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Songs of Nature and Farewell
C00259 (Da Vinci Classics, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 57'06"
Tracks: 13
Booklet pages: 8
Main country of recording: IT
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Songs of Nature and Farewell published on 21 August 2020
Andrea Oliva, flute
Hemisphaeria Trio:
Damiana Mizzi, soprano
Marcos Madrigal, piano
Roberto Mansueto, cello
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Chansons Madécasses for soprano, flute, cello and piano (1926)
1 Nahandove
2 Aoua
3 Il est doux
James Francis Brown (born 1969):
Songs of Nature and Farewell (2011) after three poems by Camille Saint-Saëns
4 Le Chêne
5 La Libellule
6 Adieu
Liana Alexandra (1947-2011):
Chant d'amour de la dame à la Licorne (1995)
7 A mon seul désir
8 La vue
9 L'ouïe
10 L'odorat
11 Le goût
12 Le toucher
Maurice Ravel:
13 La flûte enchantée (1903) (from the song cycle Shéhérazade)
Recorded 30-31 May and 2 June at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy