RESPIGHI, O.: 3 Liriche, P. 99a (arr. S. Di Vittorio) (A. Visentin, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Di Vittorio)
Soloist:
Visentin, Alessandra
Orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of New York
Conductor:
Di Vittorio, Salvatore
Composer:
Respighi, Ottorino
3 Liriche, P. 99a (arr. S. Di Vittorio)
Date of Concert: 04-2022
Playing Time: 00:09:27
Catalogue Number: NVF1476
UPC: 730099647618
The Tre Liriche includes Notte (Night), Nebbie (Fog) and Pioggia (Rain), which Respighi had originally set as separate works for mezzo and piano between 1906 and 1912. He then decided to orchestrate the three songs as a song cycle in 1913 for mezzo Chiarina Fino Savio, for the world premiere on 6 February 1914 with Orchestra dell'Augusteo (now the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia) in Rome under conductor Bernardino Molinari. Luciano Pavarotti championed two of the three songs in the 1970s, following their individual successes with singers in recitals. Potito Pedarra, the cataloguer of Respighi's works, then rediscovered the existence of the lost (incomplete) opus with all three songs in the 1990s, well after the publication of his Respighi works list. Pedarra subsequently numbered the rediscovered opus as Tre Liriche, P. 99a.
Di Vittorio completed Respighi's orchestration of the extant orchestral manuscript (pages), as provided by the Respighi family, for its first engraved critical edition in anticipation of its 100th anniversary in 2013. Tre Liriche is available for rental under publisher Casa Ricordi (Universal Music) in Italy in two versions: the original for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and orchestra, and for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra - the latter version was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a recording of Nebbie alone on Decca Classics.
