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RE: Cool. Of all Respighi's "other" works, his Concerto Gregoriano and Concerto Autumnal moved me the most.

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In Reply to: RE: Cool. Of all Respighi's "other" works, his Concerto Gregoriano and Concerto Autumnal moved me the most. posted by jdaniel@jps.net on June 02, 2016 at 18:42:18

My "deeply moved" Respighi's is his Il Tramonto (The Sunset). I don't understand Italian and did not check the verses but the music itself made good mood for a sunset scene.

I first heard this work in a Westminster LP by Jurinac with the Barylii quartet, deeply moved, as said.

Jurinac sings Il Tramonto part I

There is also the wonderful Baker sings this work with orchestra instead of string quartet accompaniment. But Baker's Italian is somewhat distracting to me.

Baker sings Il Tramonto

One can find Seefired and von Otter's recording on YouTube but Seefried's voice is too bright and healthy for this work and Otter's came with a not so devoted accompaniment. So I stick to Jurinac's at present.

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I think the text of Il Tramonto was an Italian translation. . . - Chris from Lafayette 23:19:50 06/02/16 (2)
. . . of a poem by Shelley. I've played it once in my life - in college about 40 years ago! - but I've never owned a recording of it. I've also seen recordings of this work by less well known (but perhaps not less accomplished) singers! ;-)
- RE: I think the text of Il Tramonto was an Italian translation. . . - alc777 00:16:21 06/03/16 (1)
  A poem by Shelly, that's new to me, and it is quite intriquing that Baker can not sing it in English for it may become odd to hear English voicing together with Respighi's instrumentation.
  
  I will find time to listen to those less well-known ones. Thanks!
  - Exactly - Respighi set the Italian translation, not Shelley's English original [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:31:50 06/03/16 (0)

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