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The Songmaker' Almanac: Souvenirs de Venise (Lyrics included with album)

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1 Disc(s)

  1. 1.

    Soirées musicales, song collection for voices & piano:No. 9. Le regata veneziana 4:33

    Ann Murray, Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson: Gioachino Rossini

    Play Soirées musicales, song collection for voices & piano:No. 9. Le regata veneziana
  2. 2.

    Songs (23) of Various Nationality for voice & piano trio, WoO 158a:No. 23. Canzonetta veneziana 1:36

    Justin Pearson, Brian Brooks, Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Play Songs (23) of Various Nationality for voice & piano trio, WoO 158a:No. 23. Canzonetta veneziana
  3. 3.

    Gondelfahrer I ("Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"), song for voice & piano, D. 808 1:47

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Franz Schubert

    Play Gondelfahrer I ("Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"), song for voice & piano, D. 808
  4. 4.

    Venetianisches Gondellied ("Wenn durch die Piazzetta die Abendluft weht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 57/5 2:01

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson: Felix Mendelssohn

    Play Venetianisches Gondellied ("Wenn durch die Piazzetta die Abendluft weht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 57/5
  5. 5.

    Leis' Rudern Hier, Mein Gondolier! Op 50/4 2:28

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Adolf Jensen

    Play Leis' Rudern Hier, Mein Gondolier! Op 50/4
  6. 6.

    Wenn durch die Piazzetta, Op 50/3 1:47

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Adolf Jensen

    Play Wenn durch die Piazzetta, Op 50/3
  7. 7.

    Venetian Night (Venetsianskaya noch'), song for voice & piano, G. x117 2:26

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Mikhail Glinka

    Play Venetian Night (Venetsianskaya noch'), song for voice & piano, G. x117
  8. 8.

    Romances (2) for voice, piano & mandolin, Op. 9:No. 1. Venetsiya noch'yu 1:48

    Hugo D'Alton, Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Sergei Taneyev

    Play Romances (2) for voice, piano & mandolin, Op. 9:No. 1. Venetsiya noch'yu
  9. 9.

    Soirées musicales, song collection for voices & piano:No. 12. I marinai 5:27

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson: Gioachino Rossini

    Play Soirées musicales, song collection for voices & piano:No. 12. I marinai
  10. 10.

    Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs No. 6) 4:13

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Charles Gounod

    Play Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs No. 6)
  11. 11.

    Souvenir de Venise: À la Zuecca, chanson vénitienne, for voice (or 2 voices) & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.1") 1:41

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson: Jules Massenet

    Play Souvenir de Venise: À la Zuecca, chanson vénitienne, for voice (or 2 voices) & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.1")
  12. 12.

    Barcarolle for voice & piano in G minor, Op. 7/3 2:23

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Gabriel Fauré

    Play Barcarolle for voice & piano in G minor, Op. 7/3
  13. 13.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada 3:21

    Graham Johnson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Richard Jackson: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada
  14. 14.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:2. La barcheta 3:16

    Graham Johnson, Richard Jackson, Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:2. La barcheta
  15. 15.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:3. L'avertimento 1:56

    Richard Jackson, Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:3. L'avertimento
  16. 16.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:4. La biondina in gondoleta 4:01

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson, Felicity Lott: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:4. La biondina in gondoleta
  17. 17.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:5. Che pecà! 2:36

    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:5. Che pecà!
  18. 18.

    Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:6. La primavera 1:55

    Richard Jackson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson: Reynaldo Hahn

    Play Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano:6. La primavera

Description

The nearest nineteenth century equivalent to American college students' semesters in Europe was the Grand Tour, a trip to the Mediterranean countries to see the glories of Renaissance cultures undertaken by well-educated 20-somethings from bourgeois England and other northern countries. And at the center of the Grand Tour was Venice, a living museum even in the nineteenth century. This little album of "Souvenirs of Venice" has sold well, perhaps in tandem with the various circulating exhibitions that have similarly explored the impact and meaning of Venice among visual artists. Reissued on the budget Helios label, this 1983 recording makes a fine gift for anyone headed to Italy or reliving a trip there. Venice offered the composer a host of ideas from which to choose -- gondoliers, mandolins, an exotic Italian street dialect, or just one of the planet's most charmed twilight cityscapes -- and most of them are represented here in a set of songs stretching chronologically from Beethoven (setting a folk song) to Reynaldo Hahn. The program brings together a group of little-known songs and does a good enough job of putting listeners in a nineteenth century recital seat that they are thoroughly revivified. It's safe to say, for example, that Taneyev's Venetsiya noch'yu, with its mandolin-and-piano accompaniment, hasn't crowded the CD bins, but it's absolutely lovely. Some songs, such as Rossini's La regata veneziana with its vocal trio, give you an idea of what Gilbert and Sullivan were parodying in The Gondoliers, but that goes to show the album's effectiveness in scene-setting. Tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson is attractive and romantic, with just the right intensity level. The very early digital sound was well above average for its time, and this is in every way a superior program of songs that cannot be classified as either serious or light. James Manheim, All Music Guide

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    The nearest nineteenth century equivalent to American college students' semesters in Europe was the Grand Tour, a trip to the Mediterranean countries to see the glories of Renaissance cultures undertaken by well-educated 20-somethings from bourgeois England and other northern countries. And at the center of the Grand Tour was Venice, a living museum even in the nineteenth century. This little album of "Souvenirs of Venice" has sold well, perhaps in tandem with the various circulating exhibitions that have similarly explored the impact and meaning of Venice among visual artists. Reissued on the budget Helios label, this 1983 recording makes a fine gift for anyone headed to Italy or reliving a trip there. Venice offered the composer a host of ideas from which to choose -- gondoliers, mandolins, an exotic Italian street dialect, or just one of the planet's most charmed twilight cityscapes -- and most of them are represented here in a set of songs stretching chronologically from Beethoven (setting a folk song) to Reynaldo Hahn. The program brings together a group of little-known songs and does a good enough job of putting listeners in a nineteenth century recital seat that they are thoroughly revivified. It's safe to say, for example, that Taneyev's Venetsiya noch'yu, with its mandolin-and-piano accompaniment, hasn't crowded the CD bins, but it's absolutely lovely. Some songs, such as Rossini's La regata veneziana with its vocal trio, give you an idea of what Gilbert and Sullivan were parodying in The Gondoliers, but that goes to show the album's effectiveness in scene-setting. Tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson is attractive and romantic, with just the right intensity level. The very early digital sound was well above average for its time, and this is in every way a superior program of songs that cannot be classified as either serious or light. James Manheim, All Music Guide

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  • DPCI: 244-05-2729
  • ASIN: B002LNETI8
  • Catalog #: 11486359
  • Item can not be gift wrapped.

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