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Gian Carlo Menotti: Canti della lontananza/Five Songs
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Most of us probably know of Gian Carlo Menotti as an opera composer, with 25 operas to his credit, but he also had a small output of art songs to his own texts. His songs sound very much like miniatures of his operas and can be a great introduction to his style prior to working on the arias.
The scores for today are available at Sheet Music Plus: Canti della lontananza, Five Songs
Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, Zachary Dean Smith, tenor, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:
- Mattinata di neve
- Il settimo bicchiere di vino
- La lettera
- The Eternal Prisoner
- The Idle Gift
Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.
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