Anneke Scott, Steven Devine & Lucy Crowe - Songs of Love, War and Melancholy: The Operatic Fantasias of Jacques-François Gallay (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Fantaisie brillante sur l’opéra Les Martyrs de Donizetti
02. Fantaisie sur une cavatine de Belisario de Donizetti
03. ‘Fuis, laisse-moi’ de Roberto Devereux de Donizetti
04. Fantasia sopra un motivo dell’opera Bianca e Fernando di Bellini
05. Troisième Mélodie sur une cavatine de La Sonnambula de Bellini
06. ‘Une Larme Furtive’ de L’Elisir d’amore de Donizetti
07. Fantaisie sur l’opéra L’Elisir d’amore de Donizetti
08. Fantaisie brillante sur un motif de Norma de Bellini
09. ‘L’Appel du Chasseur’ des Soirées Italiennes de Mercadante

The third installment in Anneke Scott’s series of works by the French natural horn player and composer Jacques-François Gallay presents a thrilling programme of operatic fantasias & songs.

These fascinating and unique works mix incredibly virtuosic music with beautifully lyrical melodies deeply influenced by Gallay’s position as solo horn of the Parisian Théâtre Italien. For this final volume in the series, Scott is joined by the celebrated pianist Steven Devine and renowned soprano Lucy Crowe.

In this recording, Anneke Scott performs on a natural horn (cor solo) by Marcel-Auguste Raoux dating from 1823 (Loaned with kind permission by the Bate Collection, University of Oxford), while plays a grand piano by Érard, from 1851. (Loaned with kind permission by the University of Birmingham).

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