Cherubini: Les Abencérages (In Italian)
Cerquetti, Misciano, Petri, Washington; Giulini
Firenze, 1957
$9.95
Description:
Whenever I listen to works by Luigi Cherubini, it feels like a glimpse into the direction Mozart might have taken had he lived longer. Born just four years apart, Cherubini maintains a classical core in both structure and subject, yet his music seems to continue where Die Zauberflöte leaves off—with bolder orchestration, expansive ensembles, and a harmonic language driven more by dramatic necessity than formal convention. In the role of Noraime, Anita Cerquetti's lush, oversized soprano nudges the opera toward late Romanticism, but she never loses touch with the classical poise the role demands.
In Mono
OD 12079-2
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