasio poem in which the fisherman bids his sweetheart join him on the beach to enjoy the evening air. La serenata is a charming duet in which tenor and soprano first alternate and then sing together; La regata veneziana is a lively duet in Venetian dialect for two sopranos who describe how Tonio and Beppe encourage one another as they take part in a regatta.

from notes by Richard Stokes © 2008

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Details for CDA67647 track 10
La serenata
Artists
Miah Persson (soprano)
Bruce Ford (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
ISRC
GB-AJY-08-64710
Duration
4'10
Recording date
20 April 2007
Recording venue
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Mark Brown
Recording engineer
Ben Connellan
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  1. Rossini: Soirées musicales (CDA67647)
    Disc 1 Track 10
    Release date: June 2008
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