COMPOSERS: Buzzolla & Ponlatowski,Gomes,Liszt,Meyerbeer,Ricci,Saint-Saens,Verdi
LABELS: Opera Rara
ALBUM TITLE: Il Primo Dolce Affanno
WORKS: Songs
PERFORMER: Elizabeth Vidal, Bruce Ford, William MatteuzziDavid Harper
CATALOGUE NO: ORR 230
This recreation of a
gilded Parisian soiree
c1850 is built around
Liszt’s Italianate
Petrarch Sonnets, sung
by Bruce Ford with ardour,
tenderness and grace. The other items
are by turns touching, charming and
vacuous. All the performers sing
with style and aplomb, with
soprano Elisabeth Vidal properly
dazzling in her high-flying coloratura.
Richard Wigmore