Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Performer: Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Opera Rara
Catalogue: 9293802552
Release: 2024
Size: 2.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. La partenza del crociato. “Al campo della gloria”
02. Ov’è la voce magica
03. Romanza. “Il mio grido io getto ai venti”
04. Donizetti: J’aime trop pour être heureux. “Dans un salon si quelqu’un vous regarde”
05. Il pegno. “Questi capegli bruni”
06. Romance. Te dire adieu. “Tu pars, il faut te dire adieu”
07. L’amor funesto. “Più che non ama un angelo”
08. Arietta. “A piè del mesto salice”
09. O Cloe, delizia di questo core
10. Auf dem Meere. “Ob die Stürme auch wüthen”
11. Amore e morte. “Odi d’un uom che muore”
12. Non v’è nume, non v’è fato
13. Non sdegnar, vezzosa Irene
14. Nici, ss’occhiuzzi, calali
15. La partenza. “Taci, in van, mia cara Iole”
16. Le Dernier Chant du Troubadour. “A ce tilleul, muette et détendue”
17. Il crociato. “Colle piume sul cimiero”
18. Il trovatore in caricatura. “Era notte, e la campana”
19. Dio che col cenno moderi
20. Quando da te lontano
21. Un Baiser pour espoir. “Je vais quitter tout ce que j’aime”
22. Nice s’io moro
23. Si soffre una tiranna
24. Canto elegaico. “Non priego mai, né pianto”
25. Mentre dal caro lido
26. Quanto mio ben t’adoro
The prolific and versatile Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, one of the central figures of Italian bel canto opera, also wrote around 200 songs. Most of them are rarely performed and some, until recently, completely unknown. Curated by musicologist Roger Parker and under the leadership of Opera Rara’s artistic director Carlo Rizzi, Opera Rara presents the complete solo songs in a series of eight recital albums.
The project makes a powerful case for Donizetti as a key figure in 19th-century song repertoire, and for the importance of the Italian school in a field long dominated by German and French composers.
This album is the second in a series of 8 recordings to be released between now and spring 2026.